Chiang Rai police seize drug shipment originating in Myanmar

By Natthawat Laping 
The Nation

 

Border patrol police have arrested two local men and seized 276,000 amphetamine “yaba” pills that were hidden in a car in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district, Pol Colonel Rangsiman Songkhraohtham, commander of the 327th border patrol police company, announced on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006269-chiang-rai-police-seize-drug-shipment-originating-in-myanmar/

 

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Thai Elections In November 2018, Prayuth Promises

By Khaosod English

 

  

Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks to reporters Tuesday at Government House.

 

BANGKOK — The leader of the ruling junta announced Tuesday afternoon that general elections will be held in November 2018.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006261-thailand-to-hold-election-in-november-2018-prime-minister/?do=findComment&comment=12347336

 

Klong Prem demonstrates handling of prisoners

By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai 
The Nation

 

 

The Corrections Department demonstrated prison riot-suppression and transport techniques on Tuesday to inform the public about the agency’s standards and practices.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006271-klong-prem-demonstrates-handling-of-prisoners/

 

Information on what’s closed in Thailand throughout October and during the royal funeral

 

Picture: The Nation

 

The end of October will see the royal funeral and cremation of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006272-information-on-what’s-closed-in-thailand-throughout-october-and-during-the-royal-funeral/

 

Father arrested for stabbing allegedly abusive son

By The Nation

 

A 64-year-old father was detained by police after he stabbed and severely injured his son at his home in Samut Prakan’s Muang district late on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006273-father-arrested-for-stabbing-allegedly-abusive-son-in-samut-prakan/

 

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Breaking News : Election will be held in November next year, says Prayut

 

Photo : Prayut

 

The national election will be held in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayut Chanocha said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006261-thailand-to-hold-election-in-november-2018-prime-minister/?do=findComment&comment=12347505

 

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Thai junta sets firm date for election after many false starts

By Aukkarapon Niyomyat

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will hold a general election in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, the most precise date he has given yet for the vote since taking power in a 2014 military coup.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006261-thailand-to-hold-election-in-november-2018-prime-minister/

 

Two more arrest warrants issued in Bangkok yen heist

By The Nation

 

 

Arrest warrants have been issued for three more suspects in the October 2 robbery of 197.96 million yen (Bt59 million) from a Bangkok jewellery exporter, police said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006276-two-more-arrest-warrants-issued-in-bangkok-yen-heist/

 

Phuket beach inspection leads to smoking ban at 20 beaches nationwide

The Phuket News

 

Officials from the DMCR seen here during their recent inspection of Patong Beach. Photo: DMCR

 

PHUKET: Starting next month, officials will be posted at 20 beaches around the nation, including the island’s Patong Beach, to ensure that beachgoers do not smoke on the sands, Director-General of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) Mr Jatuporn Buruspat announced to local news media yesterday (Oct 9).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006288-phuket-beach-inspection-leads-to-smoking-ban-at-20-beaches-nationwide/

 

 

Patong Police seeking German over footpath antics

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- Patong Police Chief Col Tassanai Orarigdech says he is looking into the actions of a foreign man, believed to be German, who was recorded on video lying down on the footpath and making himself comfortable in the gutter in Patong earlier this week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006300-patong-police-seeking-german-over-footpath-antics/

 

Bangkok policeman faces probe over alleged attempted rape of transvestite

By The Nation

 

 

A transvestite on Tuesday filed a complaint with police, alleging a policeman had attempted to rape her.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006302-bangkok-policeman-faces-probe-over-alleged-attempted-rape-of-transvestite/

 

Thais suspected over record drug haul in Sydney

 

An Australian Federal Police (AFP) police officer holds a bottle of green tea at a press conference after a seizure of methamphetamine precursor chemicals in Sydney on October 6.//AFP

 

Thai authorities are investigating the possible involvement of Thais in the smuggling of four tonnes of ephedrine – a drug precursor chemical – worth about Bt87 billion from Thailand to Australia, said Sirinya Sitthichai, chief of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006303-thais-suspected-over-record-drug-haul-in-sydney/

 

Cleared tour company appeals to have bus returned

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

OA Transport executive Wasurat Rojrungrangsi has asked for help from deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul to get a tour bus returned from police after his company was cleared in an illegal zero-dollar-tour network.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006304-cleared-tour-company-appeals-to-have-bus-returned/

 

Reports that Yingluck has asylum status in UK need to be verified: Don

By The Nation

 

Don.

