Drug betrayal; spiteful BF; student delight; karaoke row

Body found after a month

Police dig at the site where they found Patipon's body.

Betrayal over a huge drug deal is thought to have led to the brutal slaying of a man whose body was dug up from a remote hillside in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

The victim, Patipon Phitak, better known as “Film Lak Chang”, 35, was found buried in Chang Klang district a month after his family reported him missing.

The body was wrapped in plastic and buried 1.5 metres deep. Police say the earlier arrest of five suspects in Phang Nga province led to the gruesome find.

Following a missing person report filed by the victim’s family on July 17, police secured a search warrant for the homes of the key suspects, a husband-and-wife duo.

Although the couple initially evaded arrest, a joint operation on the night of Aug 27 in Kuraburi district of Phang Nga, near the Thai-Myanmar border, led to the capture of five suspects including the pair. They were taken to Chang Klang station for questioning.

On Aug 28, authorities, with local officials, police dogs, and some suspects, located the burial site. After over an hour of digging, they uncovered a sack containing the victim’s body, cemented over.

The murder appears to have been orchestrated by the couple and their 5–6 accomplices after the victim allegedly failed to pay for 42,000 methamphetamine pills.

They lured him to their house, assaulted him, sealed his body in a sack with cement, and buried him on the hill before fleeing.

During searches of the couple’s house, authorities recovered 19 items belonging to the victim, including a motorcycle, helmet, mobile phones, bullets, a CCTV server, and other personal belongings.

Earlier, on Aug 6, police also discovered and seized a large stash of 326,200 methamphetamine pills buried near the suspect’s home in Chang Klang.

After more than 40 days of investigation, authorities caught the gang and located Film Laksang’s body. Charges were pending.

He’d rather be miserable

The knifeman spotted outside the condo unit.

A case of obsessive love turned deadly in Samut Prakan after a young man stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her friend before leaping from a building to his death.

Both women remain in critical condition.

The tragedy unfolded on Aug 25 in Bang Sao Thong district when CCTV footage captured the 24-year-old man entering his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in an attempt to reconcile.

When the 18-year-old woman rejected him, he grabbed a knife and attacked her along with her 19-year-old friend, forcing both to flee for their lives.

He then jumped from the seventh floor, landing on a parked car before later dying at hospital.

Security cameras show the man walking into the room and closing the door. Moments later, the ex-girlfriend, 18, burst out and ran down the stairwell before collapsing in a pool of blood. Her friend, 19, staggered out covered in blood and made it into the elevator to seek help.

The attacker never emerged — he had already jumped.

The 19-year-old victim, stabbed in the chest and stomach, was taken to Ruamchai Pracharak Hospital in critical condition, her life hanging in the balance. The 18-year-old, stabbed in the abdomen, was taken to Bangna 2 Hospital with severe injuries.

Investigators learned the suspect had previously been removed from the apartment by security guards after repeatedly harassing his ex-girlfriend. Just before the attack, he posted a chilling message on social media:

“If I can’t be happy, don’t expect you will be, either.”

Kratom tea pitched at kids

 Police raided a shop selling cannabis buds and flavoured kratom tea.

Police raided a shop in Chiang Rai after parents complained it was selling cannabis buds and flavoured kratom tea to local students.

Officers from the Chiang Rai provincial administration, public health office, district office, and city police inspected the shop, less than 200m from a hospital and schools.

Although the shop had a licence to sell cannabis products, officials found it was also openly selling brewed kratom tea in various flavours, no doubt designed to appeal to kids.

The sales were carried out without asking buyers for ID or medical prescriptions, meaning even high school students could easily buy the products.

Reports said youths from Chiang Rai and surrounding districts would often gather to drink the tea and use cannabis both day and night.

During the raid, 27-year-old manager Wichitsak admitted the shop sold a wide variety of cannabis flowers and kratom teas, with no age checks.

He told officers the business earned between 10,000–15,000 baht a day. He was charged with selling kratom tea, classified as a prohibited food product under the Ministry of Public Health’s regulations, and operating a food business without proper certification.

The provincial health office said it will suspend the shop’s licence.

