HISTORICAL FACTS: Lop buri - Caught on Camera

Seven held in kidnapping, suspected killing of Bangkok businessman

Police have detained seven people suspected of kidnapping the manager of a Bangkok medical instrument company, who was then believed to have been killed and his body burned in Lop Buri.

Bangkok Post · Mar 5

Elderly man found dead after threesome

A 70-year-old man was found dead at the house of a 52-year-old man after they and a third man, 38, enjoyed a threesome, possibly under the influence of drugs, in Lop Buri on Sunday night.

Bangkok Post · Nov 18, 2025

Monkeys invade police station in Lop Buri

More than 200 monkeys escaped from their cage at the Lop Buri’s Pho Khao Ton Monkey Nursery and invaded Tha Hin police station.

Bangkok Post · Nov 18, 2024

Death penalty upheld for gold-heist robber

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for a gold shop-robber who shot dead three people, one a child, and wounded four others during a robbery at a Lop Buri mall in 2020.

Bangkok Post · Apr 26, 2023

Death penalty upheld for gold-heist school director

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for gold shop-robber Prasittichai Khaokaeo, a former primary school director in Sing Buri who shot dead three people, one a child, and wounded four others during a holdup at a Lop Buri mall in 2020.

Bangkok Post · Apr 26, 2023

US soldier dies in Lop Buri

A US Army soldier has died while in Thailand for the annual Cobra Gold military exercises, according to a statement issued by the American embassy on Friday.

Bangkok Post · Mar 3, 2023

Blunt force trauma caused tank crew deaths

Blunt force trauma caused the deaths of a soldier and an army cadet when their light tank overturned during a security drill in Lop Buri on Monday, according to the Medical Department of the Royal Thai Army (RTA).

Bangkok Post · Feb 17, 2023

Tank crashes in military drill, killing two

A soldier and an officer cadet reportedly died after their tank flipped over during a joint military training exercise in Lop Buri on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Feb 14, 2023

Railway on track for completion this year

Construction of the 145-kilometre Lop Buri-Pak Nam Pho double-track railway, which includes the country's longest elevated stretch at 19km, will be completed on schedule by the end of this year, the Department of Rail Transport (DRT) said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Feb 2, 2023

‘Floating train' in Lop Buri a big hit as dam waters rise

LOP BURI: Tickets have been selling out fast for rides on a special "floating train", where passengers have been enjoying the illusion of aquatic rail travel due to a post-monsoon rise in water levels.

Bangkok Post · Nov 7, 2022