PHUKET, Dec 21 – Nearly 2,000 concrete blocks have been constructed on the sea floor off Kata Beach in this southern resort province as habitats for marine life, a senior provincial official reported. Paiboon Upatsaring, chief of the Phuket Provincial Administration, said the artificial reefs extend eight kilometres from North to South, covering 24 sq […]
The British Ambassador to Thailand, Mark Kent, has joined a campaign by Ministry of Tourism to tackle tourist scams and will be in Phuket in the new year to discuss the issue with high ranking Phuket officials. Ambassador Kent is being featured in a nationwide television campaign that will run until the end of December. […]
PHUKET, Dec 2 – An arrest warrant was issued for a Hungarian suspected of murdering his business partner, who was also his compatriot in Phuket. Phuket provincial police spokesman Chote Chavarnwiwat said Moshe David, 35, a Hungarian, is suspected of killing Peter Reisz, 47, a Hungarian businessman, whose body was put in a plastic bag […]
The body an unidentified Caucasian male has been found in a plastic bag at a rubber plantation in Kathu district of Phuket province. Police on Saturday said the unidentified man was 175-185cm tall, weighed about 90 kilogrammes and was between 30 and 40 years old. His hands and feet were tied. The forensic team estimated […]
A former crown prince of Nepal has been arrested in Phuket and charged with possession of marijuana. Police confirmed a story in the Himalayan Times newspaper on Tuesday that Paras Shah had spent a night in jail in Phuket on Oct 23 on a charge of possessing an illegal drug. Read more: Bangkok Post
Phuket – Police have arrested two Bulgarians for having allegedly attempted to steal electronic data for cloning ATM cards. Stenkov Anchoha Ritonov, 33, and Tervel Dimitrov, 31, were arrested on Sunday in this island province. Police searched their rented bungalow and found an assortment of equipment for stealing electronic data from victims when they used […]
After retrieving 2.5 million baht stolen from a bank in Phuket on Wednesday, police on Friday evening arrested the robber and discovered it was not his first bank job. The Thep Krasattri branch of Kasikorn Bank reported earlier that a total of 2.7 million baht was stolen by a robber who fled the scene on […]
A 64-year-old Briton jumped to his death in Phuket Friday while waiting for help from the British embassy and his relatives at a tourist-police office. Kenneth Caldwell reportedly ran out of money after vacationing on the popular island for nearly one month. Read more: The Nation
