Crackdown on illegal motorbike taxis in Bangkok

9 February 2012, 9:24 am

Bangkok police have begun a crackdown on unauthorised operations of taxi motorcycles, after Wan Yoobamrung, a secretary to the transport minister, launched an inspection earlier this week and vowed to combat illegal operations based on mafia protection fees.... Read More »

Thai-ASEAN News Network - City Police Announce Several Arrests in Bangkok

8 February 2012, 2:00 am

The city police held a press conference to announce the arrests of several suspects in drug trade, motorcycle-theft and murder cases.Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Police Lieutenant General Winai Thongsong held a press conference to announce several arrests in Bangkok.... Read More »

Thai-ASEAN News Network - Police Probing Wildlife Slaughterhouses in BKK

7 February 2012, 1:00 am

Following the discovery of several wildlife slaughterhouses in Bangkok, police are on a mission to identify the members of the gang.... Read More »

Thai police bust Bangkok rare wildlife 'butchers'

6 February 2012, 5:10 am

Elephant, zebra, wildebeest and lion remains were also found at the suburban property. -AFP... Read More »

Thai police undercover wildlife slaughterhouse

6 February 2012, 2:36 am

Bangkok police discovered a slaughterhouse that specialized in butchering and stuffing tigers, zebras, elephants, crocodiles and wild buffalo, an anti-trafficking group said Monday.... Read More »

Police get tough on student scraps

27 January 2012, 9:19 am

Bangkok police have put in place tough measures to prevent fighting among students, including identifying individual violence-prone students and getting teachers to act as the "eyes and ears" for the police, while Education Minister Suchart Thadathamrongwet suggested high-risk students be encouraged... Read More »

Police: Explosives were to be sent out of Thailand

17 January 2012, 8:50 am

BANGKOK—Police say a Lebanese-Swedish man detained in a Thai terror investigation was storing explosive materials in Bangkok before shipping them to another destination.... Read More »

Thai police say Bangkok bomb plot called off

14 January 2012, 2:47 am

An alleged terrorist plot aimed at Bangkok that sparked urgent warnings of danger from the United States and Israel has been thwarted, Thai police said Saturday.... Read More »

Thai police question Lebanese man as US warns of possible terror attack in Bangkok

13 January 2012, 10:24 am

BANGKOK - Thai police were questioning a Lebanese man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants as the U.S. Embassy and Israel warned Friday of a "real and credible" terrorist threat against Americans and Israelis in Bangkok. Police said a bombing had been planned and another suspect was at large.... Read More »

Lebanese held as terror warning issued in Bangkok

13 January 2012, 10:23 am

Thai police were questioning a Lebanese man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants as the U.S. Embassy and Israel warned Friday of a "real and credible" terrorist threat against Americans and Israelis in Bangkok. Police said a bombing had been planned and another suspect was at large.... Read More »