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  • Thailand News

    Aircrafts’ near collision at Dubai Airport exposed as hoax (video)

    A sensational video claiming to capture the heart-pounding near-miss between a Qantas airliner and an Emirates plane at Dubai Airport has sent shockwaves across social media. Shared by an X user on February 1, the 19-second clip purportedly reveals the tense moment when disaster was averted by mere inches. With over 1.7 million views and 6,000 shares, the post sparked…

  • Thailand News

    Chon Buri: Four Cambodian men posing as fake monks apprehended in Si Racha

    Four Cambodian individuals posing as fake monks were apprehended by immigration police on a mountain near a community in the Si Racha district, Chon Buri. They were disguised as fake Buddhist monks in yellow robes, residing in makeshift shelters. The operation was carried out this morning, December 1, following residents’ grievances about several Cambodian nationals masquerading as monks and asking…

  • Crime News

    Thai model’s husband and glamorous ring busted in love scam raid

    Thai authorities apprehended suspects in a love scam, including the husband of a prominent Thai model, unravelling a web of deceit that has left hearts broken and assets frozen. Thai law enforcement cracked down on a syndicate orchestrating investment and love scams. In a series of dramatic raids across Bangkok and Samut Prakan, five suspects found themselves on the wrong…

  • Crime News

    Bangkok’s secret sting: Counterfeit goods crackdown hits Yannawa’s underbelly

    Bangkok witnessed an undercover operation led by the Thai Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) that unfolded on Saturday, October 28. The day marked a significant blow to the counterfeit product industry, as a considerable quantity of fake goods including watches and handbags, counterfeit trademarks, and fabricated warranties, were seized in Yannawa, a district in the heart of Bangkok. The culprit…

  • Thailand News

    Blackpink fans scammed: Thai woman arrested for selling fake concert tickets

    Police arrested an unscrupulous Thai woman for selling fake concert tickets to see the popular K-Pop girl group Blackpink. The victims suffered financial losses exceeding 700,000 baht. During the Blackpink World Tour Bangkok Encore last weekend, police discovered that many attendees arrived at the event holding identical e-tickets, all of which had been purchased under the name of 26 year…

  • Thailand News

    Thai man arrested for selling fake 1,000 baht banknotes

    Officers from the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) yesterday arrested a Thai man after discovering he sold fake 1,000 baht banknotes online with a promotion, buy 10 get 1 free. The Bank of Thailand received a complaint about counterfeit banknotes being sold on Twitter and then reported the issue to the EDC and urged for an urgent investigation as the…

  • Thailand News

    Police crack down on alleged network selling forged documents, fake Covid test results

    Thai police cracked down on the sales and production of fake PCR Covid-19 test results as well education certificates and other documents needed for jobs overseas. Three people, who police suspect are part of a large network, were arrested for allegedly posing as medical practitioners selling the forged documents. The Department of Health Service Support received complaints about the sales…

  • Northern Thailand News

    Officials tracking down foreigners with fake IDs opening up illegal businesses in Chiang Rai

    Thai news site TNA is reporting that the Department of Special Investigation is investigating 255 foreigners who are allegedly in possession of fake Thai IDs in the Wiang Kaen district of Chiang Rai. The report also claims that they were operating illegal businesses. One of the suspects is Chinese but carried a Thai ID saying that he was a Thai…

  • Crime News

    Bangkok police seize fake drugs, cosmetics, supplements in factory raid

    Police and officers of the Food and Drug Administration seized 119 items made using hazardous substances and sporting fake labels in a raid on an illegal factory near Bangkok’s Pratunam intersection. The products were valued at 200,000 baht. The FDA reported the production of illegal healthcare products, which led police to Tofu Skincare based in the capitol’s Ratchathewi district. The…

  • World News

    Pakistan airlines cleans house after the pilot license cheating scandal

    In the wake of a deadly Pakistan plane crash, the country’s flagship carrier, PIA, says they may let go more than 150 pilots after finding many have allegedly faked their own licenses. The government says that pilots both inside and outside the airline had allegedly allowed other people to take their exams in order to keep their flying licenses. Now, those…

