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  • Crime NewsPolice in central Thailand offer cash reward to help nab gold shop robber

    Police in central Thailand offer cash reward to help nab gold shop robber

    Police in Thailand’s central province of Ayutthaya is offering a cash reward to help catch a gold shop robber. The robber got away with 95 baht weight in gold jewellery worth over 2.8 million baht on November 4, and he still hasn’t been caught. The robber fired shots at the store’s showcase at Lotus Department Store’s Sena branch, before running…

  • Crime NewsA scammer who posed as police chief arrested in central Thailand

    A scammer who posed as police chief arrested in central Thailand

    A scammer who posed as a police chief was arrested in Thailand’s central Ayutthaya province on Friday. A team of officers from the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) arrested the man, 32 year old Chonwicha Pansamut, in the Wang Noi district, according to the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB). Authorities have evidence that Chonwicha claimed to be the Chiang Rai city district…

  • Road deathsSoon-to-be bride tragically killed in car crash in central Thailand

    Soon-to-be bride tragically killed in car crash in central Thailand

    A soon-to-be bride was tragically killed in a car crash in Thailand’s central province of Suphan Buri. The soon-to-be groom, meanwhile, was seriously injured. The future bride and groom were set to marry on November 6. Yesterday, the two had driven to the eastern Chachoengsao province to deliver eggs. On their way home, a fatal crash happened. The groom, 26…

  • Crime NewsNew Zealand gangster arrested in Thailand handed to FBI

    New Zealand gangster arrested in Thailand handed to FBI

    UPDATE The New Zealand gangster who was arrested in central Thailand has now been handed over to the FBI for prosecution, Thai police said yesterday. The gangster, 43 year old Shane Ngakuru, had been on the run from the FBI and New Zealand Police. Ngakuru is a high-ranking member of the Comancheros Motorcycle Club gang. He was allegedly involved in…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesAlmost 20,000 households in central Thai province impacted by floods

    Almost 20,000 households in central Thai province impacted by floods

    Almost 20,000 households in one province in Central Thailand were impacted by floods this morning, The Pattaya News reported. Some 17,825 households, 10 communities, and 22 sub-districts in six districts were reportedly impacted by the floods in Sing Buri province. The floods were caused by the Chao Phraya River overflowing. Some villagers set up a temporary shelter by the roadside,…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesWorshippers wade through floods to get to temple in central Thailand

    Worshippers wade through floods to get to temple in central Thailand

    Buddhist worshipers in central Thailand are journeying through massive floods to get to their temple. The water level around the Wat Ban Phat temple in Ayutthaya province’s Bang Pa-in district is up to 1.5 metres. Worshippers are taking boats to get to the temple. Photos by Nation Thailand show temple-goers crossing a rather rickety-looking wooden walkway. The water level in…

  • Central Thailand NewsMeditation retreat in lush garden setting coming up in central Thailand

    Meditation retreat in lush garden setting coming up in central Thailand

    A world-renowned Buddhist author and teacher will guide a Vipassana meditation retreat coming up in central Thailand. The teacher, Supawan Green, will lead the retreat at the Bring Your Mental Self Back Home (BMSBH) Centre in Nakorn Pathom on Thursday, October 27. The retreat will be conducted in English from 9.30am to 4.30pm. The retreat will be held in a…

  • Central Thailand News100 elephants could be evacuated from camp in central Thailand due to floods

    100 elephants could be evacuated from camp in central Thailand due to floods

    Thailand’s beloved national animal is another victim of the country’s floods. In the central province of Ayutthaya, officials are preparing to possibly evacuate about 100 elephants from a camp after a river overflowed. The Lopburi River had risen 30 centimetres as of yesterday morning, Nation Thailand reported. The flooding from the overflow impacted houses in Ayutthaya’s main city district, as…

  • Central Thailand NewsRice fields in central Thailand to be used as water retention areas

    Rice fields in central Thailand to be used as water retention areas

    The Office of National Water Resources announced yesterday that rice fields in central Thailand’s Chao Phraya will be made into temporary water retention areas after farmers finish harvesting them at the end of this month. The office’s secretary-general, Surasee Kittimthon, said that more water will be drained from northern Thailand via the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat province in…

  • Thailand NewsChemical leak forces school closures in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

    Chemical leak forces school closures in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

    Residents of Nakhon Pathom province are warned to stay indoors as a major chemical leak occurred at the Indorama Polyester Industries factory in Nakhon Chai Si district at 6.15am this morning. People from miles around reported a “foul, burning stench” emanating through the sky, originating from the plastic production factory on Petchkasem Road in Khun Kaew subdistrict. Several schools including…

