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Police seize B100m in assets from drugs gang
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/11/2023
» Police seized assets worth almost 100 million baht from a drug network following the arrest of its leader and seven associates in Pathum Thani and Yala provinces.
Police raids net nine suspects, 200k meth pills
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/11/2023
» Police arrested nine suspects and seized 200,000 methamphetamine pills in seven raids in Pathum Thani and Yala provinces yesterday.
Choppers scour peaks for fugitive
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/11/2023
» Three helicopters have been deployed to fly over the Banthad mountain range as police surrounded mountainous areas in four provinces yesterday to track down escaped prisoner Chaowalit Thongduang following Wednesday's shootout.
60,000 criminal suspects rounded up
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/11/2022
» More than 60,000 suspects in cases mostly tied to narcotics and illegal weapons have been detained during a series of nationwide raids from Oct 10 until on Tuesday, in a major security operation aimed at bolstering confidence among the international delegates attending the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok on Nov 18-19.
61 arrested, 145 'ghost guns' seized
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/10/2022
» Sixty-one suspects have been arrested with 145 firearms and almost 9,000 rounds of ammunition seized as part of a nationwide operation to stamp out the online illegal arms trade.
Cops against bail in Jimi Sandhu case
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/03/2022
» Thai police will ask a Canadian court to deny bail for a Canadian national, who is suspected of being involved in the murder of an Indian gangster in Phuket last month, says the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).
Ex-ranger caught over illegal arms-deal cash theft
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/02/2022
» A former army ranger has been arrested in Chumphon province after fleeing with 2 million baht snatched from a client who thought he was making an illegal arms purchase.
Man caught making guns for online sale
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/07/2021
» A 39-year-old factory machinist was arrested on charges of illegally making, modifying and selling guns when police raided his room at a workers’ dormitory in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi.
Illegal arms trade in CSD sights
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/06/2021
» The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has launched three consecutive operations to stamp out the online illegal arms trade in the past two weeks.
Round up of unsavoury suspects
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/12/2018
» On the crime front, public attention was dominated to a large degree by news stories that were wide-ranging, unusual and controversial. The alleged bitcoin fraud had police and readers delving into the complexity of the cryptocurrency issue, which is new to most people, while the arrest of senior clergy in temple fund embezzlement cases tested people's faith in Buddhism. Meanwhile, the arrest of a policeman-turned-hitman responsible for at least two murders, brought back memories of his alleged connection to the kidnapping and murders of the wife and son of a jeweller holding vital clues in the 1995 stolen Saudi gems case. Police also claimed success in nabbing all overstayers in a long-running crackdown. However, the reportedly accidental shooting death of an Indian tourist in a gun battle between two rival Bangkok gangs undermined confidence in tourist safety.