Crime, Courts, Calamity

RANONG — More than 40 teenagers belonging to two rival gangs clashed in the town center of Ranong province last night, police say.

ANG THONG — Two teenagers were shot by suspected members of a rival gang while they were eating at a market in Ang Thong province last night, police say.

CHONBURI - A group of men allegedly robbed a man and raped his girlfriend near a secluded helicopter landing pad outside the resort town of Pattaya early this morning.

PATTAYA — Police say a group of 33 Chinese tourists were stranded by their tour guide on a beach in the resort town of Pattaya.

PATTAYA – Police say they have arrested a 23-year-old woman who was charging tourists in Pattaya to pose for photos with an endangered primate.

PATTAYA — Police have arrested two Thai women who allegedly drugged and robbed a series of elderly foreign men in Pattaya.

BANGKOK — The family of a 23-year-old British tourist who was hacked to death on the southern island of Koh Tao last year is raising money to attend the trial of her alleged murderers in July.

BANGKOK — The former chief of the Central Investigation Bureau and six other defendants connected to a high-profile corruption scandal were sentenced to prison for money laundering today.

BANGKOK — A taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly stealing luggage from Chinese tourists at Don Mueang Airport in northern Bangkok.

CHONBURI — A Cambodian worker in Chonburi province told police that he was kidnapped and beaten by three men after he disparaged a former boss on Facebook.