Highway police sniff out "Ya Ba" use at checkpoint in Surin

 

 

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Two men driving a pick-up in Surin were stopped and investigated after Highway Police officers at a checkpoint noticed a tell-tale odor.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178933-highway-police-sniff-out-ya-ba-use-at-checkpoint-in-surin/

 

Thai/Dutch actress Amelia "Amy" Jacobs handed life sentence for drugs in absentia

 

 

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A former Miss Teen Thailand of Thai and Dutch parentage has been sentenced to life in prison by the appeal court.

 

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Pattaya: Deputy mayor gets proactive - Khun Banleu is out picking up litter blocking the drains

 

 

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Thai media 77kaoded reported that one of Pattaya's deputy mayors got down and dirty in the resort to pick up litter blocking the drains in the area of the Na Klua market yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178936-pattaya-deputy-mayor-gets-proactive-khun-banleu-is-out-picking-up-litter-blocking-the-drains/

 

More than 200 passengers safe after train derails in Ratchaburi

 

 

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More than 200 passengers were uninjured after the #251Thonburi to Prachuap Khirikhan rail service derailed in Ratchaburi late yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178937-more-than-200-passengers-safe-after-train-derails-in-ratchaburi/

 

Chinese man arrested with lots of non-tax paid cigarettes and spirits in his living room

 

 

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Thailand's immigration police and excise officials announced Friday that they arrested a Chinese national by the name of Yuanlin at a house in the Atoll Java Bay housing estate in Samut Prakan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178939-chinese-man-arrested-with-lots-of-non-tax-paid-cigarettes-and-spirits-in-his-living-room/

 

Red Bull Boss latest: Thai immigration tight-lipped about former RTP chief's claim of being abroad

 

 

Thai immigration said yesterday that they were unable to give details about claims made by former Royal Thai police chief and current president of the Thai Football association Pol Gen Somyot Poompannmoung.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178969-red-bull-boss-latestthai-immigration-tight-lipped-about-former-rtp-chiefs-claim-of-being-abroad/

 

Bedridden and poor old man lashes out at authorities after arrest for growing medicinal ganja

 

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A poor and bedridden 79 year old man in Thailand's north east has hit out at his local authority and the police after his son-in-law was arrested.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178972-bedridden-and-poor-old-man-lashes-out-at-authorities-after-arrest-for-growing-medicinal-ganja/

 

Lori Loughlin apologizes for college scam as actress, husband get prison sentences

By Nate Raymond

 

FILE PHOTO: Actor Lori Loughlin, and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, leave the federal courthouse after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

BOSTON (Reuters) - "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were sentenced on Friday to respective prison terms of two months and five months for participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178975-lori-loughlin-apologizes-for-college-scam-as-actress-husband-get-prison-sentences/

 

'We can work it out' says closure-threatened home of The Beatles

By Jason Cairnduff

 

Jon Keats, events director, poses at the famous Cavern Club music venue, which helped launch The Beatles to global superstardom and now is under threat following months of closure due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Liverpool, Britain, August 20, 2020. Picture taken August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

 

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - "It's hot, it's sweaty, it's packed - that's its reputation from back in the day with The Beatles, and it's still a proper rock and roll venue," said Jon Keats, Director of the Liverpool cellar bar where Britain's best-known musical export found fame.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178977-we-can-work-it-out-says-closure-threatened-home-of-the-beatles/

 

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