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British restaurant owner loses 60,000 baht in home burglary
Burglars got away with more than 60,000 baht after breaking into the Pattaya home of a British restaurant owner. John Robert Cook, 68, called...
Issan woman arrested for attacking Italian with wooden plank
A Nong Bua Lamphu woman was arrested for allegedly attacking an Italian man 36 years older than her with a nail-spiked plank. ...
3 teens arrested in Third Road mugging
Three teenagers were arrested for allegedly mugging an 18-year-old on Third Road. Watchara Yiadram, 18, told police three boys and a girl had threatened...
Nakhon Sawan man claims ONCB officers kidnapped, beat him
Pattaya Police are investigating claims that officers from the Office of the Narcotics Control Bureau Region 2 kidnapped a Nakhon Sawan man and beat...
3 arrested for smuggled tobacco in South Pattaya restaurant raids
Police raided three Middle Eastern restaurants and arrested three Thai operators for allegedly selling hookah tobacco illegally smuggled into Thailand. Juraiwan Bunkaew, 19, of...
Swede injured in fall from hotel 2nd floor
A Swedish man was injured when he fell from a second-floor balcony in Jomtien Beach. Laser Olson, 67, needed 12 stitches at Pattaya Memorial...
Police arrest 2 in convenience store robbery spree
Police have arrested two men suspected in a string of convenience-store robberies since late June. Chanont Leela, 21, and Kiattisak Wannaying, 22, were apprehended...
Van driver arrested for alleged rape of go-go dancer
A Khon Kaen van driver was arrested for allegedly snatching a Jomtien Beach go-go dancer off the street and raping her. Nattapong Sutthikaew, 30,...
Sri Lankan arrested to bilking, stranding 3 countrymen in Pattaya
Pattaya police arrested a Sri Lankan man accused of bilking three countrymen out of more than 600,000 baht and leaving them to beg on...
Shots fired at massage parlor manager’s car
Police suspect a business conflict was the motive behind the shooting of a car owned by a North Pattaya massage parlor manager. Officers responded...
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Pattaya enhances public amenities with new state-of-the-art Toilet Buses
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Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution
PATTAYA, Thailand - In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significant step forward on April 25 with...
Thailand’s declining birth rate sparks future population concerns
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Immigration police raid nets 21 Myanmar nationals in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police conducted a raid on two rented rooms in Soi Khopai South Pattaya on April 24, following reports of...