Crime

BANGKOK — For a while it seemed like a tradition in the symbiotic relationship between police and media would be brought to an end.

BANGKOK — The military government is urging the public to think again before buying full-spectrum grow lights and reflective mylar to wallpaper their homes with.

BANGKOK — A Briton who was filmed stealing from a Thai tourist in Chiang Mai was arrested Thursday at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

PATTAYA — Two transgender women were arrested Tuesday in the resort town of Pattaya on accusation that they stole from a Chinese tourist there a month ago.

BANGKOK — Early on a Sunday morning, 26-year-old Narawut Puangkesorn walked atop the sacred mount that is Bangkok’s Wat Saket in meditation. It was after 3am on Aug. 21, and Narawut, who just graduated from university at the top of his class, circled the temple for more than an hour, according to security footage. Police said at one point he spread his arms like a bird.

BANGKOK — Four top officers at the Phra Khanong Police Station were moved to inactive posts Monday after the military raided a gambling den operating in their midst.

PHUKET — Police identified a Russian suspect Monday in the nationwide hacking of Government Savings Bank ATMs last month.

BANGKOK — Police say they are seeking the perpetrators who stole more than 12 million baht from teller machines owned by the Government Savings Bank by infecting them with computer virus.

BANGKOK — A family of eight from southern Thailand said they were robbed by three masked men at a condominium where they were staying in the Muang Thong Thani housing complex early Saturday.

BANGKOK — Two guards working for a nightclub in a popular backpacker destination lost their jobs for kicking and beating two British men.