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Drift racing champ shot dead in Pattaya
A well-known drift-car racer was killed when four unknown assailants shot him in the head while riding a motorbike through Pattaya. Thanapron Pandontri, 24,...
Russian woman found dead in central Pattaya condo
Forensics experts have been asked to determine why a Russian woman died in her central Pattaya condominium. The decomposing body of Tatiana Shmykova, 63,...
1 dead, 1 injured in Third Road motorbike accident
One woman was killed and her boyfriend injured when their motorbike hit a minibus on Third Road head-on. Waraporn Hothaisong, 22, died of a...
Gangster turned police volunteer mourned in Pattaya
Political, police and media representatives turned out to mourn the death of an infamous Pattaya gangster who late in life went to work as...
20,000 meth tablets seized in Banglamung
Area police seized nearly 20,000 methamphetamine tablets destined for sale in Issan during a raid of a Banglamung apartment. Pattaya,...
Police nab 1 of 4 wanted in ATM heist
Police have arrested one of five men who allegedly used a blowtorch to steal millions of baht from a Pattaya automated-teller machine. Athit Sangprasert,...
Boy from Chiang Mai hill tribe nabbed by police after break-in
A northern Thailand hill-tribe boy was captured by police after allegedly breaking into a fruit vendor’s apartment. The 14-year-old boy from the Akha tribe...
Car overturns on Sukhumvit, no injuries
A two-car collision that resulted in once car overturning remarkably left drivers uninjured in central Pattaya. A red Mazda sedan flipped near the intersection...
Motorbike gang steals teen’s ride at gunpoint
A motorbike gang held a teen motorcyclist at gunpoint and stole his bike during an after-midnight holdup in Pattaya. Nattapol Bunphaew, 18, contacted Dongtan...
Man shot amid Third Road Songkran revelry
An argument stemming from Songkran revelry landed a Thai man in the hospital with a gunshot wound. Thanawut Kittiwittayasang, 34, sustained an 11mm wound...