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    Tearful Russian loses cash and documents

    Published on 18/09/2012

    » Two men in black shirts and pants fled after divesting a Russian woman of her handbag containing 5,000 baht, a mobile phone, hotel keys and personal documents.  Miss Alina Gnatyshina, aged 21, said he was with her male partner in Soi 6, Pattaya, when two nameless criminals on a motorbike made their unspeakable move.  They then drove away at high speed.  Unfortunately no witnesses managed to remember the license number of the get-away bike so the chances of finding the villains are remote to say the least. None the less, Pattaya police will do their best.

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    Fake cards net 10 million baht

    Published on 19/09/2012

    » Following a stakeout by Pattaya police and investigators from Thai Farmers Bank, two Estonian nationals were arrested and charged with using fake credit cards.  Mr Prijatkin Maksim and Mr Melnik Aleksandr, both in their early 20s, were said to have come directly to Pattaya after arriving in Thailand on tourist visas last August.  They were in possession of 40 fake credit cards from Scandinavia, UK, US and South Korea and extracted cash from ATM machines and as well as having a spending spree in upmarket malls.  Their last residence was in Soi 13, Thepprasit Road, where police found a huge pile of incriminating evidence suggesting that the scam had succeeded in stealing 10 million baht.

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    Ladyboys caught red-handed

    Published on 05/10/2012

    » Pattaya police have successfully followed up on a case of last month where a drunken foreign tourist was persuaded to go to a hotel with three men whom he thought were sexy women.

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    Huge drug haul in Chiang Rai

    Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 03/09/2012

    » Police arrested suspected drug gang members who police say were smuggling 21 kgs of heroin and 14kgs of ya ice from the North to the South.

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    Parks Dept hikes fees as much as 150pc

    Published on 24/08/2012

    » PHUKET: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has announced it is to hike park entrance fees from October 1 at 29 national parks countrywide, including seven in southern Thailand.

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    Finnish diver reports being raped on Koh Lipe

    Published on 27/08/2012

    » PHUKET: A Finnish woman on a scuba diving course on Koh Lipe, Satun province, reported being raped last Thursday night (August 23).

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    Cop arrested for drug trafficking

    Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 17/08/2012

    » A Chiang Mai border patrol policeman has been charged with smuggling more than 20,000 ya ba pills said Pol Maj Gen Chamnan Ruadrew, the Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police Bureau, Region 5, on August 11.

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    Tourists jumped from Tiger's second storey

    Published on 18/08/2012

    » PHUKET: Shocking accounts of tourists jumping from the second floor and others trampled in the panic to escape are emerging following the fire at Patong's Tiger Discoteque early on Friday morning.

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    Japan provides funds for fire engines

    Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 16/07/2012

    » The Government of Japan, under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects Scheme, granted just over 3,500,000 baht to procure two fire engines for Thaduea Subdistrict Municipality in Doi Tao District, Chiang Mai Province.

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    Tourism forum focuses on Chiang Rai and Burma

    Published on 23/07/2012

    » In co-operation with the Chiang Rai Provincial Administration and the Bangkok-based Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO), Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports successfully held this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF).

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