Crime, Courts, Calamity

SURAT THANI — The military has detained six suspects in connection with the car bomb that exploded in a shopping mall on the southern island of Koh Samui last month, a high-ranking military officer said.

BANGKOK (DPA) — Some 3,000 ivory collectors rushed to declare their holdings on the last day of a Thai government plan aimed at curbing the international trade in elephant tusks, reports said Wednesday.

PATHUM THANI — In an effort to crackdown on undocumented immigrants, police in Pathum Thani have instructed migrant workers in a major market to wear wristbands indicating they have been properly registered.

YALA — A roadside bomb prematurely exploded in Yala province last night, killing the person who was planting the explosive, military officers say.

BANGKOK — A Redshirt activist has been released from custody at a secret location and cleared of any connection to the recent bombing on Koh Samui island, a junta spokesperson says.

BANGKOK - A taxi driver is under arrest for crashing his car into a police officer, stealing his gun, and using the firearm to murder two people in Bangkok suburb on 17 April.

BANGKOK (DPA) - Thai customs bureau confiscated 29.5 kilograms of elephant ivory at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, reports said Saturday.

CHIANG MAI - Police in northern Thailand are urging past victims of a self-confessed serial rapist and murder to press charges against the suspect.

CHONBURI - Police have arrested three Thai men who allegedly stole a mobile phone from a Chinese tourist in the resort town of Pattaya last night.

PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN - A Thai motorist has been detained for a deadly crash that killed two Chinese tourists in Prachuap Kiri Khan province last night.