Yearly Archives: 2015
Sattahip drug tests motorcycle-taxi drivers
Sattahip District launched a reorganization of the area’s motorcycle taxis by drug testing more than 453 drivers. District Chief Parinya Phothisut joined personnel from...
2 French parasailers injured in freak accident
Two French nationals were seriously injured in a freak parasailing accident that saw them vaulted 200 meters into the air to the top of...
TAT: Pattaya attracted 250,000 tourists in February
Tourism officials estimate Pattaya attracted 250,000 tourists who spent 925 million baht in the first three weeks of February. Tourism Authority...
New commander of Pattaya’s Tourist Police announces policies
The new commander of the Tourist Police Division in Pattaya laid out seven policies to officers under command. Pol. Maj. Piyapong Ansan took over...
More Africans arrested for Facebook scam in Pattaya
Area police made their third arrest in as many months of Africans suspected of using Facebook to scam Thai women out of their money....
Indian fortune tellers arrested by immigration police
Immigration police arrested two Indian men trying their hand as fortune tellers on Jomtien Beach. Gurpreet Singh, 19, and a 47-year-old identified only as...
Women arrested for serial drugging-robberies of foreign men
Two women who allegedly drugged and robbed a series of older foreign tourists in Pattaya were arrested after complaints from their latest three victims....
Man killed in North Pattaya drive-by
A well-known area street figure was killed in a drive-by shooting in North Pattaya. Watchara “Tee Takientia” Keawsuwan, 33, was shot eight times in...
Russian hurt by hit-and-run driver in Sattahip
A Russian man was injured after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Sattahip. Maksim Sergeev, 47, suffered cuts to the legs and...












