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30 arrested, 28 cars seized as police shut down street race
Thirty people were arrested and 28 modified cars and pickups seized when police raided an illegal street race on the Kanchanaphisek motorway early Friday.
A team of 40 highway police and Taling Chan officers blocked off the ad-hoc racetrack around 2.30am before the starting flag dropped. Eighteen racers and 12 of their companions were taken into custody.
Authorities used 10-wheeled trucks to block both ends of the motorway's express lanes between kilometres 23 and 27. One truck was sent to block vehicles near a U-turn bridge about 400 metres away from Samakhom Chao Paktai association, Thai media reported on Friday.
The operation managed to seize 28 modified vehicles, including 20 cars and eight trucks.
A team of 40 highway police and Taling Chan officers blocked off the ad-hoc racetrack around 2.30am before the starting flag dropped. Eighteen racers and 12 of their companions were taken into custody.
Authorities used 10-wheeled trucks to block both ends of the motorway's express lanes between kilometres 23 and 27. One truck was sent to block vehicles near a U-turn bridge about 400 metres away from Samakhom Chao Paktai association, Thai media reported on Friday.
The operation managed to seize 28 modified vehicles, including 20 cars and eight trucks.
The youths have been charged with illegal racing on a public road and illegal modification of vehicles, said Pol Col Chakrit Mongkholsri, superintendent of Highway Police Division sub-division 8.
The 30 suspects were to undergo drug tests. Anyone tested positive for drug use would face legal action, said Pol Col Chakrit. Police would notify parents to acknowledge the behaviour of any underage youths apprehended.
The arrests were made following a tip-off that a group of teenagers were making an appointment online to race on Kanchanaphisek motorway on Saturday as part of New Year celebrations, said Pol Col Chakrit.
Read more >>>>>>http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crime/806452/30-arrested-28-cars-seized-as-police-shut-down-street-race
1 dead, 6 hurt in Bangkok high-rise fire
Fire rages through the top floors of a high-rise in Yannawa area, near Sathorn, in Bangkok late Friday morning.(Photos by Pawat Laupaisarntaksin)
One person was killed and six injured when fire raged through a 10-storey building in Bangkok’s Yannawa district on Friday.
The blaze broke out around 10.30am on the eighth floor of the tower on Soi Narathiwat Ratchanakharin 18 and spread quickly to upper storeys as firemen rushed to the scene near the Chan intersection, police said.
The fire was contained at around 1pm, with cracks visible on the structure. It has been declared a danger zone in fear of collapse due to fire damage and water innundation.
The building is the residence of the family and relatives of Vikrom Aisiri, a former Democrat MP and owner of Phuket Air. A nearby kindergaten also was evacuated.
Six fire trucks and two ladder trucks were sent to the scene. Once the blaze was out, one person was confirmed dead and five hurt, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Erawan Centre.
Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra looks at the building after the fire is under control
Thai police suspect Spaniard involved in countryman's death
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police on Friday released photos of a Spanish man suspected of involvement in the killing of a fellow Spaniard whose dismembered body was recovered piece by piece over the past week from Bangkok's Chao Phraya River.
Police Gen. Panya Mamen said authorities were seeking Artur Segarra Princep, 36, on the basis of evidence gathered so far. The victim was described as a consultant but has not been officially named yet, though police did not dispute leaked accounts in Thai media identifying him as David Bernat.
Police speculate that Bernat was abducted, tortured to force him to transfer a large amount of money, and then killed. They have declined to publicly comment on reports of large transfers of money from Bernat's account to Spain and Singapore.
"We believe the suspect is still in Thailand, and is also in Bangkok or its vicinity," Panya said. Police had obtained records showing that Segarra had withdrawn money from ATM machines in the area as recently as Thursday, and also had video of him with an unidentified woman and in a black Isuzu pickup truck. Immigration police said Segarra has visited Thailand frequently, but his latest visa expired late last year.
Records show that Bernat also visited Thailand many times, arriving most recently on Jan. 19 on a flight from Iran. He was last seen alive leaving his Bangkok apartment on Jan. 20. Medical examiners said they believe he died between Jan. 25 and Jan. 27, with the cause being suffocation.
Panya said it was likely the two men knew each other.
"We firmly believe that Artur is involved with this case, though we are unsure if he is the mastermind, or the person that just carried out the actions, or whatever role," he said. "At this time we are still gathering evidence. Read more >>>>>"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/716cf470d3744bb782e5ca6b73216702/thai-police-suspect-spaniard-involved-countrymans-death
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