‘Jack’ loses his cool

 Police inspect the karaoke bar where a customer opened fire on a rival.

Police in Rayong are pursuing man known only as “Jack” after he opened fire on a rival during a late-night brawl in a karaoke bar.

The shooting was reported at a karaoke joint in Klaeng district in the early hours of on Aug 26.

Police arrived to find customers still calmly drinking as though nothing had happened.

One man, aged about 40, had been shot once in the right leg.

He managed to flee and collapse in a wooded area about 100m from the bar.

Police recovered a 9mm shell casing and two unfired rounds.

Nearby, the victim’s black sedan was found with its windows smashed.

Police learned the victim had been drinking with two friends.

Later, “Jack” arrived with his girlfriend and three others. The two men already had a history of bad blood.

Trouble flared when Jack’s girlfriend went over to greet an old acquaintance. Jack, jealous, grew agitated.

Amid the commotion, another customer suddenly jumped on a table and attacked Jack.

Believing his rivals were behind it, Jack drew a handgun and shot the victim in the leg. The wounded man ran into the forest to escape.

Jack then turned his fury on the victim’s car, smashing its windows with a brick.

He also fired several shots into the air to intimidate patrons before fleeing, collecting spent casings as he left.

Police have questioned the bar manager and are now trying to track Jack down.

The karaoke bar has no security cameras, leaving investigators uncertain how Jack made his getaway or what vehicle he used.

Kiln death; cart caution; daring shoot; old man's row

Brutal murder shocks

 Police arrest the suspects.

A Khon Kaen couple were arrested for the premeditated murder of their baby boy, whose body was found burned in a charcoal kiln.

Sugar cane farmers alerted police to the grisly find after noticing smoke coming from a charcoal kiln on their field at Ban Hin Hao. The kiln had not been used in months.

Police and forensic teams found the remains of the infant still attached to its umbilical cord, with blood nearby and the fire still smoldering, reports said.

The case has shocked locals because of the cold-blooded way it was executed.

Police reviewed CCTV footage from Aug 16 and saw a man and woman riding a motorcycle, with the woman carrying a pink plastic basket, heading towards the fields.

They were later identified as Panadda, 34, and Pongsathorn, 30 (no surnames provided). Police sought warrants for the pair on charges of premeditated murder and concealing, burying, or destroying a body to cover up the cause of death.

After her arrest, the baby’s mother Panadda admitted burning her child shortly after birth, claiming she covered the infant’s face with a blanket out of fear she could not afford to raise it.

However, police say her account contradicts forensic evidence.

The kiln where the baby's body was burned.

Panadda said she had given birth alone in her rented Khon Kaen condo on Aug 15, while her partner, an electrician, was away. She claimed the baby boy died the following morning.

Afraid of the consequences and not knowing what to do, she and her partner decided to burn the body in a friend’s charcoal kiln. They bought a bottle of fuel on the way and stayed by the fire for about 20 minutes until they believed the body had been destroyed.

Her partner corroborated some details but said that afterwards, the two parted ways and returned to their family homes before being arrested.

However, police say the mother’s testimony is inconsistent with the autopsy results.

Doctors found severe blunt-force trauma to the back of the infant’s skull, with no signs of suffocation by compression.

They also concluded the baby had been alive after birth, as meconium had already passed and stool was present — evidence that the digestive system had begun functioning.

This suggests the baby lived long enough to feed and cry before being fatally injured.

Police brought both suspects to a crime scene re-enactment, during which Panadda fainted and was taken to hospital.

Pongsathorn completed the re-enactment before being taken back into custody.

Both will be held for further questioning before being taken to court.

Background checks revealed Pongsathorn had prior convictions for theft and drug offences, while Panadda had previously served time for theft, police said.

Sign of the times

The 'well-dressed' couple steal a garbage cart.

A shop owner in Pathum Thani is warning traders in the area to watch out for a well-dressed couple who stole a 300 baht rubbish cart.

Phattharatip Lekdara, 30, owner of the Tianfu Mala restaurant, reported the theft to police in Khlong Luang district.

CCTV cameras caught a well-dressed man and woman arriving on a so-called Big Bike to steal her cart.

