Timeslive.co.za reports that two Thai teenagers have discovered laughter isn’t always the best medicine after they were arrested for selling balloons containing ‘funny air’ – or laughing gas – to tourists. The pair, aged 17 and 19, were charged Wednesday with trafficking in controlled substances, punishable by a maximum five-year jail term, after allegedly selling balloons containing nitrous oxide in the tourist resort of Pattaya. The gas, known locally as funny air but more commonly referred to as laughing gas, induces euphoria and laughter when inhaled. Read article
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Bangkokpost.com reports that a Japanese tourist was reportedly drugged, had his valuables stolen and was left at a bus stop in Pathum Thani province, police said yesterday. Pol Lt Col Paijit Koteglum, an inspector at Suan Prik Thai police station, said the man was identified as Yamamoto Kareshi. He was partially conscious, and only had […]
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The St. Petersburg Times reports that Thai police said Saturday that 28 Russian tourists were injured after bus they were riding on crashed into a small hill near a popular tourist site. Police Col. Bandit Muangsukham said that 44 Russian passengers, along with three crew members, were traveling to a cave in Kanchanaburi province on […]
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As reported by Thisdaylive.com, one Nigerian was killed while four Thai nationals were yesterday abducted in Buguma, headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State when gunmen attacked the Israeli-run Buguma Mega Fish Farm located in the town. Also yesterday, the Rivers Peoples’ Forum restated its call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of […]
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Bangkokpost.com reports that the bus carrying 44 Russian tourists and three Thai nationals overturned on the Muang Sing Historical Park-Krasae Cave road in Sai Yok district, said Pol Lt Mekin Kongsaeng, an investigator at the Sai Yok police station. The three badly injured female passengers were identified as Natalie Lomonasova, 44; Isabella Lomonasova, 12; and […]
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The Washington Post reports that an American tourist who insisted on singing with the band in a bar in a beach town in Thailand was killed by one of the musicians, police said Wednesday. Bobby Ray Carter Jr., 51, died at a hospital of a stab wound in his chest after a brawl broke out […]
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As reported by bangkokpost.com, six members of a group of Dutch tourists, four of them children, were slightly injured when a long-tailed boat carrying them on a sightseeing tour along the Chao Phraya River and canals hit a bridge pylon in Nonthaburi‘s Bang Kruai district on Tuesday. The four children, aged 13, 11, 10 and […]
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Channelnewsasia.com reports that Thai navy personnel on Monday battled to clean up a major oil slick which coated a beach on a popular tourist island in a national park after a pipeline leak. Roughly 50,000 litres of crude oil gushed into the sea on Saturday about 20 kilometres off the coast of the eastern province […]
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According to bangkokpost.com, a British businessman on Friday was robbed at his home in Pattaya by two gunmen who stole over 76,000 baht worth of cash and possessions. John Cook, 67, told police that a man pointed a gun to his head when he was going to enter his home early Friday morning, after closing […]
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The BBC reports that nineteen people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a lorry in central Thailand, reports say. At least 20 more people were injured in the incident, which took place in Saraburi province early on Tuesday. The double-decker tour bus – which was travelling from Bangkok to Roi Et […]
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