In an effort to stop violence in the southern border provinces of Thailand, people in Narathiwat province have called on local residents to join hands with officials in tackling unrest in the deep South. A group of more than 1,000 people, comprising officials, religious leaders, and people from all walks of life in 13 districts […]
BANGKOK, March 12 – Members of a transnational drug trafficking gang led by a Thai police officer were arrested and 65.8 kilogrammes of heroin with a street value of Bt100 million was confiscated. Drug suppression police said they earlier arrested a couple, identified as Mr Sakhon and Yanwattana Piasang as they delivered 188 bars of […]
PHETCHABURI, 11 March 2013 (NNT) – A 100,000-baht-bounty is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a local gang suspected of killing an elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park. Assistant national police chief Pol Gen Jarumporn Suramanee called a meeting with the Park’s investigation team, soldiers and police in Phetchaburi province to discuss […]
YALA, March 11 – One army ranger was killed and two others were wounded in a bombing in Raman district in this violence-plagued province. The patrol was in a pick-up truck when a bomb exploded inside or attached to their vehicle. It was initially believed to be hidden under the driver’s seat as pieces of […]
PHETCHABURI, March 10 – Police and a team of specialists on Sunday inspected an elephant carcass in the Kaeng Krachan national park and gathered evidence to find the culprits. Assistant National Police Chief Jaramporn Suramanee led the team of specialists to the national park in Phetchaburi by helicopter after he met Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, head of […]
NARATHIWAT, March 9 – More than a thousand local residents in this restive southern province rallied today to show their opposition to violence and called on the public to cooperate with the authorities in tackling the insurgency problems. Some 1,000 representatives from Narathiwat’s 13 districts turned up at the Provincial Islamic Committee Office with national […]
BANGKOK, 4 March 2013 (NNT) – The weather bureau has issued a warning on high waves and strong winds expected in the Gulf of Thailand during the next few days. The Southern Meteorological Center – East Coast, on Monday, issued the third warning on high waves and strong winds, forecast in the lower part of […]
YALA, March 5 – Insurgents burned tires at some 40 locations in seven districts of Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala but no casualties were reported. An unknown number of persons were involved in the coordinated demonstrations of presence in the province, setting automobile tires afire at some 40 locations in seven districts of Yala, except […]