At the time she was abroad, but when staff told her the shop’s garbage cart had gone missing, she reviewed the footage and saw the couple.

The video shows them arriving on their bike and stopping in front of her shop. The man covers the cart with a large bag before riding off.

“What struck me was how well they were dressed — almost like people of means,” Ms Phattharatip said. “The man seemed to know where the cameras were and tried to avoid them, almost like a professional thief.”

She posted the clip to a local Facebook group to warn other businesses in the Khlong Sam area.

Ms Phattharatip believes the theft reflects today’s difficult economic climate. “It wasn’t even an expensive item — just 300 baht. It’s hardly worth filing a police report.

“But that’s why they probably target small things like this, things that are easy to take and resell,” she said. “Judging from their behaviour, I think they’ve done this before.”

She urged other shop owners not to leave items unsecured in front of their stores.

“Even if you think something is worthless or nobody would bother stealing it, in these times people will take anything they can sell. Better to keep it locked away than waste time and money replacing it.”

Collateral damage

 Juthamas is taken to hospital.

A Mathayom 6 (Grade 12) girl in Trang was shot in the hip while riding pillion with her boyfriend after they encountered a group of rival teens.

The gunman, police later learned, was only 18.

The attack occurred along the road leading to Somdet Phra Srinagarindra 95 Park, also known as Khao Pae Choi, in Muang district.

The injured victim and her friends took refuge following the shooting at a petrol station on Huai Yot Road.

Juthamas (no surname given), 18, of Palian district, was shot once in the hip with an unknown type of firearm.

Juthamas was riding pillion on a motorcycle driven by her boyfriend, Thitiphum (no surname given), 16, about midnight on Aug 18.

He was taking her to hang out with friends at the park, she said, when they ran into a group of youths who had a grievance with one of Thitiphum’s friends.

The rival group fired a gun at Thitiphum’s friend, but the weapon misfired.

Thitiphum sped off with Juthamas on the back. The gang ordered them to stop, but when he didn’t, one fired a shot, hitting Juthamas in the hip.

Thitiphum continued fleeing with her holding on behind until they reached the petrol station, where they sought help. She was later taken to hospital, while the shooters fled.

Police have identified the gunman as an 18-year-old from Muang district.

He remains at large but is being pursued to face legal action.

Heat of the moment

 The ramshackle shelter where the old men were drinking.

An old man in Khon Kaen has been arrested after hitting a drinking friend over the head in a row over a woman they admired.

The men were drinking at the home of the 56-year-old woman at the centre of a supposed love triangle when they started to argue.

Waeng Yai police nabbed C (a pseudonym), 75, for killing A, 80, at the house.

C was waiting when police arrived, still holding the hoe, and visibly intoxicated, reports said.

The incident took place in B’s yard. A was found with a severe wound to the right temple after the old man allegedly hit him.

The suspect said he brought alcohol to drink outside B’s house on the morning of Aug 18. A, who joined them, provoked him by claiming the suspect secretly liked the woman and made insulting remarks, he said, sparking a heated argument.

The woman tried to intervene, asking both men to leave her home to prevent further conflict.

Once outside in the yard, the suspect grabbed a nearby hoe and struck the victim on the head with great force, killing him immediately.

Police charged him with premeditated murder.

Tide of theft; kiln stash; knives aplenty; free feed

A laid-back lot

The canal path which the thieves took in their boat.

Brazen thieves in Samut Prakan exploited a rising tide to travel by boat and break into riverside houses, forcing open doors and taking valuables worth over 4 million baht.

The thieves broke into three homes in Na Kluea sub-district, Phra Samut Chedi district. So confident were they about not getting caught that they even switched on the air con at one place and helped themselves to drinks from the fridge.

The thieves made off with cash and Buddha images, said Pol Lt Sarawut Sermklin, deputy inspector (investigation) of Ban Khlong Suan police. He received reports of multiple break-ins in Village 5 of the district’s Ban Sakla community.

The first place, belonging to Sarayut (no surname given), 38, is a single-storey raised wooden house. Beneath the house, on the muddy ground, footprints were visible, and muddy footprints also marked the steps.

