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MPB lauds big drop in city crime rate
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/01/2026
» Bangkok's overall crime rate declined in 2025, while arrest rates improved, reflecting more proactive policing across the capital, says the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB).
Raid nets 15 foreigners at Bangkok crypto scam site
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/11/2025
» Fifteen foreigners were apprehended when police raided a building off Soi Nuanchan in Bangkok, where they were seen using a website designed to lure victims into fraudulent cryptocurrency trading schemes.
'Call-centre cop' faces the axe
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/10/2025
» Bangkok police commanders have ordered the dismissal of a senior officer from Don Muang police station after he was arrested for alleged involvement in a call-centre scam network that duped victims into investing in a fake online stock-trading platform.
Drug raid uncovers hidden room
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/10/2025
» Police have arrested eight suspects -- seven foreign nationals and one Thai -- following a major drug raid in Bangkok's Nana area, uncovering a concealed drug room in a barbershop inside a five-storey commercial building, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) says.
Scammers' attempt to bribe Thai minister case escalates
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/10/2025
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) plans to refer a bribery case involving Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaichanok Chidchob and call-centre scam networks to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) next week, CIB commissioner Pol Lt Gen Natthasak Chaowanasai said on Thursday.
House widens probe into volunteer police
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/01/2025
» The House Committee on Police Affairs is digging deep in its probe into the controversial "volunteer police" training programme for Chinese nationals.
Police transferred over course for Chinese ‘volunteers’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/01/2025
» Two senior Thai police officers found to be involved in a controversial “volunteer police” training programme for Chinese nationals have been transferred to inactive posts.
Course for Chinese ‘police volunteers’ investigated
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/01/2025
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau has summoned university lecturers for questioning about a controversial “volunteer police” training programme that charges Chinese nationals 38,000 baht per person.
Court acquits celebrity duo of fraud
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/12/2024
» Celebrity couple Pattanapon "DJ Man" Minthakhin and his singer wife Suteewan "Baitoey" Kunchorn, among four acquitted in a high-profile Ponzi scheme trial, will receive compensation for unjustified detention if they can clear their names in the Supreme Court, Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong said.
Four Chinese held in Bangkok scam bust
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/12/2024
» Four Chinese men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a call centre scam network during police raids on eight locations in Bangkok on Friday.