  • Crime NewsVIDEO: Man breaks into ex-wife’s home and kidnaps her in central Thailand

    VIDEO: Man breaks into ex-wife’s home and kidnaps her in central Thailand

    A bitter Thai man broke into his ex-wife’s home in Nakhon Pathom province and kidnapped her on Tuesday night. The woman’s home security camera captured the terrifying moment he smashed his way into the house, locked his arms around her neck and dragged her outside. She says it is the second time her ex-husband has kidnapped her. At 10.25pm, Jeerawat…

  • Crime NewsCustomer masturbates in front of delivery driver in central Thailand

    Customer masturbates in front of delivery driver in central Thailand

    Yesterday, a delivery driver filed a police complaint after he was sexually harassed by a customer in Nonthaburi province in central Thailand last week. The young driver waited more than one week to submit his evidence to police because he was scared he would be arrested for violating Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), a law introduced in June which…

  • Central Thailand NewsThai irrigation official transferred following Rangsit floods

    Thai irrigation official transferred following Rangsit floods

    An irrigation official in Thailand’s central province of Pathum Thani has been transferred from his regular work after floods wreaked havoc on the Rangsit district this week. The official, Bowdaeng Takaew, is the director of the Southern Rangsit Operation and Maintenance Project. The reason for Bowdaeng’s transfer hasn’t yet been specified, but it is believed that the transfer is due…

  • Central Thailand NewsCultural officer in central Thailand caught stealing govt money

    Cultural officer in central Thailand caught stealing govt money

    Another story of corruption in Thailand… A cultural officer in Thailand’s central Ayutthaya province was caught yesterday stealing government money meant to pay for a religious ceremony. The provincial cultural officer, 58 year old Chureeporn, worked with a friend, so far only known as “B,” to steal 80,000 baht from the government. Chureeporn drafted a proposal for the government to…

  • Crime NewsThai druggie claims he threw rocks at cars because ghosts bullied him

    Thai druggie claims he threw rocks at cars because ghosts bullied him

    Ahh, another ordinary day in Thailand… A druggie in central Thailand’s Suphan Buri province claims he hurled rocks at cars because ghosts and big cars were bullying him. Police arrested the man, Saranpat Boonchuay, on Monday night after two drivers in U Thong district complained that a man on a blue motorcycle had thrown rocks at their cars. A truck’s…

  • Thailand News‘Fish sauce’ leaking through ceiling turns out to be corpse fluid in central Thailand

    ‘Fish sauce’ leaking through ceiling turns out to be corpse fluid in central Thailand

    Last night, a 49 year old teacher living in Nonthaburi province, central Thailand, told her apartment manager that fermented fish sauce was leaking through her ceiling and dripping down her wall. Pornphimon went away for the weekend and when she returned yesterday at 8pm, she noticed a putrid smell in her apartment. She said, “black water” was coming through the…

  • Central Thailand NewsProvince in central Thailand hit by river overflows

    Province in central Thailand hit by river overflows

    Authorities in one province in central Thailand are advising people who live near rivers to move their belongings to higher ground due to rivers bursting their banks. Ayutthaya province has seen rising water levels in the Chao Phraya, and Noi rivers since earlier this week. Some residents’ houses have already been inundated, forcing them to camp out in tents provided…

  • Crime NewsCondo technician tries to rape teenage student in central Thailand

    Condo technician tries to rape teenage student in central Thailand

    A condominium technician tried to rape an 18 year old woman who asked him to let her into her room after she lost her key card in Nonthaburi province, central Thailand. The girl’s elder sister filed a police report on her behalf at Bang Bua Thong Police Station yesterday at 4.30pm, providing CCTV footage recorded on August 19 at 9pm…

  • Crime NewsFake policeman allegedly rapes, beats and imprisons 20 year old in central Thailand

    Fake policeman allegedly rapes, beats and imprisons 20 year old in central Thailand

    Police yesterday arrested a 27 year old man in Nonthaburi province, central Thailand, who posed as a police officer on a dating app and allegedly raped, beat, and kept a 20 year old woman imprisoned for two days. The victim – Ms. A (pseudonym) – met Weerapat, or ‘Boo,’ on a dating app. Boo told Ms. A he was a…

  • Central Thailand NewsCar goes flying out of third storey of car park in central Thailand

    Car goes flying out of third storey of car park in central Thailand

    CCTV footage has captured a car flying off the third storey of a carpark of a shopping mall in Thailand’s central province of Nonthaburi. The footage shows the car going through the car park’s wall before the vehicle falls onto the street below. Even though Bang Bua Thong Police found the car upside down, the driver only had minor neck…

