Thailand & Pattaya News, from Fabulous 103fm (5 May 2022)

Three jailbirds escaped from a Nong khai prison hospital after being taken there with Covid, two quickly recaught as they hid in a derelict property nearby but the third, a man from Laos, in jail on drugs charges, is still on the lam and police are watching border areas in case he makes it to the crossings with his own country.

More on the aircrash in Canada that saw one of two alleged gunmen, said to have murd ered INDIAN gangster Jimmy Sandhu, a former canadain resident on Phuket months back in a hail of bullets. Gene Karl Lahrkamp is confirmed dead by Canadian authorities who also named another of the four dead as another gangster on bail and facing murdeer charges. Authorities are combing the crash scene to establish the cause and others are working to establish what the end game was for the flight as the two men had previously been at odds with each other in a battle to gain control of the crime side of their city.

Thong Lor police report the ki||ing of a Frenchman and a Thai woman, and the discovery of another wounded Frenchman at a cold meat supply company in the capital. The mid day shooting followed what staff describe as a heated argument between non-Thais which was heard but not witnesses. The two dead were ki||ed with the same weapon, no word on the injured third, who was hospitalized. All three are believed to have been partners in the company which supplied hotels and eateries.

Bangkok's main airport saw a security breach yesterday; a man on a motorbike was chased by security guards as he rode then ran around INSIDE the secure airport area for 10 minutes. Brandishing a pistol, which proved to be a fake, he slipped through a security gate as it opened to allow a truck to leave, pointed the gun at guards, and attempted to break into a passenger area. Once captured he was found to be carrying his fake gun, a homemade AXE and a pair of scissors. It's been established that he was high on narc0tics, but no reason for his actions has been released by police who were still questioning him this morning. Airport authorities told the media that standard operating procedures which are planned for any breach were put into place and there was no need for authorities to fire on the man, and that at no time were any passengers or crew at risk during the incident.