Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — Five Thai students are in police custody in Pakistan for attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition on to a plane headed for Bangkok, a Thai government spokesperson said.

PATHUM THANI — The family of the 30-year-old man shot dead by a police officer in Pathum Thani province has disputed police's account of the incident, pointing to CCTV footage that they say does not back police's version of events.

SURAT THANI — A boat driver in southern Thailand fled after he struck a British tourist with the boat's propeller off the coast of Koh Tao yesterday.

CHONBURI — Two motorcyclists threw homemade bombs at a group of tourists in the resort town of Pattaya early this morning, police say.

BANGKOK — Twelve people were wounded, including a woman who lost the fingers on her left hand, when a public bus crashed into a wall outside of Don Mueang Airport in northern Bangkok early this morning, police say.

SARABURI — Police have arrested a 34-year-old man who allegedly attempted to steal metal plates from an army base in central Thailand this morning.

PATHUM THANI — A police officer has been charged with premeditated murder for fatally shooting a 30-year-old man at a police station in Pathum Thani province yesterday.

BANGKOK — Police have arrested a taxi driver and two waitresses who allegedly robbed a Nigerian man in Bangkok this week.

SONGKHLA — A three-star army general accused of running a human trafficking ring in southern Thailand has been denied bail.

PATTANI – A car bomb in the insurgent-torn province of Pattani injured eight soldiers and one civilian who were passing by in a truck when the device exploded at 9am this morning, police say.