Two Russian Tourists Arrested For Theft

 press conference was held by the Deputy Superintendent of Pattaya Immigration, Police Lt. Col. Prapansak Pra-sarn-suk to publicize the arrest of Mr. Denis Skvortsov, aged 31 and Miss Antonian Pavlova, aged 23, both from Russia. They were detained for major Theft, and were caught with  money in Dollars, Thai Baht, Euros and other currencies, plus many credit cards and other property worth over 1 million Baht. These ding-bats were identified by reps from many hotels in Pattaya, where they committed their thieving. The scam was for Miss Antonian to approach wealthy looking hotel clients for consensual sexcapades, and find a chance to steal the room keys for Mr. Denis, who would then enter the victim’s room and steal their belongings. The dastardly duo have been wanted by Pattaya Police...

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Crackdown on Sexploits along Pattaya Beach Road

 Pattaya police and volunteers organized another crackdown on sexploits that occur on Beach Road.  Due to complaints from tourists, officers went out along the stretch of beach front and confronted a number of prostitutes and Ladyboys wandering about the area. A total of 60 people were taken back to the station, and 10 were detained for being positive after failing drug tes...

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Forty Prostitutes Arrested at Karaokes and Bars

 It was time for karaokes and bars in the busy areas from Tepprasit to South Naklua to be examined for valid operating licenses, and to make sure that no illegal activities were occurring on the premises. The officers especially focused on uncovering underage workers and prostitution. Over 50 police officers and volunteers, led by the Deputy Superintendent of Human Trafficking Preventing and Suppressing Department Pol. Lt. Chusak Ke-tong inspected many entertainment venues in town, and some 40 women were apprehended for inquiry and examination. The ones proving to be prostitutes were fined, then released, and admonished to find another line of work to feed themselv...

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Bogus Police Officer Accused of Rape

  Superintendent of Banglamung Police Station, Police Colonel Somnuek Changate announced the arrest of a man, accused of impersonating a police officer and also suspected of raping a number of young women.  Boonchim, aged 37 was caught in a house in Ban Chang.  Under the pretence of providing drug tests, victims claimed he would sexually attack them, in some instances at gunpoint.  A full investigation is now underw...

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Travelling Traffickers Tracked Down

 press conference was held on Friday at the Laem Chabang Police Station by The Deputy Commander of the Chonburi and Laem Chabang Police Provincial Police Superintendent Pol. Col. Yongyut Kondog and the Laem Chabang Police Superintendent Pol. Col. Sak-ra-pee Piao-pa-nit to announce the arrest of 4 offenders for Amphetamine or Trafficking Yah Bah. The 4 drug dealers were all in the same gang, and were caught with 1,000 tablets of Yah Bah and some Crystal Meth called Yah Ice in Thai.    The 4 were 2 women named Miss Nantana Sukteuan, aged 36 and Miss Jareewat Proem-laam, aged 33 and 2 men Mr. Chalermchai Sonsiri, aged 29 and Mr. Ot Sukteuan, aged 36,  and the woman Miss Jariwat turned out to be the drug mule, traveling down from Chiangmai with the drugs with her husband Mr....

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Local Pub Found with Underage Customers and Weapons

 On Sunday after 3 am, the Sa-baat-chor Pub on Pattaya’s 3rd Road was inspected by the police, police volunteers and officials from relevant authorities under the lead of the Chonburi Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Jamnong Ratanagoon as a number of complaints about the pub have filed with the police. The complaints noted that there were many illegal activities going on in this pub including weapons and underage customers.   The official closing time of 2 AM was not observed, and the music was still playing and the customers cavorting when the police entered the premises. Over 500 customers were tested for drugs, and 2 of them were positive.   The Manager failed to produce the License to operate the pub, and there were 22 underage customers in the bar, plus 2 9 mm guns and a...

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Bizarre Incident at Pattaya Police Station

 Pattaya police are quite accustomed to bizarre incidents at the station, but early on Monday morning eyes were turned as a man walked into the station wearing only his underwear.   Embarrassed, the Russian, 30 year old Mr. Sergi Marushko told the officers that he had just been for a swim opposite the Hard Rock Hotel, and when he returned, all of his clothes and belongings were gone.  Fortunate for him, he stated that all his important papers, such as passport and credit cards were safely back at his hotel.  As there were no witnesses, all the police could do was make a report and kindly bought the young man a shirt and shorts and a lift back to his hot...

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Welshman Mickey Finned in Hotel Room

 Once again a tourist has fallen victim to a Mickey Finn incident.   This time the casualty was Mr. Brian Richmond, aged 70 from the once prosperous coal mining town of Mountain Ash in South Wales.  He had been drugged and robbed of all his valuables at a hotel on Soi Buakhao in South Pattaya, all courtesy of a woman he had just met and brought back to his room.    Staff at the Jasmine Villa hotel stated they saw the young woman aged around 25 leave early on Sunday morning.  It wasn’t until the afternoon that Mr. Richmond appeared from his room in a daze.  On inspection of the room, officers found the safe had been broken into and confirmed that all the Welshman’s belongings were missing.  He was taken to the Memorial Hospital for a checkup...

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Heroin Dealer Caught in Chonburi

 Chonburi police announced the arrest of a man suspected of dealing with heroin.   Police received information about Natasarn, aged 32 from Chiang Rai and he was arrested at a local market with a small quantity of the drug.  Later, on searching his room officers found 205 grams of heroin.  He confessed to obtaining the drug from the Thai Burmese border and sold them to customers in Ban Saen and Chonburi.  He often made a good profit of at least 400,000 baht a week.  He now awaits a day in cou...

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Survey reveals expat banking fears

 The Expat Banking Poll was sponsored by Lloyds TSB International and conducted by expat website Just Landed. Expats in Spain were found to have the most problems with banking abroad. Almost two-thirds of those polled – 64 per cent – said that they do not trust local banks at all. Some of the most common problems cited by those who distrust banks abroad include unfair charges, trouble with the language barrier and money that was deducted from their account without any explanation. Briton Graham Hunt, who runs a Spanish property website and has written some hard-hitting blogs on banking in Spain, said: "Two years ago, there was a lot more trust in Spanish banks. "But the past couple of years have seen new charges for cards, account maintenance, transfer fees... this put people into the...

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A grisly event in South East Asia highlights the region's developing meth-driven drug war

 The Mekong River in Thailand Photo via By Jed Bickman 10/11/11 | Share Uppers Rock the World New Life for Asia’s Golden Triangle China Unveils Radical New Approach to Drug Treatment Vietnam's Rehab Gulag Revealed Spinning to Cambodia! In one of the grisliest incidents of the drug war in South East Asia in recent memory, the corpses of thirteen Chinese sailors have been found by Thai authorities on the Mekong River. The victims, including two female cooks, were blindfolded, bound, and shot dead. They're believed to be the crew members of two Chinese cargo ships that were hijacked last week by Thai drug gangs—the boats were recaptured in a firefight with Thai police and 950,000 methamphetamine pills were discovered on board. It's unclear whether the meth was loaded onto the boats by the...

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Switch to olive oil for better health

 Indian households should completely switch to olive oil as a cooking medium as its nutritional value is very high, it is rich in monounsaturated 'good' fats and, when used daily, can bring instant and easy wellness to a family's diet, celebrity chef and noted cookery expert Nita Mehta says. "Even though we have such a wide range of olive oils in our market, people don't seem to use them because of their mental block that the flavour of olive oil doesn't gel with Indian flavors," Mehta said at the launch here Satuday her latest book, "Indian Cooking With Olive Oi...

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