Law & Crime

Hundreds of Illegally Caught Fish Found in Phuket

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:17:00 -0400

Hundreds of illegally caught aquarium fish were confisticated from a house in Phuket. The owner of the house hired local fishermen to catch the fish with cyanide in coral reefs around the islands of Ko Racha and Ko Khai.

Grenade explodes in Bangkok; Ping pong bomb in Chiang Mai

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:55:00 -0400

An M79 grenade exploded on Tuesday at a house 200 metres from the Bangkok residence of the president of the Thailand's Supreme Administrative Court. On the same day, the company of Bhumjaithai Party leader Newin Chidchob's father-in-law was targeted with a ping pong bomb.

Ohio man arrested for tattooing a 1-year-old

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:57:00 -0400

An Ohio man could face a minimum of 5 years in jail for allegedly tattoing a one-year-old girl, FOX8 News reported.

Thai police searching for two suspects behind fatal bomb killing senior police officers

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:04:00 -0400

Thai police are searching for two men suspected of killing Bannang Sata police chief Colonel Sompian Eksomya, fatally wounding a senior sergeant major, and injuring two other officers in the southern Thai province of Yala last Friday.

Briton jailed for 14 years for having sex with underage Thai boys

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:42:00 -0400

A Bangkok court Monday sentenced a British national to 14 years in jail for luring two underage boys and sexually abusing them.

Grenade fired into Bangkok army compound, injuring 2 soldiers

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:36:00 -0400

Two soldiers were injured on Monday afternoon after an M-79 grenade was fired into the compound of the First Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment near the Victory Monument in Bangkok.

Thai police seize grenade launcher parts from illegal factory

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:32:00 -0400

Thai police seized more than 5,000 grenade launcher components at an illegal suburban factory in Samut Prakarn province Sunday.

Senior Yala police officer nearing retirement killed by suspected insurgents

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:48:00 -0500

A senior police officer nearing retirement after serving more than 20 years in the violence-affected areas in the southern Thai provinces, and being for 40 years in total in service, was killed on Friday in an ambush by suspected Muslim militants.

Suspected Islamic militants kill four in Southern Thailand

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:38:00 -0500

Suspected Muslim insurgents on Thursday shot dead three Thai telephone repairmen and a 61-year-old salesman in two incidents in the southern Thai province of Pattani.

Red Shirts besiege Bangkok police station following YouTuber's arrest

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:30:00 -0500

Thailand's anti-government 'Red Shirt' protesters besieged a Bangkok police station on Saturday after a man, who had posted a YouTube video warning of violence in the capital, was arrested.

Thai police seize 1,000,000 speed pills worth of Bt150 million

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:19:00 -0500

Thai police have seized 1,000,000 amphetamine pills worth over Bt150 million from a pickup truck in Chiang Mai's Phrao district.

32 Thai labourers arrested in Poland for working illegally

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:47:00 -0500

32 Thai labourers were arrested in Poland for working illegally, a Thai foreign ministry official said Thursday. The labourers were lured by a job recruitment firm to Poland with a promise of jobs at mushroom farms, but instead were sent to work in the fruit processing industry.

Thailand to deport Chinese drug trafficking suspect

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:47:00 -0500

Thai police on Tuesday arrested a Chinese national suspected of drug trafficking and will deport him in response to a request from Chinese authorities, the head of Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said Tuesday.

2 wounded in bomb attacks targeting banks and ATMs in Southern Thailand

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500

Five small bombs planted by suspected insurgents exploded Tuesday outside banks and ATMs in southern Thailand, injuring two people, local police said. Another three bombs were defused.

Father and daughter shot dead in Pattani; Bomb wounds five in Narathiwat

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500

Suspected Islamic insurgents shot dead a father and his 7-year-old daughter on Tuesday in the southern Thai province of Pattani, while a roadside bomb imjured five soldiers.

Thai customs officials seize illegal coral shipment worth Bt2 million

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500

Thai customs officials confisticated more than 800 pieces of rare and protected corals and sea anemones during a random search at the freight warehouses of Thai Airways International in Bangkok.

Emirates Airline Probes "Misdeclared" Elephant Tusks Cargo to Thailand

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:46:00 -0500

Emirates Airline has launched an internal inquiry and is working closely with Thai authorities after more than two tonnes of ivory worth 120 million baht ($3.6 million) was confisticated at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport last Wednesday.

Thai customs confisticate a record 2 tons of elephant tusks

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:41:00 -0500

Thailand has seized a record two tons of elephant tusks from Africa hidden in pallets that authorities say were labeled as mobile phone parts.