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Foreign suspect flees after stabbing British man outside Phuket nightclub
A “large” foreign man is on the run after stabbing a British national outside a nightclub in the Choeng Talay area of Phuket in the early hours of yesterday, December 3. Choeng Talay Police Station officers and rescue workers were called to the road outside the entertainment venue at around 12.20am to investigate the stabbing and assist the victim, later…
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Thai actress denies fraud as police seize 10 million baht in assets
Thai actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai remains in police custody today, December 4, over a fraud scandal, but continues to deny all allegations. Police said they have substantial evidence against her and seized assets worth around 10 million baht from her home in Bangkok’s Phra Khanong area. Yesterday, December 3, officers arrested Nana at her home and searched the property before…
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Dumbhead dispute: Miss Universe 2025 winner faces defamation complaint from Thai organiser
A Thai beauty pageant organiser filed a defamation complaint against the newly crowned Miss Universe 2025, Fatima Bosch, after she publicly claimed he called her a “dumbhead”. The dispute between the president of the Miss Universe 2025 organising committee, Nawat Itsaragrisil, and the Mexican beauty queen, Bosch, began on November 4 during a pre-pageant event in Bangkok. The conflict first…
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Police bust warehouse with 160,000 fake masks and cosmetics
A police raid in Samut Prakan uncovered over 160,000 fake face masks and counterfeit cosmetics being sold online. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) stormed a warehouse in Bang Sao Thong district after tracing it to a major counterfeit products operation. Officers seized fake face masks branded as Welcare, along with fake cosmetic products, including Biore lotions and Cetaphil cleansers. Police launched…
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Ten foreigners arrested in Koh Phangan poker raid
Tourist police arrested ten foreign nationals last night, December 2, for gambling during a poker game in Koh Phangan district, Surat Thani. The raid took place around 10pm at a private property. Officers from Division 5 of the Tourist Police Bureau acted after receiving information that foreigners had gathered there to gamble. When they arrived, they saw numerous motorbikes parked…
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Thai man attempts suicide after setting girlfriend on fire at supermarket
Police stopped a man from taking his own life after he set his girlfriend on fire outside a supermarket in Nakhon Sawan province on Monday, December 1. Witnesses rushed to extinguish the flames engulfing the 33 year old woman, Nicha, outside the store on Krai Lat Road in the Pak Nam Pho sub-district at around 5pm. She was taken to…
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Udon Thani residents alarmed by suspected dog poisonings
Residents in Udon Thani found five dead dogs in a forested area of Mueang district. Locals from Ban Pak Dong reported the incident yesterday, December 2. Sumanat Saengpanya, a livestock official in Udon Thani, joined district officials and village leaders to inspect the area. The site sits at the junction of three nearby villages. There, the group found two dead…
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Thai police arrest six foreigners over major fraud and trafficking
The Immigration Bureau arrested six foreign nationals for financial fraud, human trafficking, and narcotics offences, according to Deputy Commissioner Police Major General Panthana Nuchanart. In the first case, police arrested Pan, a 41 year old Chinese man, wanted in China for swindling financial institutions out of 560 million yuan (roughly 2.8 billion baht). Officers say Pan falsified business information to…
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Thai actress and husband surrenders to police over fraud scandal
Thai actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai and her husband acknowledged two fraud-related charges after victims filed complaints with the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today, December 3. The scandal erupted last month when the Facebook page ท่านเปา hinted that a well-known actress whose name begins with N had deceived friends and acquaintances into investing in her businesses, which produced no returns. The…
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Woman killed in Pathum Thani motorcycle crash
A motorcycle crash in Pathum Thani claimed the life of a woman and left another injured after the bike collided with a six-wheel truck. The incident occurred around 10pm yesterday, December 1, on the inbound express lane of Phahonyothin Road, near kilometre marker 46+500 in Khlong Luang district. Police Lieutenant Kriangkrai Srimai of Khlong Luang Police Station, forensic doctors from Thammasat…
