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  • Thailand NewsSurvey shows that Thais feel “less safe”

    Survey shows that Thais feel “less safe”

    A recent survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, the Suan Dusit Poll, shows that Thais are more concerned about their safety than ever before, citing the country’s economic woes as the reason. The poll was conducted from January 15-18 on 1,365 people throughout the Kingdom of varying education levels and occupations. The survey followed a spate of serious crimes in…

  • Hot NewsPolice question suspect in Lop Buri gold shop shootings

    Police question suspect in Lop Buri gold shop shootings

    Police in the northeastern province of Nong Khai are confident they’ve identified a suspect in the January 9 gold shop robbery and shooting in the central Lop Buri province that killed three people, including a two-year boy, and injured four others. The man was summoned for questioning. National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda says that the man, whose identity is currently…

  • Crime NewsSuspect questioned over the fatal gold heist at Aurora Gold Shop in Lop Buri

    Suspect questioned over the fatal gold heist at Aurora Gold Shop in Lop Buri

    A suspect has been summoned for questioning in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nong Khai, just south of the Laos border. It’s believed he may be the man who shot and killed three people, and injured four others during a gold shop heist on January 9 in Lop Buri province. The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, matches the suspect’s…

  • Crime NewsLone gunman storms into Lopburi gold shop and kills three people – VIDEO

    Lone gunman storms into Lopburi gold shop and kills three people – VIDEO

    Police are now on the hunt for the Lopburi gold-shop robber who has killed three and injured four. The man stormed into a Robinson Department Store gold shop last night killing three people as he walked in. He shot without hesitation and paid no attention to the people he’d shot. One of them was a young boy. The gunman also…

  • Northern Thailand News2 million baht of gold stolen in Buri Ram, police suspect inside job

    2 million baht of gold stolen in Buri Ram, police suspect inside job

    A thief has made off with 2 million baht in gold necklaces, rings and bracelets from a gold shop at a Buri Ram department store. Police examined CCTV footage showing a man wearing a cap entering the shop in the early morning on Saturday before ransacking several areas. Officers took fingerprints at various locations including the gold shop. Thai media report…

  • Crime NewsGerman retiree bundled up and robbed in his Phuket house

    German retiree bundled up and robbed in his Phuket house

    PHOTO: Achadtaya Chueniran “The men ran off with two ATM cards and were able to convince the couple to tell them their PIN codes.” A 70 year old German expat has been tied up and his arm slashed during a robbery at his Rassada residence last night. Two men attacked the man, accosted his Thai wife when she arrived home, and…

  • NewsForeigner arrested for exchange counter robbery

    Foreigner arrested for exchange counter robbery

    A foreign man was arrested after robbing a currency exchange counter in a Bangkok bank on 16 October. Police worked with Immigration officers and the tourist police to arrest the man, whose nationality has yet to be confirmed. The man walked to a Government Savings Bank Currency Exchange Counter before pulling out a knife and threatening a clerk. He then…

  • Crime NewsMan dressed as postman robs shop while claiming to be carrying a bomb

    Man dressed as postman robs shop while claiming to be carrying a bomb

    PHOTO: Bangkok Post A man has walked into a gold shop in Samut Prakan, south of Bangkok, dressed as a postman and claiming to be carrying a bomb. He then proceeded to rob the store. Thai Residents reports that the man entered the shop, located inside a Thai Watsadu store, carrying a Thailand Post delivery box. He threatened staff and…

  • South Thailand News60 million baht of gold stolen in Songkhla heist

    60 million baht of gold stolen in Songkhla heist

    Five people have robbed a gold shop in the city centre of Na Thawee district in Songkhla province yesterday (Saturday). The robbers were dressed in military uniforms and armed with assault weapons, fleeing with gold and jewellery valued around 60 million baht. According to the Thai PBS report, the five bandits arrived at the Suchada Gold Shop in a white…

