The Latest Breaking News from Kanchanaburi

Illegal border crossers caught

KANCHANABURI: Twenty-one Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed the border into Thong Pha Phum, Sai Yok and Sangkhla Buri districts of this western province were arrested by combined military and police patrols on Saturday and Sunday.

Bangkok Post · Aug 1, 2022

Skywalk set for debut

Despite numerous construction delays, a new skywalk in Kanchanaburi will open early next year, according to governor Jirakiat Bhumisawasdi.

Bangkok Post · Jul 16, 2022

Job seekers arrested on western border

KANCHANABURI: Nineteen Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed the border into Thailand in four districts of this western province were arrested by army-police patrols on Monday, police said.

Bangkok Post · Jul 4, 2022

Police crack down on gun trading ring

Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police on Monday launched multiple raids on an illegal gun trading network allegedly run by Danupol "Bell" Samaesarn, with operations in Bangkok, Chon Buri, Kanchanaburi, Udon Thani and Chiang Mai provinces.

Bangkok Post · Jun 13, 2022

Raids target gun runners

Crime Suppression Division police on Monday launched multiple raids on the illegal gun trading network allegedly run by Danupol "Bell" Samaesarn, with operations in Bangkok, Chon Buri, Kanchanaburi, Udon Thani and Chiang Mai provinces.

Bangkok Post · Jun 13, 2022

Court ruling confirms B30m lottery winner in long-running dispute

KANCHANABURI: The Supreme Court has dismissed a teacher's claim he, not a retired policeman, owned the government lottery tickets that won a first prize worth 30 million baht on Nov 1, 2017.

Bangkok Post · Jun 7, 2022

Illegal migrants caught after car crash

KANCHANABURI: Police arrested a total of 66 illegal job seekers from Myanmar in Thong Pha Phum district early Monday morning, eight of them after the car they were in crashed during a police chase.

Bangkok Post · Jun 6, 2022

British man convicted of infamous 'body in suitcase' murder

A court in Kanchanaburi on Tuesday convicted a British man of the 2014 murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase dumped in a river.

Bangkok Post · May 31, 2022

Teen sex-trade procurer and customer arrested, 2 underage girls rescued

A teen girl who allegedly acted as a sex-trade procurer and a customer have been arrested at a love motel in Muang district of Kanchanaburi, police said.

Bangkok Post · May 25, 2022

Colour-coded job seekers found hiding on 18-wheel truck

KANCHANABURI: More than 100 illegal Myanmar job seekers with coloured string around their wrists to show their various destinations were arrested after the 18-wheel trailer truck they were hiding in became stuck when it turned off a main road in Muang district on Wednesday morning.

Bangkok Post · May 25, 2022