Two people on a bus in Phuket have sustained injuries after a gunman opened fire while other passengers ran away. The Phuket City Police were notified of the incident at 7:00 A.M. this morning (February 10th) about a bus which was traveling on the Thepkasattri Road in Rassada in Kwuan Din Dang. Police arrived at […]
An overstaying Kazakhstani woman was arrested at Phuket International Airport. She was found using fake documents and being on 89 days of overstay. An Immigration Officer at Phuket International Airport told the Phuket Express that yesterday, (February 8th), they have arrested Ms. XENIYA KOPEIKINA, 27, a Kazakhstani national. Full story: thephuketexpress.com By Goongnang Suksawat The […]
Phuket officials are investigating after they have received many complaints that many foreigners are renting cars for doing illegal taxi services. A team of officials from the Phuket Land Transport Office (Phuket PLTO) and the Phuket Provincial Employment Office this afternoon (February 8th) set up a checkpoint at the Si Kor Intersection in Kathu which […]
Seven French tourists were arrested and fined by Phuket police last night (Wednesday) for causing a nuisance to motorists, residents and other tourists in the Patong area. Patong police decided to take action after they received complaints from residents and motorists that the group frequently cruised the streets of the Patong area on motorcycles and […]
PHUKET, Feb 8 (TNA) – Phuket governor, officials and representatives from tourism sector met Li Chenglong, counselor director of China’s Phuket consular office to apologize for a tour agent’s attack on a Chinese tourist. Both sides discussed the Feb 1 incident when a woman at a Thai tour company in Karon sub-district kicked a Chinese […]
A tour company in Phuket has had its operating license suspended for six months after one of its employees allegedly attacked a Chinese customer. The female employee was summoned to Karon district police station on Monday, to acknowledge charges of assault and carrying a knife in a public place, after the victim posted on her […]
A local Phuket fishing boat with four crew members has been out of contact and missing since last month. The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command reported yesterday (February 5th) that the Thai fishing boat ‘Soi Sakun Petch’ with the captain Mr. Roong Luekamwong and three other crew members (one Thai and two Myanmar nationals) […]
Smoke and fire came out from the right side of a plane while it was taking off at Phuket International Airport over the past weekend. Phuket International Airport has issued an announcement stating, “At 5:00 P.M. on Saturday (February 4th) the AZURAIR Airlines flight number ZF3604 was taking off on a flight to Moscow in […]