The wooden front door had been forced with a screwdriver, breaking the padlock. Inside, belongings were scattered about.

Stolen items included wristwatches, old coins, collectible banknotes, and amulets with a total value over 50,000 baht.

Sarayut, a Buddha amulet trader with a shop in the Phra Pradaeng amulet market, said no one lived in the house permanently, and he only visited occasionally.

His younger sister, who returned to collect a watch for their father in Lampang, discovered the break-in.

The thief likely took advantage of the high tide to bring a boat to the back of the house, slipped through the underfloor space, and stole the goods.

What infuriated him most was that the culprit coolly turned on a fan and the bedroom air-conditioner, and drank two bottles of water from the fridge.

The second house was a three-storey wooden place belonging to 85-year-old twin sisters.

The intruder forced open the back door and stole items from the second and third floors: two 12cm Luang Pho To Buddha images, a medium-sized safe, over 100 collectible antique coins, six CCTV cameras, two old silver betel sets, more than 20 gold rings, and 30 amulets — worth over 40,000 baht.

Phayao, 85, said she and her twin sister had been staying in Muang district since July, at their niece’s request, for easier care and medical visits.

When they returned to clean the house, they found the back door pried open and valuables taken, including the six CCTV cameras installed around the house.

The third house belongs to a former university lecturer. The intruder stole 30 baht-weight of gold jewellery, a diamond set, cash, collectible coins and banknotes, and amulets, worth over 3 million baht.

Police believe the thieves were locals familiar with the homeowners’ routines. They likely worked in pairs or more, targeting houses along the canal, and used boats to approach during high tide. Investigations are underway to track them down.

Roughing it by the coal kiln

The drug dealer is caught at his forest shelter.

A man in Phetchaburi chose an odd place to deal drugs: a small shelter deep inside woodland, from where he dispensed drugs to local teens.

He was caught red-handed by the “Pachada” special police unit from Cha-Am district, who heard about his exploits.

Pol Col Apirak Permchai, chief of Cha-Am police, nabbed Sawat (surname withheld), 31, from Photharam district in Ratchaburi.

They seized 4,407 ya ba pills and 38.69 grammes of ya ice from Sawat, which he secreted at a charcoal kiln shelter in a dense forest.

Sawat was living at the shelter in village 10 of Khao Yai sub-district. He was a “low-level drug agent” distributing narcotics to local youths. When officers approached he tried to flee but was caught.

A search turned up the crystal meth in his shoulder bag, and the shelter was found to contain many meth pills.

Sawat admitted the drugs were his. A woman in the village, known as Ying (no other details given), tossed meth pills near the entrance of an alley for him to collect and store.

He would get phone calls informing him where to deliver or sell the meth. He also sold crystal meth to customers. Sawat had been arrested once previously in Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Police charged him and are looking for “Ying” and other network members.

Well-armed nutter

Sawang is nabbed after stabbing a neighbour to death.

A Khon Kaen man known to be suffering from mental illness and carrying three knives stabbed a neighbour to death, claiming the victim was partly responsible for his divorce.

A local hospital later confirmed he had not been taking his prescribed medication.

Ban Fang police nabbed the suspect, Sawang (no surname gven), 56, after he stabbed his neighbour Khoe (no surname given), 68, in Ban Lao sub-district.

The suspect was walking about holding a knife. Police identified themselves, ordered him to drop the weapon, and took him into custody. They seized from Sawang a short pointed knife about a handspan long. A bloodstained machete was also found, and a hooked machete with a wooden handle.

Sawang, who had been carrying all three weapons, admitted stabbing Khoe out of resentment, believing he had contributed to his divorce. A urine test found no illegal drugs.

Later, Ban Fang Hospital told police that Khoe had died from his injuries. Inquiries revealed that Sawang lived alone, suffered from a psychiatric illness, and had been admitted to psychiatric hospitals multiple times. However, he did not take medication as prescribed. He was charged with murder.

Content still pays well

The Cambodia influencer and below, the food he bought for the troops.

A Cambodian influencer is prospering amid the border crisis, even if ordinary traders are finding it tough.

