Plainclothes police officers fired several shots at a car being driven by a suspected drug dealer who was attempting to flee on Phetkasem Road on Friday evening, causing people in the area to panic and run for safety. The suspect remained at large.
Five senior officers at Din Daeng police station were transferred and will be investigated following an unconfirmed 300,000-baht robbery at a gambling den operating illegally within their jurisdiction in Bangkok early Wednesday morning.
A traffic offender is considered by law to have acknowledged a fine once it has been sent to them via registered mail, according to the latest regulation by the Royal Thai Police (RTP).
Legal action will be taken against the demonstrators who ran riot and set fire to a police vehicle near the Din Daeng intersection after marching from Democracy Monument to Victory Monument in protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Saturday afternoon, Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek said in a press conference.