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Romance, friend impostor, SMS scams top fraud cases, police say
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/12/2024
» Romance scams, friend impostor scams, short messages with fraudulent links and false accusation calls have been the most common tricks used by scammers in 2024, a deputy spokesman for the Royal Thai Police Office revealed on Sunday.
Japanese phone scam crims arrested in Pattaya
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/12/2024
» PATTAYA - Immigration police have arrested five Japanese men allegedly operating a call scam centre that has been defrauding elderly Japanese out of about 5 million baht a day.
Thong Lor police do squats to atone for drunken misbehaviour
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/12/2024
» Police at Thong Lor have punished themselves by each performing 10 squats in a show of responsibility after a drunk colleague fired a gun during an argument with a bar security guard.
New chief vows to curb crime
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/12/2024
» National Police Chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch has pledged to uphold the law and police professionalism, protect life and property, and prevent and detect crime.
Woman arrested after Thai-British beauty queen loses B4m in 'fake cop' scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/12/2024
» A woman, 40, was arrested in Chaiyaphum province for allegedly opening a mule bank account for a Cambodia-based scam gang that tricked Thai-British beauty queen Charlotte Austin out of 4 million baht.
Drugs found, over 100 arrested in underwear at Bangkok hotel party
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/12/2024
» Police arrested more than 120 people wearing only underwear in a Bangkok hotel room where they were partying with narcotics early Sunday morning.
1,000 arrests made in crackdown on proxies
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/12/2024
» More than 1,000 Thai and foreign nationals have been rounded up in a joint operation by police and commerce ministry authorities for the use of Thai nominees by foreign businesses over the past few weeks, authorities said on Wednesday.
Mass motorbike trip a 'headache' for Phetchabun police
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/11/2024
» PHETCHABUN: Local highway police have intercepted 400 street motorcycle riders and fined 72 of them for violating traffic laws as thousands of teen motorcyclists make a winter excursion to this lower northern province this weekend.
iCon may lose licence over fraud claims
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/11/2024
» The Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) is considering revoking the licence of scandal-hit The iCon Group, Prime Minister's Office Minister Jiraporn Sindhuprai said.
Police round up crypto-mining power thieves
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/11/2024
» Police and electricity authorities have raided buildings in Chachoengsao and Surat Thani provinces, arrested suspects and seized cryptocurrency mining machines that stole tens of millions of baht worth of electricity.