14-year-old boy was arrested trying to snatch a Russian tourist's handbag in Pattaya

14-year-old boy was arrested trying to snatch a Russian tourist's handbag in Pattaya later the handbag was stolen by a motorbike man who was arrested for theft and possession of marijuana. Pattaya, August 3, 2011 [PDN]; Pol.Lt.Col. Panlop Ringrod, Pattaya police was informed of a bag-snatch at Lam Balihai. The suspect was caught by the victims and the onlookers.At the scene, the police found the victims; Mr Yuri Safonov, age 33, Russian and his girlfriend, Ms. Galina Irgizkina, age 29, and witnesses who caught the suspect “Pol” age 14.Mr Yuri Safonov reported to the police, that as he and his girlfriend were going back to the hotel, the two suspects rode their motorbike close to them and snatched his girlfriend’s handbag. He ran after them and grabed the suspect’s shirt and one of suspects...

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Pattaya Municipalily called for the jet ski operators to register their jet ski businesses

Pattaya Municipalily called for the jet ski operators to register their jet ski businesses, to have insurances and stop extorting money from tourists. The jet ski operators claimed that they could not afford the insurance fee. Pattaya, August 3, 2011, [PDN]; Pattaya Municipal Administration, Mr Chaowalit Seanguthai, Banglamung Deputy Chief Officer, Mr Ronnakij Ekasing, Pattaya Deputy Mayor, Mr. Soontorn Rattanavaraha, Pattaya District Chief, Pattaya Police and a various jet ski operators met to solve Pattaya’s jet ski problem. Mr Soontorn Rattanavaraha, Pattaya District Chief said that the news of jet ski operators extorting money from tourists has affected the image of Pattaya. Therefore, the following recommendations were discussed; the jet ski operators must be registered and the data checked...

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Thai police have arrested two Swedish nationals as prime suspects in the murder of a compatriot earlier this week on Phuket Island

Thai police have arrested two Swedish nationals as prime suspects in the murder of a compatriot earlier this week on Phuket Island, police said Thursday.Phuket police arrested Tommy Viktor Soderlund, 26, and Johan Sebastian Ljung, 26, on Tuesday, a day after the death of Russian-born Swede Maksim Schantz, 25.'The two Swedes have confessed to the murder of Schantz and if found guilty could face a maximum sentence of life in prison,' said Police Colonel Komol Wattraporn, Phuket's deputy chief of police.According to their testimony, Soderlund and Ljung traced Schantz to Phuket, 600 kilometres south-west of Bangkok, via his Facebook page and followed him to the island on a mission of revenge.They said they had previously worked with Schantz running an internet scam in Pattaya, a Thai beach resort...

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