Tag: Songkran
Police arrest 3 in methamphetamine crackdown
Police seized about 5 grams of crystal methamphetamines and 74 ya ba tablets in the arrests of three alleged members of a local drug-dealing...
2 arrested for using fake passports to open bank accounts
Two foreigners were arrested after a French embassy official determined that the passports they used to open a Pattaya bank account were fake. ...
Police arrest South African with huge cache of meth, heroin, other...
A South African man traveling under two names and two passports has been arrested with a large cache of heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamines and other...
Police round up 60 Beach Road loiterers
About 60 Beach Road loiterers were rounded up, fined and released in the Pattaya police’s latest sweep of Pattaya Beach. A...
Suspected drug dealer arrested for shooting death of gang leader
A suspected drug dealer has been arrested in the shooting death of a Naklua gang leader. Viroj Yuusabai, 47, was apprehended...
American found dead in Third Road room
A heart attack or other natural causes are being blamed for the death of an American man found dead in his Third Road apartment....
Final segments of artificial reef to be laid in Jomtien Beach
Concrete pipes lying on Jomtien Beach will soon be home to fish and other sea life when they are dropped into the ocean a...
Zoom Festival starts tonight
Pattaya will thump to the beat of electronic dance music tonight and Saturday when the Zoom Festival kicks off for the second year at...
Thailand & Canada hail 50th anniversary of close ties
To expand cooperation Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday, March 23 welcomed her Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper, who was here on a three-day...
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Anutin pays tribute to Vietnam’s heroes in Hanoi
HANOI, Vietnam – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul led the Thai delegation in wreath-laying ceremonies at the Bac Son Monument and the Ho Chi Minh...
Thaksin Shinawatra has EM bracelet removed, expected to travel to Dubai later this month
BANGKOK, Thailand – Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has had his electronic monitoring (EM) bracelet removed after officially receiving a royal pardon, according to...
Anutin courts Thai investors in Vietnam, witnesses AI and smart industry deals
HANOI, Vietnam – Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul met with representatives of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam...
Illegal meat factory near Bangkok shocks consumers
PATHUM THANI, Thailand – A joint task force of Thai consumer protection police, livestock officials, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has raided...
Chinese scam syndicate busted in Chiang Mai luxury villas, 15 arrested
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Police have raided two luxury pool villas in Chiang Mai used as operational bases by a Chinese scam syndicate, arresting...