  • Crime News

    Russian charged with credit card fraud on Koh Samui

    Police in Koh Samui, in the southern province of Surat Thani, have arrested a 35 year old Russian man for allegedly using counterfeit credit cards to buy goods on the resort island. When he was arrested there were 8 fake credit cards found on him. The arrest comes after a bank employee told police of suspected irregularities in the use…

  • Northern Thailand News

    Former employee of Thai Embassy in Singapore arrested for forging visa documents

    Police in Chiang Rai have arrested a Singaporean national accused of forging visa documents. 26 year old David Han, a former employee at the Thai Embassy in Singapore, was arrested by Immigration Police at a hotel in Chiang Rai in possession of counterfeit documents required for visa extension. The Chiang Rai Times reports that Han told police he still worked…

  • Covid-19 News

    Housing registration not required to receive free masks, says ministry

    False reports are circulating online that housing registration details are required to receive free face masks from the government, and the Ministry of Industry is publicly warning people not to believe them, calling them “fake news.” A spokesperson says that reports are appearing on online media that the ministry plans to distribute free cloth masks by post, but only after…

  • Crime News

    Bangkok man arrested for flogging dodgy medical certificates online

    A young man in Bangkok has been arrested for peddling fake medical certificates on Facebook Marketplace. Police arrested 24 year old Phitchayaphat Somsri at a house in Lat Phrao district for selling the false certificates, including for Covid-19, for up to 1000 baht each, and say he used quite a number of tools in manufacturing them. A spokesman says the…

  • Covid-19 News

    Fake Isaan coronavirus doctor robs the elderly

    A man impersonating a doctor from the health department has been arrested in north-eastern Thailand for robbing his patients. 49 year old Isaan man Wanlachon Singthong targeted seniors in the Kamalasai District, of Kalasin Province. He told his victims he was a doctor providing free sanitation services to protect them from the Covid-19 outbreak. When the seniors welcomed him into their…

  • Covid-19 News

    BIG arrest on price gouging of Covid-19 safety gear and fake test kits

    2 Chinese men identified as Chen Lei and Wein Pinpin have been arrested inside a home in Pra Khanong district, Bangkok, after officials received a tip-off that fake Covid-19 test kits were being smuggled into the country. 45,000 fake Covid-19 test kits, 350,000 medical masks, and 1,200 infrared thermometers were seized. The evidence was valued at 33,750,000 baht. These items…

  • Covid-19 News

    Four people arrested after posting fake news about coronavirus

    Thai police have co-ordinated raids in four province and arrested four separate people over allegations of spreading fake news about the coronavirus outbreak. Officials from the Thai Ministry of Digital for Economy and Society, Technology Crime Suppression Division along with local authorities, raided houses in Bo Win district of Chon Buri, Ban Po district of Chachoengsao province and Muang districts…

  • Việt Nam

    Thực hư chuyện Duy Mạnh bị Công an bắt?

    ẢNH: techz.vn Gần đây trên mạng đang lan truyền về những bức ảnh ca sĩ Duy Mạnh bị những người mặc cảnh phục áp giải. Thực hư chuyện này ra sao? Cụ thể, trong những bức hình được chia sẻ, là hình ảnh ca sĩ Duy Mạnh bị còng tay bị áp giải bởi những người mặc đồng phục công…

  • Bangkok News

    Chinese and Indian nationals arrested for fake visas, entry stamps

    PHOTO: Immigration.go.th Two Chinese nationals and an Indian couple have been detained by Thai Immigration police in two separate arrests at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Thai Residents reports that the Chinese nationals were attempting to check in for a Cathay Pacific flight from Bangkok to Canada using fake Canadian visas. When airline staff got suspicious over the visas’ appearance and contacted Immigration…

  • Crime News

    Pathum Thani win messenger makes millions by double charging customers

    PHOTO: INN News “He told police that he had four wives that he needed to take care of.” A fake 49 year old messenger has been arrested after making millions by double charging customers with the same bill. He told police he did it because he has 4 wives and he needs a lot of money to take care of them. The…

