Eighteen foreign tourists were today detained by Thai police for partying at a rented house on Koh Phangan Island, home to the popular full-moon parties, in violation of state of emergency restrictions.

Police, from Koh Phangan police station in Thailand’s Surat Thani province, raided the house after a tip-off from the village head, saying that many foreign tourists were regularly gathering for drinks parties.

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By Thai PBS World