Thai news outlets ran images of a young Cambodian influencer, unnamed in reports, who bought roast pig, roast duck, and side dishes to treat Cambodian soldiers at a frontline base.

This was to thank them for letting him film content from their daily lives — earning the influencer over $57,530, or about 2,094,360 baht.

On Aug 13, the Facebook page “Army Military Force” hailed the meal. Accompanying images show the young influencer seated in front of the troops. 

It also shows simple food in white styrofoam boxes, alongside more elaborate fare such as a roast pig in a box, and pork being cooked in racks over coal stoves.

Meanwhile, news reports say border trade between the two countries has fallen precipitously, with losses estimated to be as high as 500 million baht per month in some northeastern provinces.

Prior to the breakout in hostilities, monthly border trade averaged around 10 billion baht, with a big share occurring through eastern checkpoints. Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, commander of the Second Army Region, said on Thursday his forces were not ready to reopen the border just yet.

Old man with a knife; forest farewell; sleeping it off

Slingshot man ramps it up

Lop was nabbed after stabbing Gus with a knife.

An old man in Khon Kaen has been charged with assault for stabbing a teenage boy with a knife, merely for walking in front of his place.

Tha Phra police nabbed Lop (no surname provided), 78, after he stabbed “Gus” (no other details provided), 13, at a friend’s place in Don Han sub-district.

Gus was walking past the old man’s place on the way to see Panwad (no surname provided), 18, an older friend and the owner of the house where the attack occurred.

Panwad said Gus often came over to hang out. However, whenever he came, old man Lop would wait nearby with a slingshot and take a shot at him.

On Aug 4, Gus was walking past Lop’s house on his way to see her when the suspect confronted the boy and threatened him with a 30cm knife still in its sheath.

He struck Gus with the sheathed knife, prompting the boy to retreat into her house.

But Lop followed him inside, pulled the knife from its sheath, and slashed the back of the boy’s neck, causing heavy bleeding and knocking him to the ground.

It is not clear what help Panward offered. However, she did ask a friend to start filming the attack on his phone so they could alert police.

It includes images of the old man holding the knife and his slingshot, and has since gone viral.

Lop put his knife away after the attack and kicked the person who was recording the incident. The wound he left in the boy’s neck was 3cm deep.

Panward said old man Lop also turned up at her place the night before, complaining young Gus had stomped past his place, making a racket.

Gus lives with his grandmother, Kaenchon (no surname provided), 57, who said Lop was known in the area for reacting aggressively to any children walking past his house.

He would often shoot at them with a slingshot, would speak to them brusquely, and appeared to have a strong dislike for children in general.

Kaenchon said Gus’s mother would now take Gus to live with her in Kalasin, as the family was worried about their safety.

Pol Col Prateep Panyawat, superintendent of Tha Phra police, said officers detained Lop the next day and seized the knife as evidence.

Lop, who admitted the offence, was charged with assault causing injury, armed trespass with intent to cause harm, and carrying a weapon in public without reasonable cause.

He was remanded to Khon Kaen provincial court for legal action.

Following the trail of death

The spot in the forest where J’s body was found.

A trail runner from Chon Buri took a roundabout journey to Doi Suthep in the North as he embarked on a last trip before apparently ending his life.

The body of “J” (no name was provided), 31, was found in deep forest behind Wat Phra That Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai.

Chiang Mai forensic police, along with officers from Phuping Rajanivej police, the National Park Rescue Centre 1 (Chiang Mai), and the High Angle Rescue Club of Thailand recovered J’s body. He was discovered by a local who had gone into the forest to forage for mushrooms.

Initial checks suggested J had been dead for more than a week. The body was dressed in trail running gear — black long pants and a grey, long-sleeved shirt.

About 10 metres away, police found a black backpack containing clothes, hiking equipment, shoes, and an unopened water bottle, but not his phone, which he left in Bangkok on the first leg of his farewell journey.

The body was taken to the Forensic Medicine Department at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital.

Jittraporn Kanthi, village head of Doi Suthep, said local dogs had been howling oddly days earlier — a common sign, villagers believe, that someone has died.