  • Pattaya NewsIndian and Pakistani rob foreigner on road trip to Pattaya

    Indian and Pakistani rob foreigner on road trip to Pattaya

    PHOTOS; INN News The Immigration Police have arrested a pair of foreign criminals after robbing a fellow foreigner on a road trip to Pattaya from Bangkok. The two men made friendly contacts with their victims before arranging to meet and robbing them. Mohammad, a man from Pakistan, and Kuldip, a man from India, have been charged with robbery. In this…

  • Crime NewsPhuket police tracking down snatch & grab thief

    Phuket police tracking down snatch & grab thief

    PHOTOS: Phuket Hotnews A couple from Malaysia, 44 year old N Shiyamala Navaratnam and 45 year old Sivakumar Patchymuthu, reported to Saku police that they had been robbed near Nai Yang Beach, near the Phuket Airport. The incident happened on August 8. They told police they were riding a motorcycle heading back to their hotel between the beach road and…

  • Crime News7-Eleven staff member gets shot tackling robber in Bangkok

    7-Eleven staff member gets shot tackling robber in Bangkok

    PHOTOS: ejan.co A staff member of a 7-Eleven store in Bangkok’s Phasi Charoen district was injured after being shot when he tried to snatch the gun from a robber. The robber eventually fled with 3,000 baht cash early today. Phasi Charoen police were alerted to the robbery at the convenience store in front of Phetkasem Soi 46 in Bang Wa subdistrict…

  • Northern Thailand NewsSacked female ex-employee arrested over 7-Eleven heist in Nakhon Ratchasima

    Sacked female ex-employee arrested over 7-Eleven heist in Nakhon Ratchasima

    Police have arrested a former female 7-Eleven shop staff member in Nakhon Ratchasima for an alleged robbery that netted 2.3 million baht in cash. Read the original story HERE. Police arrested 25 year old Rojana Chongklang at her house yesterday, about 36 hours after the robbery. She used to work at a 7-Eleven store in the Ban Pho community but was…

  • Northern Thailand NewsNakhon Ratchasima 7-Eleven store robbed of 2 million baht

    Nakhon Ratchasima 7-Eleven store robbed of 2 million baht

    FILE PHOTO A man has robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store in Nakhon Ratchasima this morning, making off with 2 million baht in cash. At this stage police suspect the robbery was an inside job. The entire robbery took only two minutes. The Jor Hor police station was alerted at 2.28am that the 7-Eleven store in the Ban Pho community had been…

  • Pattaya NewsForeign pensioner robbed of 560,000 baht from house safe

    Foreign pensioner robbed of 560,000 baht from house safe

    PHOTO: Ruk Siam News A foreign pensioner arrived back at his Pattaya home earlier today to find that the house had been ransacked. 69 year old Christopher Knight – nationality unknown – found the safe smashed open and 16,000 Euros (around 560,000 baht) missing. Run Siam News reports that a CCTV server and alarm system had been ripped out and thrown…

  • Hot NewsBangkok gold shop thief gets away with jewellry valued at 3 million baht

    Bangkok gold shop thief gets away with jewellry valued at 3 million baht

    by Kittipong Maneerit A gold shop at a Big C in Rama 4, Bangkok’s Khlong Toei district, was robbed yesterday afternoon.Police are searching for a man in his mid-30s, wearing a shaggy wig, who stole gold ornaments worth a combined 3 million baht.The thief is described by police as about 35, 170 centimetres in height, heavyset and wearing a wig…

  • Pattaya NewsHouse robbery duo nabbed by Pattaya police

    House robbery duo nabbed by Pattaya police

    Pattaya Police have arrested two suspects who had reportedly taken an ‘oath of brotherhood’ while being in jail together, for alleged involvement in a series of burglaries at various homes around Pattaya City. The Pattaya precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Apichai Krophetch led a team of officers to arrest the two suspects – 25 year old Khamphaeng Phetch province’s Thanarath Saengjamreung…