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Bangkok Teens Arrested For Drive-By Shooting Prank

BANGKOK — Six people have been charged for staging a prank in which they drove around a neighborhood in camouflage pretending to shoot bystanders with fake guns.

An American Who Abused His Daughter Is Arrested in Thailand

A 30-year-old American who committed sexual abuse of his 9-year-old daughter and fled to Thailand, was arrested in Phuket. Pol. Lt. Gen. Pakphoomphiphat Sajaphan, Commissioner...

Owner of Alleged Tiger Butchery Denies Links to Tiger Temple, Trafficking

KANCHANABURI — The owner of a home where authorities suspect tigers linked to the now shuttered Tiger Temple were slaughtered went public Wednesday afternoon to deny the allegations.
Left, Poomjai “DJ Poom” Tangsanga holds a fish captured in Mu Koh Chumphon National Park, in a video he posted in August 2018. Right, a park ranger holds a printed screenshot of the video at the same spot in the park, in a photo posted on Aug. 13, 2019.

Park Rangers Report DJ to Police for Fishing in National Park

CHUMPHON — Police are awaiting additional evidence Wednesday from park officials who reported a DJ for fishing in a national park. Park rangers on Tuesday...

Cops Suspended After Soldiers Raid Bangkok Gambling Den

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.

Police Arrest “Sexy Prairie” For Extorting Married Man

"I'd want to remind any butlers or men who wish to make friends with strangers. Keep in mind: See face, do not know heart,"...
Monte Campbell, of Stillwater, Okla., right, stands under the Brooklyn Bridge in the Manhattan borough after jumping into New York's East River to rescue a baby floating in the East River. Photo: Robert Bumsted / Associated Press

NYPD: US Dad Fled to Thailand After Tossing Dead Baby in River

NEW YORK — A Bronx dad fled to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and tossing...

Bangkok Man’s Poorly Devised Abduction Story Falls Apart

BANGKOK — A man reportedly confessed Tuesday to fabricating a story that he was abducted and robbed of 80,000 baht by men wearing police vests.

Police Arrest S Korean Human Trafficking Suspect

BANGKOK — Law enforcement officials announced Friday they have arrested a South Korean man suspected of involvement in trafficking of Thai women into South Korea's sex industry.
A Ground Pangolin in 2012 at the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. Photo: David Brossard / Flickr

Police Intercept Pickup Packed With Pangolins On Way to China (Video)

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Police charged a man with animal trafficking after finding 76 pangolins in the back of his truck Saturday. Sompol Mekchai, 45,...

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