Patcharapol Panrak
Eastern border-patrol squadrons rotate
The Royal Thai Navy rotated its border-patrol fleet covering the coast from Sattahip to Chantaburi and Trat. Vice Adm. Sucheep Whoungmaitree presided over the...
Sleepy sailor drives into sea
A sleepy sailor sent his pickup truck crashing into the sea when he fell asleep and drove through a roadside barrier in Sattahip. Petty...
Faulty repair blamed for car fire
A faulty repair job is being blamed for a car fire in Sattahip. Driver Singhnart Wattanasri, 50, escaped injury in the Jan. 2 accident...
Pattaya Mail reporter donates rice on King Taksin Day
Pattaya Mail reporter Patcharapol Panrak and his family donated 1,000 bags of rice to the disabled, needy, children and the elderly in Sattahip to...
Drug user turned alleged dealer arrested in Sattahip
Sattahip police arrested a former drug user turned alleged dealer. Officers nabbed Vithaya Pinyoyong, 24, in a Dec. 22 sting operation outside the Wanchaithanormsin...
Navy officers break up Ban Chang drug ring
Royal Thai Navy drug-suppression officers seized nearly 3,800 methamphetamine pills during the arrest of six members of an alleged narcotics ring. Navy officials on...
Ex-convict nailed for drug sales
A former drug convict was arrested again for dealing narcotics in Rayong. Samphan Saeikhaew, 31, was caught Dec. 23 with 73 methamphetamine pills in...
Forager dies in fall in Plutaluang
A man died after falling from Mount Tabag in Plutaluang while foraging for food. Saichon Theerakaw, 51, suffered a broken neck in the Dec....
Flat tire leads to burned-out car in Sattahip
A sailor narrowly escaped injury when his LPG-powered car burst into flames in Sattahip. Firefighters found the Toyota Corolla fully engulfed Dec. 24 at...
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