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  • Crime NewsPathum Thani win messenger makes millions by double charging customers

    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 NewsFarmers fall for fake fertiliser in Kalasin

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

    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,…

  • EventsBeware: Fake coronation brooches being sold

    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…

  • World NewsFake Garuda pilot arrested at Jakarta Airport

    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 NewsKrabi woman fakes death to avoid “loan sharks”

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

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

    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…

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

    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,…