PHUKET: A gang of drunken thugs threatening expat police volunteers on patrol has exposed the lack of police protection provided at the police box at the beach end of Bangla Rd in Patong. The gang turned up at the scene in a white pickup at 10:50pm on July 10 and started playing loud music from […]
A US citizen, wanted for allegedly duping others in the US to wire him two million US dollars in business investments was arrested on Sunday in Phuket’s Krathu district, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) chief Pol Maj-General Thitirat Nonghanpitak said Monday. The arrest of Theodore Andrew Werner, 48, was according to the US authority’s request. Read […]
PHUKET: A Russian man was found dead in the living room of his home in Chalong yesterday night (July 16). Police are currently waiting for the autopsy results to confirm the cause of death. Chalong police were called to a house in Land and House in Chalong at 8pm last night and upon arrival were […]
PHUKET: The trial of Phuketwan journalists Alan Morison, 67, and Chutima Sidasathian, 34, began in Phuket today (July 14). The two face charges of defamation, which is a criminal charge in Thailand, and with offences under the Computer Crimes Act. Read more: thephuketnews.com
PHUKET: Hoteliers on Koh Phi Phi, Koh Racha Yai and other islands in the Phuket region have requested that the Navy and Marine Police assist in transporting tourists back to Phuket following a ban on any boats smaller than 24 meters going out to sea. The Phuket Marine Office’s ban on small boats comes as […]
PHUKET, 8 July 2015 (NNT) – A fishing boat has capsized amid rough seas near Phuket, as the search and rescue for six missing crew members of another vessel continues. Phuket Marine Police received a distress call from a fishing boat that capsized east of Racha Noi Island. The boat carried a total of five […]
PHUKET, 7 July 2015 (NNT) – Six crew members of a capsized barge remain missing in the Andaman Sea as the Royal Thai Navy continues its search for survivors. The barge, carrying construction materials and a backhoe, had an engine malfunction before being overwhelmed by strong waves near Koh Racha Yai island, 10 kilometers away […]
PHUKET: Two motorcyclists are dead after a cement truck plunged down Patong Hill earlier today (July 6). The driver did not flee the scene as has been taken into custody by the police for questioning. Read more: thephuketnews.com
