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Taxi driver offered fare payment in cannabis
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/07/2025
» A taxi driver filed a police complaint in Pattaya after a foreign passenger who could not pay the fare from Suvarnabhumi airport offered him a bag of cannabis instead.
Cabbie ignored passenger's instructions, used tollway
News, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 28/05/2025
» The issue of the rights of taxi passengers became a hot social media topic after a woman posted a video about her experience with a ride-hail cabbie in Bangkok.
Cabbie lauded on violin's return
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/09/2023
» A taxi driver was praised for returning a 200-year-old violin worth over 18 million baht to a well-known Chinese violinist who left it in his cab in Bangkok.
It seemed a good idea at the time
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/11/2022
» The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.
TikTok signal helps cabbie escape armed junkie
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2022
» A taxi driver fearing for his safety used an SOS hand gesture he learned from the social media platform TikTok to signal police for help after seeing his passenger was apparently armed and under the influence of drugs.
It all began with Rhett and Scarlett
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/03/2022
» With the Oscars upon us this weekend it seems an apt time to recall choice lines from past films.
Police nab forex booth thief
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 19/02/2022
» PHUKET: Patong police have arrested a 20-year-old man and charged him with robbing a currency exchange booth of nearly 227,000 baht.
Cabbie shot dead in road rage
News, Published on 11/05/2021
» A taxi driver was shot dead by a fellow motorist following a road rage incident in Bangkok's Bang Na district on Monday.
It's always 'bath' time in Thailand
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/03/2021
» Flying in to a very quiet Suvarnabhumi recently I noticed the official ticket for the airport taxi still informs us of an additional "50 bath" (sic) you will be required to pay the driver at the end of the journey. The "bath" has been there since the ticket was introduced six years ago, so you can forgive what few tourists there are these days for believing they will be dealing in "baths" during their stay.
The milkman who became a secret agent
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/11/2020
» To briefly escape from the US election mayhem, an appreciation of actor Sean Connery who died last week aged 90, seems to be in order. I had somehow thought Connery would go on forever, just like the Bond films. It is an intriguing tale of an Edinburgh milkman who became the most famous fictional spy in the world.