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Crime, Courts, Calamity

Bad things happen to good people; good things happen to bad people.

Armed Gang Robs Gold Shop at Mall in Narathiwat, One Officer Injured

Eight armed suspects carried out a brazen robbery at a gold shop inside Big C shopping center in Su-ngai Kolok district, Narathiwat province, on Sunday evening

Dutch Man, 77, Arrested Again for Child Sex Trafficking in Pattaya

Thai authorities have arrested a 77-year-old Dutch man and his Thai accomplice for allegedly trafficking children under 15 for sex work

Thai Court Sentences Gunman to Life for Killing Cambodian ex-MP

A Thai criminal court sentenced a former naval serviceman to life imprisonment on Thursday for the assassination of a Cambodian opposition politician in central Bangkok earlier this year.

Australian Says He Was Improperly Arrested in Thailand Over His Criticism of Malaysia

An Australian man arrested in Thailand on a defamation charge that he says originated with Malaysia's government said Thursday he is a victim of transnational repression

Portuguese Fugitive Wanted for €500 Million Scam Arrested in Bangkok

A 39-year-old Portuguese national suspected of orchestrating cryptocurrency and credit card fraud worth €500 million ($586 million or approximately 19 billion baht) has been arrested at a luxury shopping mall in Bangkok

Phuket Police Probe Unexplained Death of Russian Man in Pool

Police in Chalong are investigating the mysterious death of a Russian tourist found in a swimming pool at his accommodation in Rawai Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phuket on October 2.
Police interrogate Interpol-wanted suspect Emmanuel after his arrest at his hotel room on Phetburi Road in Bangkok on October 1, 2025, for drug trafficking and illegal weapons possession.

Cameroonian Man Wanted for 19kg Drug Smuggling Caught in Bangkok

Thai Immigration police arrested a 40-year-old African man wanted by Interpol for international drug trafficking after he evaded authorities for more than a year while living illegally in the capital.

Immigration Police Bust Thai-Bangladesh Human Smuggling Network

Police Major General Choengron Rimpadee, Commander of Immigration Bureau 2, wrapped up his tenure with a significant bust, taking down a cross-border human smuggling operation

British Man Caught with 9kg of Crystal Meth in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Hotel

Police from Metropolitan Police Division 5 received a tip from an informant that a foreign man was transporting crystal methamphetamine in a large pink rolling suitcase and staying at a hotel on Sukhumvit

Thailand Appeals Court Upholds Royal Defamation Prison Sentence for Progressive Lawmaker

An appeals court in Thailand on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence for a lawmaker from the progressive People’s Party for defaming the monarchy in a speech she made four years ago.

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