Crime

Three suspected members of a pickpocket gang which targeted foreigners were arrested Thursday night in the Lat Phrao district.

A tollway guard was beaten unconscious after getting into an argument with a group trying to go through without an Easy Pass.

BANGKOK — Police have charged an actor and talk show host with assault for punching a motorcyclist and dragging him to prostrate to his “dream car,” footage of which went viral over the weekend and cost him his job Monday.

Late on a Monday afternoon decades back, 8-year-old Somboon Boonyakan went to buy some vegetables for his family to cook dinner from a local Chinese gardener. He never returned.

PHUKET — Roads were closed for hours Friday night after an angry mob gathered in front of a soy milk store in Phuket city demanding the shop owner’s son be arrested for allegedly insulting the royal family.

An altercation between a group of young cops and other revelers at a bar turned deadly when two officers pulled out guns and opened fire, police said, killing two and injuring seven early Friday morning.

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.

NAKHON PATHOM — The cola wars appeared to take a literal turn this morning when an Est delivery truck drove from the road a truck for soda rival Pepsi, injuring seven people in a nine vehicle pile-up.

BANGKOK — A Thong Lor motorcycle taxi operator is suspected of adopting cats over the internet and killing them after he confessed Monday to slaying at least nine.

TRANG — An explosion hit the southern province of Trang, injuring at least seven people.