PHAYAO – More than 250 residents in Phayao province have come forward to report a massive “ghost tour” scam that has collectively cost them over 10 million baht. The victims, primarily from the Dok Kham Tai district, claim they were lured by a local organizer with promises of affordable luxury trips to Japan and China, […]

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BANGKOK - Police report that on May 2, 2026, suspected drug traffickers abandoned 300 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine after crashing their car into a tree in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

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NA PHO, Thailand — A 67-year-old father confessed to local police on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, that he killed his son with a hatchet at their rubber plantation home in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

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BANGKOK - Police report that on Friday evening, a 26-year-old man lost his life in a brutal altercation inside a barbershop. What began as an alleged dispute over a 20,000-baht debt ended in a tragedy that has left a community in shock and a group…

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CHIANG RAI - Investigators from Thailand's Region 6 police say they tracked down another suspect tied to an alleged online investment scam that used the Amazon platform as a cover.

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