Tag: Kathu
Worker’s residence building gutted by fire
PHUKET: Workers at a camp in Kathu escaped injury when their two-storey residential building went up in flames this morning (Dec 6). Capt Wattanatorn Bumrongtin [Read More…]
Swedish man on drugs blacklist caught in Phuket
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PHUKET: A Swedish man earlier deported and blacklisted for drug possession has been arrested in Kathu district. J. J. D., 38, was apprehended at a [Read More…]
Man killed in solo Ducati Monster motorbike accident
PHUKET: A 40-year-old man died in a motorbike accident on Phra Phuket Kaew Rd in Kathu early this morning (Sept 21). Col Chalermsak Aksarapien of [Read More…]
Phuket vendor leaps for life as gas-canister fireball engulfs sidecar
PHUKET: A mobile salapao vendor had to jump for his life after the gas canister on his motorbike with sidecar burst into flames in the [Read More…]
Six foreigners, two Thai women arrested in alleged romance scam
Tourist police have arrested six foreigners and two Thai women for allegedly deceiving Thai women into wiring them money in a suspected romance scam. Deputy [Read More…]
Patong motorbike taxi driver arrested for Turkish tourist assault, robbery
PHUKET: Police have arrested a “freelance” motorbike taxi driver for the assault and robbery of a female Turkish tourist in Patong early yesterday morning after [Read More…]
Frenchman dead with throat slashed in Phuket hotel room
PHUKET – A French tourist was found dead in a hotel room in this island province with his throat slashed, and police believe it to [Read More…]
Fire with 5-metre-high flames engulfs 20 rai in Kathu, no injuries reported
PHUKET: It took the better part of two hours for Kathu firefighters to bring under control what has been described as a ‘grass fire’ near [Read More…]