Pattaya PeopleArmed Thief Caught in Huay YaiPattaya People… as to the whereabouts of their leader, Disapol, who was finally captured in a village in Huay Yai area. News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.

Pattaya PeopleIndian Tourists in Jet Ski Accident DemandPattaya People… a police officer was near at hand and helped negotiate a reasonable fee of 12000 baht to cover the damage. News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.

Pattaya PeopleDrug Suppression Programme in SrirachaPattaya People… Mr. Wichai Sampantarat gave certificates to 151 volunteers attending the drug suppression training programme. News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.

Pattaya PeopleConfused Man Wandering Streets of PattayaPattaya People… it was discovered that he lived in a house on nearby Thepprasit Road, so was taken home to his family. News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.

Pattaya PeopleFatal Accident Caused by Sudden Rain StormPattaya People… the car driver was warned that he may face charges of reckless driving and causing the death of the motorcyclist. News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.

Pattaya PeopleTwo Men Arrested for Callous MurderPattaya People… chase and shoot the victim as he tried to flee the scene. Both men are now on remand pending court proceedings. News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.

Pattaya PeopleColumbian Thieves Caught in PattayaPattaya PeoplePolice have notified the owners of the stolen items and the thieves await their day in court. News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.and more

Pattaya PeopleIranian Tourist Reports Theft from Room SafePattaya PeopleIf you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.

In the early hours of Saturday shots were fired at a luxury SUV driven by a Norwegian resident of Pattaya. Police made their way to the Sukhumvit Road in South Pattaya close to Big C and met Mr. Morten Karres aged 40. Five bullet holes were found along the passenger side of his White Toyota [...]

80,000 Baht in cash and 10 Buddhist Amulets were stolen from the back seat of a car left in a Temple Car Park in Jomtien on Friday Night. Police were called to the Boonganjanaram Temple in Jomtien and met with the owner of the Black Mercedes Benz, Khun Prasit aged 57, the owner of a [...]

A Silver Toyota Avanza was stolen from the front of a 7-Eleven Convenience Store in Soi Kao Noi, East Pattaya in the early hours of Saturday. Police made their way to the scene of the crime and spoke with the car owner, Khun Noi aged 56, a local market vendor, who revealed how she parked [...]

Two 17 year old boys on a motorbike were the subject of a Police chase around the streets of Pattaya late on Friday Night after they failed to stop at a Checkpoint. The boys were suspected of being involved in a necklace snatch earlier in the night and because they fled from Police, officers were [...]

BANGKOK, May 18 – A British citizen was detained today in possession of six human foetuses set to be smuggled into Taiwan, according to police.

BANGKOK, May 19 — Red shirt supporters started gathering at Ratchaprasong intersection to join activities organized by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) — the red shirt movement — to mark the second anniversary of the 2010 protest against the previous Abhisit Vejjajiva-led administration.

A party at Foodland, Central Pattaya, featured meat and dairy products as well as baked goods and wines. The annual International Food & Beverage Party 2012 was sponsored by  Foodland Supermarket Co., Ltd, and the Food & Beverage Importers. Edwin Lim, Foodland managing director, said the party provides samples to customers as a way of saying “thank you.

Officials from various villages and communities in the  Pattaya area were invited to City Hall for a seminar on improving the quality of life. It was agreed that being charitable to the poor and solving drug problems were amongst the top priorities.

Ratchadaporn Sangvibut, owner of the Bodika Bar on Soi Post Office, handed to police a wallet which had been dropped outside her bar. Two customers noticed the wallet on the floor and gave it to the bar management. Police said they had not succeeded in tracking down the owner of the wallet, Barry Phillip Morgan, but 11,600 baht, 60 pounds and personal documentation were waiting to be collected at the police station. Ratchadaporn held the wallet for two days before turning it in to police in the hope that Morgan would return to claim his property, but he never did.

Banglamung district officers descended in force for one night recently to check the IDs of bar staff and street beckoners in case there were any under-age sex workers. The location was the popular Soi 6 in North Pattaya which has a galaxy of bars and clubs to attract devotees of night life as well as gawpers. However, spot checks on literally hundreds of staff did not produce any irregularities in the documentation.
It was a different story when about 100 bar girls and 10 transsexuals were ordered to relieve themselves into small bottles. Around half tested positive for methamphetamine misuse and were frog-marched to police headquarters. However, few if any were charged since they argued successfully that their test failure was due to influenza medication and other treatments requiring medication bought over-the-counter.
Released into the night, the bar workers and street itinerants were then free to resume their nightly labours which included saying hello, serving drinks, having stimulating conversations and suggesting to entranced tourists where the best pizzas, hamburgers and fish and chips are to be found in the area. The Banglamung district authority promised further raids just to ensure that all remains hunky-dory.

Pattaya police arrested illegal Thai tour guides who were preying on foreign tourists to watch prohibited live sex shows in an entertainment center on Walking Street.

Pattaya Police arrested three Columbian thieves who had burglarised and stolen property valued at millions of THB.

Issue No. 11 Date: 19 May 2012The low pressure cell over the Central of Thailand has moved to the Gulf of Martabun with the moderate southwest monsoon still prevails over the Andaman Sea. Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand affect scattered to fairly widespread rain over the country and isolated heavy rain in the North and the Central. People in the risky areas along foothills near waterways of Uttraradit, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Phetchaburi should beware of flooding conditions during this period. Wind-wave above 2 meters is likely in thundershower areas of the Andaman Sea. All ships should proceed with caution during this period.

The advisory is in effect for Thailand from 19 May 2012
Issued at 05.00 a.m.

Weather Forecast Bureau, Meteorological Department
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

Police seize tiger carcasses en route to ChinaPattaya MailBANGKOK, May 16 — The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) on Wednesday raided a rented house in Bangkok's Khan Na Yao district today, seizing the carcasses of two tigers, one panther and one fishing cat, and arrested one Thai and one Vietnamese.

Deceived Thai women jailed in Hong Kong as Nigerian drug cartel couriersPattaya MailHONG KONG, May 17 – Numbers of Thai women have been jailed in Hong Kong for drug smuggling as they were deceived by a Nigerian drug cartel using them as dealers. Deputy Consul-General Suree Trairatananukool of Royal Thai Consulate-General in Hong Kong …and more

Issue No. 10 Date: 18 May 2012The low pressure cell over the Central of Thailand will moving to the Gulf of Martabun with the moderate southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea. Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand affect scattered to fairly widespread rain over the country and isolated heavy rain in the Central and the upper South. People in the risky areas along foothills near waterways of Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Phetchaburi should beware of flooding conditions during 18-19 May 2012. Wind-wave above 2 meters is likely in thundershower areas of the Andaman Sea. All ships should proceed with caution during this period.

The advisory is in effect for Thailand from 18 May 2012
Issued at 09.30 p.m.

Weather Forecast Bureau, Meteorological Department
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

65 kg of ice seized in two casesPattaya MailBANGKOK, May 16 — Eight drug suspects, including members of a Malaysian transnational drug ring, were arrested with about 65 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as 'ice, were confiscated in two separate cases, according to Thai police.