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Bangkok police warned on Tuesday they are coordinating with prosecutors and courts to clamp down on anti-government protesters with harsher punishment, including tighter bail conditions.

The Royal Thai Police (RTP) said that since January this year, 131 police officers have been disciplined for misconduct, 38 have been decommissioned and seven sacked.

Police have arrested 13 anti-government protesters of the “Thalu Fah” group at around 6pm on Monday at the Nang Lerng intersection in Bangkok’s Dusit district for allegedly taking down barbed wires deployed by the officials and throwing ping pong bombs and other objects at crowd control police.

Two men were arrested on Monday for allegedly running a Covid-19 vaccination registration scam via a flat in Bangkok’s Din Daeng area.

Police arrested 15 protesters at an anti-government rally on Saturday, four of them youths. More than 500 people have been arrested in connection with the protests since July, while preparations are being made to prosecute minor offenders parents, Bangkok police announced on Sunday.

Police on Friday arrested a 17-year-old protester for allegedly vandalising a traffic booth after a pro-democracy rally held by the Thalu Fah group in Bangkok last month.

A restaurant in Khon Kaen that tried to evade the ban on alcohol by disguising its drinks was caught out on Wednesday.

Police are collecting evidence to take legal action against a motorcycle gang that has allegedly destroyed police booths across the capital.

Phatthalung police have readied arrest warrants against the perpetrators who massacred more than a million swiftlets and stole their nests from an island cave on Monday, with damages running into billions of baht.

Bangkok police have warned they will not ease pressure on Thalu Gas protesters when the curfew is lifted, which is likely to be at the end of this month. The warning means nightly clashes at Din Daeng intersection that have disrupted local life for weeks are likely to continue into November.

Five fake police in Pattani’s Yaring district were arrested on Monday for extorting money from locals who were into drugs.

Police nabbed 10 out of some 100 gamblers during a raid on a cockfighting stadium in Phatthalung’s Muang district on Monday.