Patcharapol Panrak
Sattahip Naval Base officers visit day-care centers for Children’s Day
Top Sattahip Naval Base officers visited two Sattahip day-care centers to help children and parents celebrate Children’s Day. Royal Thai Fleet Deputy Chief of...
Naval academy commissions new sailors
Nearly 3,900 new conscripts became commissioned Royal Thai Navy sailors at a Jan. 6 ceremony in Sattahip. Capt. Saman Khantapong, commander of the Naval...
Kitten rescued from tree after 3 days in Sattahip
Sattahip animal-control officers came to the aid of a kitten who had been chased up a tree by the family dog and got stuck...
Eastern border-patrol squadrons rotate
The Royal Thai Navy rotated its border-patrol fleet covering the coast from Sattahip to Chantaburi and Trat. Vice Adm. Sucheep Whoungmaitree presided over the...
Sleepy sailor drives into sea
A sleepy sailor sent his pickup truck crashing into the sea when he fell asleep and drove through a roadside barrier in Sattahip. Petty...
Faulty repair blamed for car fire
A faulty repair job is being blamed for a car fire in Sattahip. Driver Singhnart Wattanasri, 50, escaped injury in the Jan. 2 accident...
Pattaya Mail reporter donates rice on King Taksin Day
Pattaya Mail reporter Patcharapol Panrak and his family donated 1,000 bags of rice to the disabled, needy, children and the elderly in Sattahip to...
Drug user turned alleged dealer arrested in Sattahip
Sattahip police arrested a former drug user turned alleged dealer. Officers nabbed Vithaya Pinyoyong, 24, in a Dec. 22 sting operation outside the Wanchaithanormsin...
Navy officers break up Ban Chang drug ring
Royal Thai Navy drug-suppression officers seized nearly 3,800 methamphetamine pills during the arrest of six members of an alleged narcotics ring. Navy officials on...
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