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Thai transwoman files complaint over unfair wages at Trat karaoke bar
A Thai transwoman filed a complaint against the owner of a karaoke bar in Trat province, accusing her of unfair wage payment after receiving 100 baht per day instead of the agreed rate of 120 baht. Officers from Mueang Trat Police Station went to the karaoke bar near Sra See Siat Reservoir in Wang Krachae sub-district at around 12.10am today,…
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7 locations raided over unhygienic counterfeilt consumer goods
Police yesterday, December 1, raided a factory and several storage sites used to produce and distribute counterfeit consumer goods, seizing more than 240,000 illegal items and raw materials. Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and the Economic Crime Suppression Division launched coordinated raids at seven locations in Lopburi, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani and Bangkok as part of a…
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Toilet truck crashes into motorcycle, leaving 2 students with broken legs
A toilet truck crashed into a motorcycle at an intersection in Udon Thani yesterday, December 1, leaving two teenage students seriously injured. Mueang Udon Thani Police Station received a report of the accident at 10.50am and coordinated with rescuers from the Sawang Sema Dham Rescue Foundation. The crash occurred at the Udon Thani Teachers Savings Cooperative Intersection, where Mukka Montri…
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Thai woman seeks public help to find missing British husband in Udon Thani
A Thai woman in Udon Thani appealed to the public for help in locating her British husband, who has been missing since the Loy Krathong Festival in early November. The 56 year old woman, Phavika Hutchinsan, filed a missing person report at Mueang Udon Thani Police Station at 1.30pm yesterday, December 1. Her 60 year old British husband’s name was…
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Lawyer association president shoots motorcyclist in Nonthaburi road dispute
A lawyer association president shot a motorcyclist during a road-rage confrontation in Nonthaburi yesterday, December 1, claiming he acted out of anger after being insulted. Police and rescue workers from Ruam Katanyu Foundaton arrived at Bang Plu Intersection on Rattanathibet Road at around 9am, where they found 36 year old Bordin sitting beside his silver-bronze Honda CB500X with a gunshot…
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Foreign woman wanted for stealing snus from Krabi shop
A foreign woman remains at large after stealing two boxes of snus from a shop at Holiday Beach Walk in the Ao Nang district of Krabi province on Saturday, November 29. Chutchalit Wongwatjanakil, the owner of the snus and kratom shop Term, posted in the Krabi Marketplace Facebook group seeking information about the suspect. He included CCTV images of the…
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Thai squatter accuses homeowner of stealing her identity to purchase his house
A Thai woman allegedly occupied a man’s house for five months and later claimed ownership of the property, accusing the homeowner of stealing her mobile phone to complete the house purchase and other financial transactions. The victim, an animator who requested anonymity, shared videos of the incident on his Facebook page, Left Right, showing the moment he called police to…
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17 year old girl flees attempted rape by father’s friend in Rayong
A 17 year old girl contacted news agencies, fearing the police would ignore her case, after her father’s friend attempted to rape her at a house in Rayong province. The victim contacted several news agencies yesterday, November 30, to share her story and urged the media to publicise the case. The precise date and time of the incident were not…
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16 year old schoolgirl blames depression for slashing classmate’s face
A 16 year old schoolgirl slashed her classmate’s face with a Stanley knife in Loei province on Friday, November 28, allegedly blaming depression for the attack. The victim’s mother, 41 year old Kanoknipa, contacted the media to seek justice for her daughter, 16 year old Da. She said her daughter was a well-behaved student and a scholarship recipient, adding that…
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6 Hat Yai men arrested for stealing beer from container train amid floods
Police yesterday, November 30, arrested six suspects for stealing beer from a container train at Hat Yai Train Station during the ongoing flood crisis in Songkhla. Officers are still searching for the ringleader and additional suspects. Videos showing several Thai men removing crates of beer from four railway containers and carrying them away went viral on Thai social media on…
