An eight-year-old schoolboy was killed in a shooting at a bus by a number of technical school students on Ramkhamhaeng road on Wednesday morning, police reported. Police said the shooting took place about 7am. A group of youths dressed in technical school uniforms followed bus No 113 (Min Buri-Hua Lamphong) on motorcycles along Ramkhamhaeng road. At an intersection, the students [...]

Pattaya Police Officers pounced on a pair of suspected drug dealers in the early hours of Saturday, in front of a Hotel in South Pattaya. Information was received by Police that the two men were in front of the Marine Plaza Hotel behind Walking Street and were selling drugs to passing tourists. When officers arrived the two suspects were with [...]

The personal chauffeur of the late red-shirt military strategist Maj-General Khattiya Sawasdipol is being held at an undisclosed army camp for interrogation over his alleged involvement in anti-government protests from March to May, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tharit Pengdit said yesterday. Jakchalat “Pol” Khongsuwan, 37, could be detained for up to 30 days without the presence of lawyers [...]

Pathumthani police and doctors said they found the body of a taxi driver on a remote road and believe that he was murdered after being robbed. Authorities explained that the murder victim, 51-year-old Chakkrit Chan-on, sustained a four-centimeter-long wound under his chin. Police found evidence of a struggle and blood stains inside the taxi. They added that the man was [...]

PHUKET: A former driver at a local school was arrested at Tah Chat Chai checkpoint with 200 ya bah (methamphetamine) pills yesterday evening. Acting on a tip-off, Tah Chat Chai Police led by Lt Nopparat Kongsuk pulled over a red-plated Vigo pickup at 7pm. A search of the vehicle uncovered 200 ya bah pills stashed inside a plastic bag stuffed [...]

Several thousand red shirts have united for the first time since their protest was broken up on May 19 to mourn the death of their “heroic fighter”, army specialist Khattiya Sawasdipol. Supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) flooded Wat Sommanat yesterday with bitterness, resentment and anger about the death of the red shirt security chief, better [...]

PHUKET: The future of Phuket as a rest and relaxation destination for US Navy ships is in jeopardy following a blockade of the access road at Phuket Deep Sea Port by taxi drivers demanding sailors use their service instead of a free transport service provided by the US military. Details of what transpired last night have yet to be fully [...]

BANGKOK, Feb2 (TNA) – Bangkok police on Tuesday said they will question a taxi driver whose vehicle and personal images were captured by a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera who is believed to have witnessed the dramatic catapulting of bags of human waste and putrid fermented fish into the compound of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s residence. The bags of assorted [...]

Chiang Mai and Chanthaburi recorded the most New Year holiday road deaths while Yasothon is the only province with zero accidents and no deaths. Overall, the number of deaths and injuries in road accidents during the first six of the seven-day New Year holidays this year was down on the same period last year. The total deaths reported from Dec29, [...]

A total of 686 road accidents happened on New Year Day, the fourth day of the seven dangerous New Year holidays, killing 70 victims, causing the accumulated road death to climb to 238. The centre for prevention road accidents during the New Year holidays announced that 737 people were injured in road accidents on the New Year Day, raising the [...]