Justice Ministry seeks bail for 'wrongly nabbed' twin

Justice Ministry seeks bail for 'wrongly nabbed' twin
Published: 12/05/2012 at 03:03 AM


The Justice Ministry will seek bail for Anont Ounwong whom his twin brother and mother insist was wrongly arrested and sentenced to four years in jail for a crime committed by his brother Anek.

Kasem Kanthamanee, a lawyer with the ministry's Justice Fund said yesterday the ministry would apply for bail for Anont so he could prepare to fight his case in the Supreme Court.

The ministry will contact the Central Institute of Forensic Science to help distinguish between Anont and his identical twin brother, Mr Anek.

The result will serve as new evidence for the judge to decide which one of the twins was actually involved in an attack over three years ago, Mr Kasem said.

Drug trade from behind bars booms

Drug trade from behind bars booms
Published: 14/05/2012 at 01:46 AM


More than half of 50 million speed pills seized since September have been linked to prisoners, a seminar was told yesterday.

Office of Narcotics Board adviser Narong Rattananukul said drug trafficking activities carried out from behind bars were more widespread than ever before.

"Prisons are the hub

[of the crime] where traffickers meet each other and drug users. They also meet other criminals and use connections to intimidate witnesses or prison guards," he said.

Police use pretty bait to spring trap

Police use pretty bait to spring trap
CSD 'cover and contact' operation nabs a suspected serial rapist

Published: 14/05/2012 at 08:31 AM



The lure of easy money and a life of glamour drew at least three aspiring models into the clutches of an alleged rapist pretending to be a talent scout.

Samrit: Works with an events company

Three women in their early 20s reported they had been raped to the Crime Suppression Division on May 2.

The women,

Police arrest diamond thieves

Police arrest diamond thieves
Published: 15/05/2012 at 12:30 PM

TRANG - Police have arrested four foreigners and a Thai man on charges of stealing diamonds and gems worth 30 million baht in a smash and grab heist in Phuket.

Pol Lt Col Chakraphan Chantawana, chief of Trang Highway Police, announced the arrests at a press briefing on Tuesday morning.

He did not identify them or give their nationalities.

He said the five suspects on May 9 allegedly smashed the rear window of a car belonging to Thongsak Jittakarnlert, owner of Expert Gems Manufacturing Co Ltd, and stole a bag containing diamonds and gems worth more than 30 million baht in the vehicle.

Police officers wanted for bank robbery

Police officers wanted for bank robbery
Published: 15/05/2012 at 01:11 PM


The Sing Buri Court has approved a warrant for the arrest of two police officers in connection with the armed robbery of Kasikorn Bank's Inburi branch in Sing Buri province in March, Pol Gen Pansiri Prapawat said on Monday.

Red-shirt pavilion burnt down in South

Red-shirt pavilion burnt down in South
Published: 15/05/2012 at 06:37 PM


A pavilion in a brand new red-shirt village in Songkhla was set on fire and burned down on Tuesday morning.

The arsonist struck only a day after Tida Tavornseth, chairwoman of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), presided over the opening ceremony of the red-shirt village in Songkhla's Chana district.

Senior cops wanted for heist

Senior cops wanted for heist
Published: 16/05/2012 at 01:43 AM

Arrest warrants have been issued for two police officers wanted in connection with an armed robbery on a Kasikorn Bank cash delivery van in Sing Buri.


Pol Gen Pansiri Prapawat, a deputy national police chief, said yesterday a court has approved arrest warrants for Pol Col Pichit Kromprasit, superintendent of Sai Ngam police station in Kamphaeng Phet province, and Pol Sgt Narai Thippreechathorn, who serves at Nakhon Sawan police headquarters.