  • Northern Thailand News

    Farmers fall for fake fertiliser in Kalasin

    PHOTOS: INN News A gang selling fake fertiliser had been travelling around Kalasin in Thailand’s north-east selling their products to unsuspecting farmers. Kalasin Police arrested 5 suspects that were selling the unregistered fertilisers to farmers in the area. All of the suspects are originally from Roi Et Province, also in the north-east. They were delivering large bags of fertilisers to…

  • Crime News

    Fake bomb left outside Police headquarters in Bangkok – two suspects arrested

    FILE PHOTO: Front gate of the Royal Thai Police HQ in Bangkok Two men have been taken off a bus at a checkpoint and arrested early today on suspicion of placing two fake homemade bombs in front of the Royal Thai Police HQ in Bangkok. The Nation reports that they were heading south at the time and already in Chumphon province,…

  • Events

    Beware: Fake coronation brooches being sold

    PHOTO: NNT The Office of the Permanent Secretary, under the PM’s Office, is warning manufacturers and sellers of fake coronation brooches that they could be jailed for up to 20 years and fined up to 400,000 baht. Sompas Nilphan, says the government has assigned his agency to produce and sell the coronation brooches to the general public. “All proceeds from…

  • Krabi News

    Fake 500 baht banknote found in Krabi store

    A fake 500 baht banknote has been discovered at a convenience store in Krabi. Police headed to the store in Mueang Krabi District after they were notified of the dodgy 500 baht note. 43 year old Maimunoh Somsa, the store manager, was waiting for police with the item in question – a very good copy of a 500 baht Thai…

  • World News

    Fake Garuda pilot arrested at Jakarta Airport

    PHOTO: The Jakarta Post Police at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta have arrested a man posing as a pilot for the Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda at the airport’s Terminal 3. The arrest happened last Friday. The man has been identified as Alvin Adithya Darmawan. He was wearing a Garuda pilot uniform when he checked in at the Garuda…

  • Krabi News

    Krabi woman fakes death to avoid “loan sharks”

    PHOTO: Sanook A 30 year old woman named Sudawan, who went online to post pictures of herself, apparently dead with cotton wool stuffed up her nose, has now been located. Relatives went to the police because they did not believe she was dead. They told police that they thought she went into hiding after finding out she had to pay…

  • Pattaya News

    Pattaya vendor arrested for intimidating tourists in Pattaya whilst selling fake luxury watches

    PHOTOS: Tourist Police Bureau Pattaya Tourtist Police have arrested a Thai man selling fake luxury watches and allegedly intimidating tourists as he was doing so. The Tourist Police Bureau report that 26 year old Natthapong “Top’’ Phetsanan, a watch vendor in Pattaya, was arrested on Friday near a beach in Chon Buri. The arrest came after a video clip posted on…

  • Pattaya News

    Real police charge three Filipino women working for ‘fake’ charity in Pattaya

    PHOTO: Chaiyot Pupattanapong Pattaya police arrested three Filipino women for collecting donations from tourists for an ‘imaginary’ children’s foundation. The three women, 38 year old Ruthie Espina Babila, 50 year old Jessica Bayutas Ortega and 55 year old Belinda Austria Toledo claimed to represent the ‘Children’s Joy Foundation’. They were arrested while collection donations outside a restaurant in Pattaya today. Two…

  • Phuket News

    100 million baht of counterfeit goods seized in Patong

    Acting Immigration Police Chief Maj Gen Surachete Hakparn last night headed down to Soi Bangla and seized more than 50,000 counterfeit items with a street value of more than 100 million baht. Illegal foreigners, allegedly working without proper papers, were also arrested. Maj Gen Surachete says, “Phuket is one of Thailand’s most important tourism destinations. Many people from difference countries…

  • Chiang Mai News

    Surprise raids seize fake goods valued at 30 million baht in Chiang Mai

    The Night Bazaar market in the main city centre of Chiang Mai has been raided by 200 police. They seized 27,000 fake brand products with an estimated street value around 30 million baht. The raid started at 10pm on Wednesday night without warning, surprising shop owners. The police went through 25 outlets seizing fake branded goods – shirts, bags, clothing,…