BANGKOK, June 9 – The Thai Customs Department on Monday said it seized 30 Honda and Toyota automobiles stolen in Malaysia but awaiting further movement in Thailand as part of their being smuggled to a third country. In a press conference with Malaysian ambassador to Thailand Dato Nazirah binti Hussain today, Customs director-general Rakop Srisupaat […]
RANONG, 8 June 2014, (NNT) – Local police and military in Ranong Province have arrested 102 immigrants for illegal entry as they crossed Thai border on their way to Malaysia. Officials said the arrested comprosed 36 Myanmar nationals and 66 Rohingyas, adding that all have been charged with illegal entry and would later be deported […]
BANGKOK — The military junta has agreed to exempt this month’s Full Moon Party on Koh Pha Ngan Island from the nationwide curfew, allowing revelers to party from dusk-til-dawn as is tradition. Kho Pha Ngan’s all-night full moon parties, held every month on the days before and after a full moon, regularly attract thousands of […]
BANGKOK, 3 June 2014 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has cautioned 12 provinces in the eastern and southern regions to beware of possible flashfloods and landslides tomorrow through this weekend. Based on the data received from the Meteorological Department, Director-General of the DDPM Chatchai Promlert indicated that the southwest monsoon […]
Two Army rangers killed in shooting ambush while on patrol in Pattani’s Sai Buri district. News source: MCOT
SONGKHLA — A woman turned herself into the police with an unlicensed handgun and asked to be jailed in order to avoid her “abusive” husband. Chamnian Thongjib, 54, a resident of Rattaphum district in Songkhla province, showed up at the district’s police station yesterday morning with a homemade handgun and told baffled police officers that […]
NAKORN SRI THAMMARAT, 31 May 2014 (NNT) –In April, 967 drug user suspects were apprehended in Nakorn Sri Thammarat province, ranking the region number two in Thailand for such arrests, according to Pol.Col. Pudit Narasingha, deputy commander of Nakorn Sri Thammarat provincial police division. In addition, 165 of the alleged illegal drug users were charged […]
PHATTHALUNG, May 29 – Gold diggers continued to flood into an oil palm plantation in this southern Thai province to search for gold despite an absolute prohibition from the land owner. Fifty or 60 people arrived at the plantation in Khao Chai Son district today in search of gold which they believe is buried underground. […]
