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Bangkok

October 17, 2010November 3, 2012

Iranian detained in smuggling 1.5 kg liquid ‘ice’ at Bangkok airport

BANGKOK, Oct 15 – An Iranian drug smuggling suspect was arrested with 1,550 grammes of liquid-formula crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ice, worth Bt5.4 million (some US$180,000) at Thailand’s main international airport, Customs Department director-general Prasong Poontaneat journalists on Friday. Jozvefazeli Hamidreza, 34-year-old Iranian national, was arrested Thursday night at the arrival terminal of Suvarnabhumi […]

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Bangkok

October 14, 2010

Bangkok’s Lumpini police in hot water in wake of porn raid

Lumpini police are being investigated for alleged dereliction of duty following a crackdown by outside officers on the illegal sale of child pornography in their district. The Metropolitan Police Division 5 on Tuesday night raided street stalls in the Sukhumvit area selling child pornographic material, arresting a Thai woman and two Burmese men. Metropolitan police […]

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Bangkok

October 14, 2010

Troops deployed throughout capital city of Thailand

Thailand’s Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered deployment of troops in 1,868 communities in all 50 districts of Bangkok and adjacent provinces for civic action, intelligence collection and prevention of bombings and sabotage, an army source said. The army chief’s instruction follows the explosion at an apartment in central Nonthaburi province on Oct. 5, in […]

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Bangkok

October 12, 2010October 12, 2010

Thai Model may have been shot dead: police

Police suspect a sexy model found dead yesterday in her luxury condominium in Bangkok’s Huay Khwang district may have been murdered and are checking security cameras for a possible killer. The body of FHM 2008 model Sasithorn “Pik” Onwimol, 28, was found with a gunshot wound to the right temple on her bed covered with […]

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Bangkok

October 12, 2010January 6, 2014

Red Shirt Members Visit Jailed Leaders

Red-shirt supporters today visit the group’s leaders in prison and ask the government to free all red-shirt supporters detained across the country. About 100 red-shirt supporters, led by the group’s lawyer Karom Ponthaklang, visited 16 of their leaders held in the Bangkok Remand Prison on terrorism charges. After the visit, the group laid roses outside […]

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Bangkok

October 11, 2010May 4, 2017

200 endangered Madagascar tortoises seized at Suvarnabhumi Airport

BANGKOK, Oct 11 – Thai customs officials on Sunday seized 218 radiated tortoises smuggled into Thailand by a Malagasy man to sell to a trader at Bangkok’s biggest weekend market, at Chatuchak Park. Four radiated tortoises were dead while 214 others are still alive. Worth an estimated Bt1.2 million altogether (about US$40,000), the Madagascar tortoises […]

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Bangkok

October 11, 2010November 3, 2012

Thai Army commander concerned over next Red Shirt rally on Oct 14

BANGKOK, Oct 11 – Gen Udomdej Sitabutr, commander of Thailand’s First Army Region, said Monday he is concerned about the next rally planned by the ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Thursday, saying the army has been closely monitoring situation after intelligence reports indicate that an armed group plans to create […]

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Bangkok

October 11, 2010October 24, 2018

Thai Immigration Bureau arrests 155 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants

BANGKOK, 11 October 2010 (NNT) – The Immigration Bureau has joined forces with the commando unit of the Crime Suppression Division arresting Sri Lankan illegal immigrants. Intelligence information indicated that a number of Elam rebel group members were among the Sri Lankan illegal immigrants living in Thailand. Upon a tip-off, the commando units and the […]

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