PHUKET: A 63-year-old German tourist died this afternoon (Nov 22) after he was struck by a speedboat propeller while swimming off Kamala Beach. Thalang Police Chief Col Sompong Thiparpakul reported that the accident occurred just before 4pm. Col Sompong identified the tourist as H. P., 63, originally from Dietfurt an der Altmühl in the Bavaria […]
PHUKET: Rescue workers late this afternoon recovered the fourth body from the site of the petrol station that collapsed while under construction on Thepkrasattri Rd today (Nov 21). At the scene, Thalang District Chief Adul Chuthong told The Phuket News that the concrete roof of the structure collapsed onto the workers underneath at about 1:20pm […]
Five Chinese forex brokers have been arrested at their rented office in Phuket. After the police were informed that a group of Chinese was doing suspicious business, they raided the house and found the five Chinese were trading in the Chinese yuan and US dollar, acting as brokers. Full story: Bangkok Post Achadtaya Chuenniran BANGKOK […]
PHUKET: Local rescue officers in Wichit were called to snare a five-metre python that was found on a house fence wall in Phuket Villa 5 last night (Nov 19). Officers from Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation division at Wichit Municipality (DDPM-Wichit) arrived soon after 8pm to find the snake still on the wall. Full […]
PHUKET: The body of a 46-year-old owner of a karaoke bar in Srisoonthorn was found hanged in the venue’s kitchen last night (Nov 17). Her male partner has blamed ongoing debt troubles as the motivation for the apparent suicide, but police are continuing their investigation. Lt Col Kitiphum Thinthalang of the Thalang Police was called […]
PHUKET: Thalang Police are searching for suspects who fired a gun shot at a Kusoldharm Foundation’s rescue vehicle in Srisoonthorn earlier this week. Luckily, the incident did not result in any fatalities or injuries. On Thursday (Nov 14), Capt Sophanat Nayao of Thalang Police was notified of an incident on Soi Thung Jien 2 in […]
PHUKET: An elderly Swiss man drowned at a beach in Thalang district of Phuket on Thursday afternoon. Paul Brunner, who would have turned 86 next month, was found dead at Mai Khao beach in tambon Mai Khao around 5.30pm, said Pol Lt Col Thada Sodarak, a duty-officer at Tha Chatchai police station. Full story: Bangkok […]
PHUKET: A 50-year-old Chinese tourist from Hong Kong remains in a coma at Bangkok Hospital Phuket after he was pulled from the water unconscious at Merlin Beach, south of Patong, earlier today (Nov 13). Maj Ekkachai Siri of the Phuket Tourist Police told The Phuket News that the tourist, Ho Leong Lawrence, was pulled from […]