After the body was found, she posted a call on social media seeking the dead man’s relatives, as no ID was found.

J’s wife contacted her, saying her husband had disappeared from Chon Buri.

When shown a photo of the recovered backpack, she burst into tears, saying she had bought the backpack for her husband.

J’s wife, Ms Jittraporn said, told her she had ended their relationship on June 12 after a troubled patch, and J evidently decided to end his life pursuing one of his favourite pastimes: running and hiking in the forest.

Piecing together his last movements, police said J travelled from Chon Buri to Bangkok, where he abandoned his car, phone, and all personal documents.

On July 13, he took a train to Chiang Mai and visited Chiang Mai City police, where he borrowed a lawyer’s phone and called his wife.

He told her she could now report him missing. After that call, no one in the family was able to reach him again, until his body was found.

His wife told police that J had a passion for trail running in the forest but suffered from chronic asthma.

The body was found about 700m off the trail between Wat Doi Suthep, Sai Yoi Waterfall, and Ban Khun Chang Khian.

It is believed he may have wandered deep into the forest on his own, and the dense vegetation, steep terrain, and rainy-season conditions could have triggered an asthma attack.

Pol Sub-Lt Somphot Noikhong, an investigator from Phuping Rajanivej station, said the cause of death is pending the result of an autopsy.

Letting it all hang out

The three men splayed out on the road and in the truck, oblivious to the world

Chiang Rai motorists thought they had stumbled upon the scene of a mass accident, or worse, when they spotted a group of men slumped over by the side of the road.

In fact, it was just a bunch of drinkers who had pulled over for a rest, though the extremely relaxed poses they adopted suggested much worse to passersby, as if they had died on the spot.

Mae Sai police posted images on Facebook from the scene in which three men were found sleeping, including one bare-chested guy, spread-eagled on the road.

His two mates are also out for the count in the back of a pickup truck nearby.

At first glance, the scene resembled a brutal slaying from a horror movie, said passing motorists, who alerted police to their fears.

However, a closer look revealed certain giveaway clues: an open bottle of whisky spilt by the side of the road.

When patrol police approached, they found the men were in fact in a state of deep sleep and that no harm had come to them.

The truck itself barely made it onto the shoulder of the road before the driver was overcome by fatigue.

The men were discovered in the middle of the Mae Sai bypass road in Mae Sai subdistrict, as if it were their own personal bed.

Patrol officers woke them up, had a brief chat, and advised them to go home and rest properly.

The post quickly went viral, racking up over 1,700 likes within four hours. Netizens flocked to offer the comments, amused and bewildered in equal measure:

“Sleeping in the back of a truck is one thing, but sleeping on the road? That’s next level.”

“Well, at least they didn’t drink and drive!”

“How much did they have to drink to pass out like that?”

“Thailand: sleep anywhere you want.”

One predicted the men could expect a good tongue lashing when they staggered home to their wives.

The ex will do; phone slasher nabbed; Dad's love

Leaving his mark

Scene of the attack

A man from Chon Buri stormed into his ex-wife’s house hoping to reconcile — but when he couldn’t find her, fatally stabbed her father instead.

Huay Yai police nabbed Panupong (no surname given), 28, a swimming pool technician, for killing his ex father-in-law, Siwapong (no surname given), 54, a construction contractor, at his home in Bang Lamung district.

He burst into the victim’s bedroom on Wednesday and stabbed him with a 15cm kitchen knife which he left embedded in his chest. The brutal killing took place in front of the victim’s horrified wife and grandson.

The suspect fled on his motorcycle, but police caught up with him at his mother’s place.

Panupong, who says he was drunk at the time, was found shaking and visibly remorseful.

When the victim’s relatives saw him later, they tried to assault him, but police managed to intervene in time and took him into custody.

Rian, 53, the victim’s wife, said she was sleeping in the bedroom with her husband and grandson when the attacker suddenly opened the door and stabbed her husband in the chest, then calmly walked away.

She was shocked by the incident and said her husband had never had any conflict with Panupong.

She believes the motive may stem from a failed reconciliation attempt with her daughter.