  • Central Thailand NewsUPDATE: National park in central Thailand closes 5 waterfalls due to flash floods

    UPDATE: National park in central Thailand closes 5 waterfalls due to flash floods

    UPDATE The national park in central Thailand, where a waterfall was devastated by flash floods this week, has closed five waterfalls as rain continues to pour down. Khao Yai National Park announced the closure in a Facebook post today. The Haew Narok waterfall, the park’s largest, will be closed until September 30. Meanwhile, four other waterfalls will be closed until…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesMore stormy weather headed for central and eastern Thailand

    More stormy weather headed for central and eastern Thailand

    More stormy weather is headed for central and eastern Thailand this weekend and will last until August 31. Thundershowers and isolated heavy to very heavy rains are expected in several provinces, including Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi, Sa Kaeo, Chachoengsao, Chonburi (Pattaya), Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat. From Saturday to Wednesday (August 27-31), scattered thundershowers are expected. Southwesterly winds are expected to blow…

  • Thailand News‘Ghost’ leads woman to a corpse in central Thailand

    ‘Ghost’ leads woman to a corpse in central Thailand

    An elderly woman discovered a corpse yesterday at a shanty house in Samut Prakan province in central Thailand. She claims that a ghost led her to the dead body. At 1.30pm, officers from Phra Samut Chedi Police Station were informed that a man was found dead at a makeshift house on Soi Choi Peng in Nai Klong Bang Pla Kot…

  • Central Thailand NewsWaterfall and national parks in central Thailand devastated by flash floods

    Waterfall and national parks in central Thailand devastated by flash floods

    A waterfall and two national parks in central Thailand’s Nakhon Nayok province have been devastated by flash floods since yesterday. A large amount of reddish brown water poured down into Nang Rong Waterfall in Khao Yai National Park. The waterfall’s water level rose to over half a metre, submerging a bridge. At another national park in the province, water levels…

  • Crime NewsMan kicked out by his wife shot dead by police in central Thailand

    Man kicked out by his wife shot dead by police in central Thailand

    Police shot a man dead at a police station in Nakhon Pathom province, central Thailand, last night. Police said he stole an officer’s gun and started firing shots in the car park, so they shot him eight times in the head and body. Police said the man came to Nakhon Chai Si Police Station for help around midday yesterday after…

  • Crime NewsCourt grants bail to salon owner who murdered couple over haircut in central Thailand

    Court grants bail to salon owner who murdered couple over haircut in central Thailand

    The salon owner who murdered an unhappy customer and her husband – both TV stars – in front of their young daughter in Pathum Thani on Saturday has been released on bail for 500,000 baht. Pathum Thani Provincial Court decided to grant bail to 51 year old Prasart Rangyai yesterday afternoon on the condition he wears an electronic monitoring (EM)…

  • Central Thailand NewsPolice seize fake designer products worth 50 million baht in central Thailand

    Police seize fake designer products worth 50 million baht in central Thailand

    Thai police yesterday seized 50 million baht worth of fake “designer” products in the central province of Nakhon Nayok. Officers from the Department of Special Investigation found 60,000-70,000 fake products following raids on 15 warehouses in the main city district. The products had counterfeit logos of some of the world’s most famous, pricey brands, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Coach,…

  • Thailand NewsGiant monitor lizard climbs up power pole to escape pack of dogs in central Thailand

    Giant monitor lizard climbs up power pole to escape pack of dogs in central Thailand

    A ginormous Asian water monitor lizard was chased up a communication pole by a pack of dogs at a village in Sara Buri province, central Thailand, yesterday. The giant reptile clambered up the pole when it got chased and bitten by a pack of stray dogs, but then it got stuck and had to be rescued. The “Tua Hia” –…

  • Crime NewsMan stabs wife’s secret lover to death in rice paddy in central Thailand

    Man stabs wife’s secret lover to death in rice paddy in central Thailand

    A man stabbed his wife’s suspected secret lover to death in a rice field last night in In Buri district in the central province of Sing Buri. Police are still tracking down the assailant, who fled the scene on a motorbike. At 9.55pm, officers from In Buri Police Station went to investigate after they received a report that two men…

  • Thailand NewsThai neitzens angry at SUV driver using a siren just to use toilet

    Thai neitzens angry at SUV driver using a siren just to use toilet

    Thai netizens made it known there were outraged by the owner of a black SUV car that traveled at high speed and used a siren – just to use a toilet. Dashcam footage of the SUV was posted on the Facebook page Let Me Know If You Want to Be Famous Return Part 3. The video was posted on August…