BANGKOK — A 47-year-old Nigerian national identified as a key figure in the distribution of cocaine across Thailand has been arrested in the capital’s Bang Rak district, in a police operation that also netted three additional suspects and seized drugs, cash and assets worth millions of baht. Nigerian Arrested in Nong Khai Crystal Meth Crackdown […]
BANGKOK — A 31-year-old woman has reported being violently beaten, threatened with a knife and held against her will by a foreign man inside a condominium in the Ramkhamhaeng 24 area, in an attack that she says lasted from early morning until mid-morning and left her covered in blood and deeply traumatised. Thai Woman Seeks […]
BANGKOK — A foreign woman has died after falling from a condominium in the Ekkamai area of Bangkok, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident and a mysterious handwritten message discovered at the scene that may shed light on her state of mind. Russian Woman Seriously Injured in Fourth-Floor Fall in Pattaya Officers from […]
BANGKOK — A foreign man has died after falling from the rooftop of an 18-storey hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 11, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the death after a knife was discovered near his body. Russian Woman Seriously Injured in Fourth-Floor Fall in Pattaya The incident occurred at approximately 6:50 p.m. on April 29, […]
BANGKOK — The heat index in Bangkok on Thursday entered the “extreme danger” zone for the first time this season, with “feels like” temperatures reaching or exceeding 52 degrees Celsius, prompting City Hall to issue an urgent public health warning. Super El Niño to Hit Thailand with Extreme Heat and Drought, Expert Warns The Bangkok […]
BANGKOK — When a 300-kilogram patient began struggling to breathe in the Udomsuk area on the morning of May 1, 2026, emergency responders faced an impossible choice: send a standard ambulance that could not accommodate the patient, or improvise. They chose improvisation. Woman doing makeup in Bangkok taxi rushed to hospital with eyebrow pencil jammed […]
BANGKOK — Thai immigration police have arrested a 21-year-old Nigerian man in Bangkok following a drug sting operation that ended in a two-hour chase through a vacant lot, and discovered that he had overstayed his permission to stay by 206 days. Police Arrest Nigerians and Thai Woman in Romance Scam Ring in Pattaya The suspect, […]
SAMUT PRAKAN — On May 3, 2026, a private helicopter crashed near a factory runway in Samut Prakan, burst into flames, and only the tail section remained intact; however, surprisingly, the occupants suffered only minor injuries and were able to walk away from the wreckage on their own. Thai Army Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in […]
SAMUT PRAKAN — A van struck two female factory workers on a pedestrian crossing in Bang Phli district on the morning of May 4, 2026, killing one and seriously injuring the other. 94-Year-Old Man Struck by Songthaew at Zebra Crossing in Pattaya The crash occurred at approximately 6:00 a.m. outside Standard Can Co Ltd in […]
BANGKOK — Thai immigration police have arrested 13 Pakistani nationals for overstaying their permission to stay, during a raid on an apartment building in Bangkok’s Thung Khru district, following public complaints about undocumented migrants living in the area. Pakistani National Detained After Fatal Hit-and-Run of Elderly Woman in Bangkok The operation was carried out on […]