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Crackdown on illegal alcohol sales at Pattaya Fireworks Festival
Banglamung District officials conducted a late-night operation on Pattaya Beach, targeting vendors illegally selling alcoholic beverages in a restricted area during the Pattaya International Fireworks Festival 2025. The focus was to curb the distribution of illegal alcohol at the event. Yesterday, on November 29, at approximately 10.16pm, Patcharapat Sritanyanon, the Chief District Officer of Banglamung, instructed Tharit Chanchareun, a senior…
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Suspect arrested with over 200,000 meth pills in Thailand
The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) Unit 24 has apprehended a suspect in connection with the possession of over 200,000 methamphetamine pills. The arrest followed the discovery of a suspicious bag abandoned at a road sign. The suspect later confessed to plans of transporting the drugs to inner regions. Yesterday, on November 29, the Thai Army, through the 2nd Army Region…
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Four dismissed in Bangkok prison scandal as probe widens
Four senior officials at Bangkok Remand Prison have been dismissed for serious disciplinary violations linked to a widening scandal over preferential treatment given to certain inmates. Justice Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Rutthapon Naowarat confirmed the dismissals, adding that 14 others remain under investigation. Among those removed are the former director of inmate supervision and three other officers who were aware…
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Police arrest three teens over stabbing of man in Udon Thani
Police in Udon Thani have arrested three male teenagers in connection with a stabbing that left a 37 year old man seriously injured in the Klao Chan community, Mueang district. The victim, identified as Porntep, sustained two stab wounds to his back and managed to flee to a nearby hotel, where he sought help. He was later taken to the…
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3 foreign motorcyclists fined for running red light in Phuket after viral video
Phuket police fined three foreign motorcyclists for running a red light at Si Kor Intersection in the Kathu district on Tuesday, November 26. A Thai motorist recorded the moment the three foreigners violated the traffic signal and later shared the footage with the Newshawk Phuket Facebook page. The page then published the video to highlight their behaviour. In the clip,…
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Swedish arson suspect hides in Pattaya under fake German identity
Police arrested a Swedish man wanted on an Interpol Red Notice after he had been hiding in Pattaya for an extended period by posing as a German national. The Immigration Bureau Division 3 received information from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about the fugitive, identified only as N. He was wanted in Sweden for a major arson attack in Sävsjö.…
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Debate after Hat Yai flood victims seen taking items from flooded 7-Eleven
Residents in Hat Yai district, Songkhla province, were seen collecting items from a damaged 7-Eleven store following severe flooding, prompting discussion online over whether the act was acceptable given the circumstances. TikTok user, @naruponnut, yesterday, November 27, posted videos showing the interior of a flooded 7-Eleven with its front window shattered. People were observed placing snacks and drinks into bags…
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5 Vietnamese nationals arrested after hidden heroin parcels uncovered
Officers from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) joined forces to dismantle a drug trafficking network operating in Thailand, leading to the arrest of five Vietnamese suspects involved in sending heroin to Australia. AITF officers inspected outbound parcels destined for Australia at the Suvarnabhumi Airport Free Zone when they detected irregularities…
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2 Japanese men arrested in Bangkok over Yakuza-linked drug trafficking
Officers from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) arrested two Japanese men involved in a transnational drug trafficking network and seized more than 2 million baht in assets. A South Korean suspect linked to the group remains at large. The arrests were part of an international operation between Thailand, Japan and South Korea to dismantle a major organised…
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Russian man dies after birthday fishing trip accident in Pattaya
A search team yesterday, November 26, discovered the body of a Russian man near Koh Larn in Pattaya after he reportedly fell into the sea during a birthday fishing trip with friends. A group of four Russian tourists rented a boat for a fishing trip near Nuan Beach on Koh Larn on Monday evening, November 24, to celebrate the 61st…
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