 

Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai on Tuesday said his ministry would check on the veracity of news reports that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra had gained asylum status in the United Kingdom.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006305-reports-that-yingluck-has-asylum-status-in-uk-need-to-be-verified-don/

 

‘Diner en Blanc’ massive, secret white dinner party is coming to Bangkok

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Diner en Blanc/ Facebook

 

“Diner en Blanc,” a mysterious, all-white dinner party that has been held in secret locations all over the world, is coming to Bangkok in December.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006307-‘diner-en-blanc’-massive-secret-white-dinner-party-is-coming-to-bangkok/

 

Monorail firms secure Bt63-bn loan to develop Pink and Yellow Line routes

By The Nation

 

 

Northern Bangkok Monorail, which will operate the Pink Line mass-transit route, and Eastern Bangkok Monorail, which will operate the Yellow Line route, on Tuesday signed credit-facility agreements with Bangkok Bank, Krungthai Bank and Siam Commercial Bank to secure a syndicated loan of Bt63.36 billion to develop the projects.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006308-monorail-firms-secure-bt63-bn-loan-to-develop-pink-and-yellow-line-routes/

 

Chrome users duped into downloading malicious Adblock Plus extension. Find out if your PC is at risk

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

If you use the Adblock Plus extension for Google Chrome, you should check which version you have downloaded, as it may contain malware.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/chrome-users-duped-downloading-malicious-adblock-plus-extension-find-pc-risk/24883/

Russian central bank to ban websites offering crypto-currencies

BY REUTERS

 

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will block access to websites of exchanges that offer crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin, Russian Central Bank First Deputy Governor Sergei Shvetsov said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/russian-central-bank-ban-websites-offering-crypto-currencies/24886/

Foreign Volunteer Cops Accused Of Extorting Phuket Businesses

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

A video screencap of one of two men accused of extorting bribes from business owners in Phuket province. Image: Spotlight Phuket

 

PHUKET — The chief of tourist police on Phuket on Tuesday declined to discuss accusations that two volunteer members of his force targeted foreign business owners and migrant workers in a racketeering scheme.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006314-foreign-volunteer-cops-accused-of-extorting-phuket-businesses/

 

Koh Phi Phi – Thailand’s most profitable national park

By Nattha Thepbamrung and Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Phi Phi Islands is the most profitable national park in the nation for 2 years in a row.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006315-koh-phi-phi-–-thailand’s-most-profitable-national-park/

 

Chairit faces severe disciplinary action for alleged role in Yingluck’s flight

By The Nation

 

Yingluck.

 

Pol Colonel Chairit Anurit of the Metropolitan Police faces severe disciplinary action for his alleged role in driving former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to Sa Kaeo province during her flight before the court ruling in the negligence case against her on August 25.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006317-chairit-faces-severe-disciplinary-action-for-alleged-role-in-yingluck’s-flight/

 

Wildlife taskforce seizes 50 protected birds from Don Mueang business owner

By The Nation

 

 

The National Parks Department’s Yiaw Dong wildlife crime suppression taskforce on Tuesday raided a spare parts firm in the Don Mueang area of Bangkok, before seizing more than 50 protected species of birds.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006338-wildlife-taskforce-seizes-50-protected-birds-from-don-mueang-business-owner/

 

SET up nearly 1% after PM says election to be held November next year

By The Nation

 

File photo : Prayut//AFP

 

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index surged 0.87 per cent to close at 1,706.95 points on Tuesday, after Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said earlier in the day that the general election would take place in November next year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1006339-set-up-nearly-1-after-pm-says-election-to-be-held-november-next-year/

 

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