Wanted gunman shot dead by police

man wanted under three separate warrants for murder was shot dead in a fight with police near the Mor Chit bus terminal on Kamphaeng Phet 2 road in Chatuchak district of Bangkok early Wednesday. He was identified as Sakrapop Klaiklueng, 44, of village group No 1 in tambon Nonng Sala of Cha-am district in Phetchaburi province. Sakrapop was wanted under three warrants issued by the Criminal Court on July 6, Phetchaburi Court on July 6, and Ratchaburi Court on July 8 this year, all for separate murders. Metropolitan police led by Pol Lt-Col Kanapat Pahumanto and Pol Lt-Col Somsak Boonraksa, both of the Metropolitan Police Division 2, planned to arrest Sakrapop this morning. They had information that the suspect would turn up at Mor Chit to take a bus. Police lay in wait in the area for...

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Iranian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday for allegedly smuggling about four kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine

 Iranian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday for allegedly smuggling about four kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, into Thailand, Customs Department director general Somchai Poolsavasdi said. Photos by Somchai Poomlard Mr Somchai said 34-year-old Racho Boroman travelled from Teheran to the United Arab Emirates before arriving in Thailand with 3,980 grammes of the drug hidden in plastic bags in his luggage.The Iranian told investigators that he had lived in Thailand for more than three years and had opened a coffee shop in Bangkok's Pratunam area.Mr Boroman said he was hired by a "Thai Buddhist"...

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Police have smashed a local flesh trade racket supplying Thai women to Yakuza gangsters for forced prostitution in Japan

Police have smashed a local flesh trade racket supplying Thai women to Yakuza gangsters for forced prostitution in Japan, acting with the help of Japanese police.The May 10 arrest of Jakraphan Watcharapin on charges of luring several women into prostitution came slightly less than a year after Japanese police raided a karaoke bar in a city in Nagano prefecture, rescuing three Thai women.The Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD) said the July 8 raid last year on the bar in Matsumoto resulted in the arrest of several suspects.Those arrested include Yakuza gang members, as well as a Thai woman who allegedly ran the bar as a front for a brothel....

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Eight drug traffickers were killed in a border shootout with soldiers and police early Monday morning

 Eight drug traffickers were killed in a border shootout with soldiers and police early Monday morning, the 3rd Army Pha Muang Task Force commander, Somsak Nilbanjerdkul, said.Maj Gen Somsak said his force received a report that a group of armed men were smuggling illegal drugs from a "neighbouring country" into the northern border province.A team of more than 50 soldiers and police was assembled to patrol the forest areas in tambon Wiang Phang Kham in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, he said.At about 5.30am, the team spotted about  a dozen people, all carrying weapons, walking in line through the forest.They surrounded them, but they refused to be searched and a fight then broke out. The shooting lasted about 15 minutes.The team waited until daylight to search...

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The number of Britons arrested overseas is on the rise, official figures have shown.

 The Foreign Office (FO) handled 6,015 arrest cases involving British nationals abroad between April 2011 and March 2012. This was 6% more than in the previous 12 months and included a 2% rise in drug arrests. The figures, which include holidaymakers and Britons resident overseas, showed the highest number of arrests and detentions was in Spain (1,909) followed by the USA (1,305). Spanish arrests rose 9% in 2011/12, while the United States was up 3%. The most arrests of Britons for drugs was in the US (147), followed by Spain (141). The highest percentage of arrests for drugs in 2011/12 was in Peru where there were only 17 arrests in total, although 15 were for drugs. The FO said anecdotal evidence from embassies and consulates overseas suggested many incidents were alcohol-fuelled, particularly...

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