Another knife was found in the daughter’s room, suggesting Panupong may have intended to harm her as well. Fortunately, she wasn’t home at the time, or the tragedy could have been even worse.

The victim’s 31-year-old daughter, unnamed in news reports, said she had been in a relationship with the suspect for about a year before breaking up just over a month ago due to his drug abuse and violent temper.

He had recently tried to reconcile, but she refused. She believes Panupong came to the house to harm her, as he had climbed into the house once before.

Since she wasn’t home and the suspect was likely intoxicated and irrational, he attacked her father instead.

Panupong’s mother said her son had come to her after the attack, confessed and expressed regret.

Panupong had never shown any signs that he was capable of such violence, she said. Charges were pending.

Bridge thief caught

Thanakorn's bad phone habit

A teen gangster known for slashing at his victims wrists before making off with their phone has been nabbed, with a background check revealing a lengthy record going back to when he was 15.

Crime Suppression Division police arrested Thanakorn, also known as “Tee Bang Kruai,” 18, who, along with two accomplices, stabbed and robbed a man under Rama VII Bridge.

The suspect attacked his victim with a knife, slashing his left hand as he was absorbed with his phone, and fled with the device.

He was caught in soi Rattanathibet, Muang district of Nonthaburi, and arrested on a warrant stemming from the Nov 13, 2024 robbery, though inquiries revealed he had done a similar thing before.

While being treated at Phra Nang Klao Hospital, the victim learned that another individual had recently been robbed in a similar way under the bridge — this time in Bang Kruai police’s jurisdiction.

The victim alerted Prachachuen police, who reviewed CCTV footage and contacted their Bang Kruai counterparts, leading to Thanakorn’s arrest.

The suspect admitted all charges, including joint robbery with a weapon causing serious injury.

A background check revealed Thanakorn had committed multiple crimes starting at age 15, including attempted murder at that age, possession of an illegal firearm at age 16 and another robbery at age 17.

He was handed over to Prachachuen police for legal proceedings.

No way to make an impession

Duan outside the school.

A drunken father in Buri Ram stormed his son’s school with two knives, sending staff and students scattering, after the school blocked his previous attempts to gain access to the boy.

Satuek police were called to the school in tambon Thung Wang after the suspect, Duan (no surname given), 52, from Roi Et province, chased after the director with his weapons but was unable to reach him.

Upon arrival, officers found a dejected Duan sitting in a school pavilion beside a white Honda Wave motorcycle without a licence plate.

He had a pointed blade and a kitchen knife, which they confiscated.

Duan said he rode to the school from his home in Roi Et and stormed his son’s school with knives in hand, angry at the director who prevented him from transferring his son to a school in his home province.

The director, Chitsanu (no surname provided), said he saw Duan ride into the school grounds, open his motorcycle seat and pull out the knives before walking directly toward him.

Chitsanu shouted for help and ran into a classroom, instructing students to lock the doors.

Some students fled the school and ran into a nearby village, while Duan chased the director with his knives.

Duan’s son is a Mathayom 3 student at the school. According to Chitsanu, this was the third time Duan had come to see his son, and each time, he was drunk.

This time, however, he brought the knives, prompting the school to alert local authorities.

Village chief Athiwat (no surname given) said Duan had separated from his wife, a village local, almost three years ago.

Duan told the chief he only wanted to take his 15-year-old son back to live with him in Roi Et.

He works as a freelance photographer and has two children with his ex-wife: an 8-year-old daughter, and the boy. Both children live with their mother in Satuek district.

He said he had tried to take his son to live with him twice before, but the school director refused each time.

That morning, he stopped at a roadside grocery store and drank a small bottle of white liquor to calm his nerves before riding to the school.

He claimed he brought the knives only to scare the teachers and had no intention of harming anyone.

He said the director had consistently blocked his efforts to take his son, arguing the boy needed to complete the term first.

But Duan insisted he wanted to transfer his son to a school near his home for a better future — as a father concerned for his son’s wellbeing.

Police conducted a urine test on Duan and found no trace of drugs.

He was charged initially with trespassing on government property and carrying knives in public without reasonable cause.