PHUKET: Police responded to incidents involving the deaths of two long-term Phuket expats yesterday (Jan 17): one Australian man deemed by police to have committed suicide, and a 71-year-old Frenchman who died of a heart attack. Capt Kraisorn Boonprasop of the Thalang Police, who responded to both incidents, was first called to the Supalai Essence […]
PHUKET: Ten weeks after a Phuket airport taxi driver wiped out six vehicles and killed a motorbike rider whilst driving a tourist from the airport during morning rush hour traffic on Thepkrasattri Rd, the investigating officer from the Thalang Police has yet to formally press charges for reckless driving. The taxi driver, 23-year-old Marut Puangsombat, […]
PHUKET: The family of a British CEO of an B800-million high-end housing development in Phuket have filed a formal complaint over the police conclusion that his death was an accident. The family insist that the death of the CEO, Steven James Granville, was murder. The complaint was filed by the family’s lawyer, Vincent McOwen, at […]
PHUKET: An American man has become the first foreigner killed during the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for New Year 2019. The American man, a 39-year-old, died from internal injuries after the motorbike he was riding collided with a passenger van on the coastal road to Promthep Cape at the southern end of Phuket […]
PHUKET: The flame has flickered out on the annual ‘Light Up Phuket’ tsunami memorial event – held at Patong Beach on the night of Dec 26 each year to commemorate the lives lost to the Asian Tsunami 14 years ago. The candle-lit ceremony has been removed from the formal schedule of events for annual commemoration […]
PHUKET: An 87-year-old grandmother living alone has died in a house fire on the north side of Phuket Town. Firefighters were called the scene, in Soi Cherng Khiri. near Satree Phuket School, 7pm last night (Dec 22). Full story: thephuketnews.com By Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
PHUKET: Two Indian tourists have boarded their flight to return home today (Dec 21) after the van they were travelling in was slammed in the side by a BMW in Phang Nga just north of Phuket. Lt Col Santi Prakrobkran of the Khok Kloi Police was notified of the accident, about five kilometres north of […]
PHUKET, 15th December 2018 – The southern province of Phuket is cracking down on drug smuggling, monitoring all potential transportation routes. Anupong Wawongmul, the Permanent Secretary of Phuket province, chaired a meeting with related agencies to keep them updated on the drug control situation. Anupong said heroin and cocaine are spreading in Phuket as prices […]
