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Two fake doctors flee as Pattaya clinic raided
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/11/2025
» Authorities in Pattaya on Wednesday raided an illegal clinic catering mainly to foreign patients, but two suspects reportedly posing as doctors managed to escape.
Lebanese men arrested on Koh Samui for drugs, illegal clinic
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/08/2025
» Immigration officers on Koh Samui have arrested two Lebanese men accused of running a restaurant as a front for drug dealing and operating an unlicensed Chinese medicine clinic.
Tourists found with drugs in Bangkok pub raid
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/08/2025
» Police in Bangkok's Huai Khwang district raided an unlicensed pub popular among Chinese tourists on Friday night, with six patrons testing positive for illegal drugs.
China-only livestreamers busted at Bangkok mall
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/06/2025
» Police have arrested a group of Chinese and Thai nationals who set up a livestreaming operation in a shop at a Bangkok mall to sell unlicensed Thai products exclusively to Chinese people, generating at least 30 million baht per day.
Bangkok minimarts raided for selling unlicensed drugs
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/06/2025
» Five employees were arrested and more than 5,000 unlicensed drugs and herbal products seized during a police-led raid on six Bangkok minimarts, some of which employed migrant workers as pharmacists.
Bangkok taxi tale: No meter, no licence either
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/06/2025
» A Bangkok man was shocked after a taxi driver who initially agreed to use the meter suddenly demanded a flat fare of 200 baht, only to be discovered without a driving licence or taxi ID.
Unlicensed pub raided, 81 test positive for drugs
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/03/2025
» Administrative officials raided a nightclub in Nakhon Pathom at 3am on Sunday and found 81 visitors with traces of illegal drugs on the unlicensed premises.
Three die in family toilet
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/08/2024
» Police have warned of the danger of mixing sulphuric acid and caustic soda to clean a clogged pipe, after three people died in a small toilet at a family home in Chon Buri.
Foreign ownership ‘could mean more illegal hotels’
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/08/2024
» Hotel operators are concerned about changes to foreign ownership rules for real estate because they believe it could lead to more illegal hotels in Thailand.
Japan cracks down on electric suitcase riders
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/07/2024
» The growing popularity of rideable suitcases with electric motors designed to get people quickly around airports and train stations has alarmed Japanese authorities following a rise in incidents of foreign visitors using them illegally on public roads.