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  • Samut Sakhon karaoke bar raided for alleged child prostitution operation

    Samut Sakhon karaoke bar raided for alleged child prostitution operation

    Police arrested a karaoke bar and restaurant owner for alleged human trafficking and sexual exploitation of teenage girls. After receiving a tip about an alleged child prostitution and trafficking operation, police raided the karaoke bar in Samut Sakhon, southwest of Bangkok, and found a 16 year old girl who officers believe is a victim. She is now at a temporary…

  • Drugged up slaughterhouse worker kills 2, injures 5 at random

    Drugged up slaughterhouse worker kills 2, injures 5 at random

    A drugged up slaughterhouse worker has been accused of killing 2 girls and injuring 5 others while going on a random knife attack on his motorbike in Udon Thani. The man, 31 year old Itthiphol Imphueng, from Udon Thani’s Nong Wua So district, worked in Muang district. His first victim was 16 year old Anchaya Boonyingyuan, who died at Udon…

  • 5 shot and in critical condition after gang clash in Phitsanulok

    5 shot and in critical condition after gang clash in Phitsanulok

    5 people were shot and severely wounded in an alleged turf war between 2 rival gangs in Phitsanulok’s Wang Thong district. Police say gang members attacked another gang because they were on “their territory.” Police say the alleged attackers threw ping pong bombs and fired shots at the rival gang members. The victims were reportedly found with several bullet wounds and…

  • Thai couple arrested in Bangkok for allegedly trafficking 1 million methamphetamine pills

    Thai couple arrested in Bangkok for allegedly trafficking 1 million methamphetamine pills

    Police in Bangkok arrested a Thai couple for allegedly smuggling 1 million methamphetamine pills. Police say 28 year old Weerasak Jedhun and 29 year old Jutharat Daengnoi planned to deliver and distribute the drugs to clients in the South. The arrests stem from an earlier bust in Nonthaburi, a suburb outside Bangkok, where police seized 1 million methamphetamine pills and…