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US and Thai agencies forge closer ties as cabinet tackles corruption within the Royal Thai Police national ranks

US and Thai agencies forge closer ties as cabinet tackles corruption within the Royal Thai Police national ranks

January 22, 2021

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Increasingly, the key focus of both US and Thai police agencies is the threat from the expanding cryptocurrency industry and cybercrime. A meeting this week… Read More ›

Police have arrested the colourfully dressed gold shop robber who rode off with ฿1.9 million jewelry haul

Police have arrested the colourfully dressed gold shop robber who rode off with ฿1.9 million jewelry haul

January 20, 2021

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Initially, the staff at the Yaowarat Bangkok gold shop refused the armed robber’s demands that they hand over the gold forcing him to climb over… Read More ›

33 year old dealer behind killer drug cocktail, who shot his girlfriend, arrested and charged by police

33 year old dealer behind killer drug cocktail, who shot his girlfriend, arrested and charged by police

January 19, 2021

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Amornthep Chalermwat was located by police in Phetchabun province in Thailand’s northwest hiding with a former prison cellmate in a room that had no official… Read More ›

Royal Thai Police Sergeant Major arrested on Ko Samui, charged with the rape of female detainee

Royal Thai Police Sergeant Major arrested on Ko Samui, charged with the rape of female detainee

January 16, 2021

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Bail for the Ko Samui police officer accused of rape set at ฿400,000, officer already released by the court. While the policeman was arrested, charged… Read More ›

National police chief cracks down on drug cocktail that killed six people in Bangkok with one arrest in Sai Mai

National police chief cracks down on drug cocktail that killed six people in Bangkok with one arrest in Sai Mai

January 13, 2021

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A senior police doctor in Bangkok has explained that the use of ketamine, a powerful anaesthetic in powder form with other narcotic substances, produces a… Read More ›

Criminal probe launched in Bangkok after six drug users were found dead after suffering acute cardiac issues

Criminal probe launched in Bangkok after six drug users were found dead after suffering acute cardiac issues

January 12, 2021

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The deaths are being linked to a drug cocktail popular among younger drug users and teenagers which mixes ketamine, methamphetamine, heroin and sleeping pills. Officers… Read More ›

Gamblers and hosts at illegal gambling dens are being jailed as massive crackdown proceeds apace

Gamblers and hosts at illegal gambling dens are being jailed as massive crackdown proceeds apace

January 9, 2021

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Latest gambling bust on a casino located at a high-end condominium resort in Pattaya on Saturday morning. It comes as the government is about to… Read More ›

Sadistic murderer ‘Ice Metal Casket’ sentenced for rape of a woman at gunpoint in latest conviction

Sadistic murderer ‘Ice Metal Casket’ sentenced for rape of a woman at gunpoint in latest conviction

January 5, 2021

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41-year-old Apichai Ongwisit, an heir to a property empire who lived in a mansion, had a father who is also believed to have murdered a… Read More ›

Activist: more gambling dens in Rayong, 45-year-old security man tested on Sunday dies on Monday

Activist: more gambling dens in Rayong, 45-year-old security man tested on Sunday dies on Monday

January 1, 2021

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The police chiefs of both Rayong and Chonburi were removed this week after the National Police Commissioner, General Suwat Jangyodsuk, sent a fact-finding mission to… Read More ›

Young couple nabbed by police for using a home printer to counterfeit currency for ATM lodgments

Young couple nabbed by police for using a home printer to counterfeit currency for ATM lodgments

December 31, 2020

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The couple went out to buy a printer after becoming inspired by a Tik Tok video on the popular Chinese social network. The acceptance of… Read More ›

Cowardly Norwegian gets off lightly after kicking a 26-year-old woman twice in the legs in Ubon Ratchatani

Cowardly Norwegian gets off lightly after kicking a 26-year-old woman twice in the legs in Ubon Ratchatani

December 30, 2020

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Man has been named as Mr Tor Zlatan. The case has now been settled without legal consequences for him after the violent Norwegian paid compensation… Read More ›

Top Thai and US drug suppression officials warn of the use of cryptocurrencies in the drug trade

Top Thai and US drug suppression officials warn of the use of cryptocurrencies in the drug trade

December 22, 2020

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26-year-old Canadian Alexandre Cazes and his multi-billion baht Alphabay Market empire which he operated for just over two years in Thailand and which netted him… Read More ›

Murder enquiry after the body of a young woman, a Bangkok based BMA civil servant, found sitting in a car

Murder enquiry after the body of a young woman, a Bangkok based BMA civil servant, found sitting in a car

December 22, 2020

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It is understood that the woman returned to the South every weekend to visit her lover. The body of the woman, fully clothed, was found… Read More ›

Illegal Chinese fraudsters use fake banking app to steal millions of baht from gulled online SCB users

Illegal Chinese fraudsters use fake banking app to steal millions of baht from gulled online SCB users

December 21, 2020

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The scourge of Chinese criminals entering Thailand illegally continues despite the coronavirus lockdown this year. In the last week, Immigration Bureau Police Chief Lieutenant General… Read More ›

Samut Sakhon flare-up spreads to other provinces but will be brought under control say top officials

Samut Sakhon flare-up spreads to other provinces but will be brought under control say top officials

December 21, 2020

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The outbreak at the shrimp market in Samut Sakhon has shone the spotlight on migrant labour in Thailand where over 90% of those working in… Read More ›

Nattawut cannot speak about politics after the Redshirt leader was freed from a Bangkok prison on Friday 

Nattawut cannot speak about politics after the Redshirt leader was freed from a Bangkok prison on Friday 

December 20, 2020

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The Redshirt leader and former junior minister from 2012 to 2014 had been jailed this June for violent rioting in Bangkok during protests in 2007.… Read More ›

Top officials urge speedy end to Ko Pha Ngan expat’s appeal to stay in Thailand after dive video outrage

Top officials urge speedy end to Ko Pha Ngan expat’s appeal to stay in Thailand after dive video outrage

December 19, 2020

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The other diver, Hungarian, Attila Ott, has already been deported from Thailand after both men were arrested and later transferred to the Immigration Detention Centre… Read More ›

Udon Thani nightrider arrested by police as a new attack occurs on Monday with another knifeman

Udon Thani nightrider arrested by police as a new attack occurs on Monday with another knifeman

December 17, 2020

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Lanky motorbike rider charged at a woman with his motorbike in a dark and unlit area of Udon Thani city centre because she was working… Read More ›

CSD police investigating ฿20 million bribery claim which a court linked with Thanathorn’s younger brother

CSD police investigating ฿20 million bribery claim which a court linked with Thanathorn’s younger brother

December 16, 2020

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Two men were jailed in November 2019 for accepting ฿20 million in corrupt payments by the Criminal Court in Bangkok. Now released, police are ready… Read More ›

Another crazed attack by a motorbike knifeman in Udon Thani on Saturday night leaves three people injured

Another crazed attack by a motorbike knifeman in Udon Thani on Saturday night leaves three people injured

December 13, 2020

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Police have vowed to track down the motorbike knife man reported as having been seen last outside Udon Thani Hospital while changing into a black… Read More ›

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