PHUKET, 20th November 2018 (NNT) – Authorities have successfully lifted the boat Phoenix out of the water at Ratanachai Slipway so that it may be further inspected. Ratanachai Slipway workers in Phuket province have begun preparations for it to be inspected by forensic agents. Heavy security has been instigated around the vessel with soldiers working […]
A joint force from the Forest Protecting Operation Centre (FPOC) and the police Immigration Division this week raided a gang that had allegedly been collecting fees from foreign tourists at Phuket’s famed Freedom beach. The gang had set up at least three temporary checkpoints around the beach area and was allegedly collecting entrance fees from […]
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PHUKET: Stress over family finances is being held as the key reason for an unemployed 33-year-old DJ taking his own life in a residential estate in central Phuket early this morning (Nov 12). Capt Kraisorn Boonprasop of Thalang Police was called to the scene, a small home in SomBoonSab Village in Moo 7, Srisoonthorn, at […]
Immigration chief Maj-Gen Surachate Hakparn has said that a 24 year old UK woman who claimed she was raped on Phuket was penetrated by a finger. A man is in custody charged with molestation. Surachate praised the local police for wrapping up the investigation within six hours to the satisfaction of the foreign victim. Full […]
PHUKET: Police are investigating a report by a British tourist saying that she was raped, after Chalong Police were called to the Banana Coffee House on the road to Nai Harn Beach at 9:06am today (Nov 9). The owner of the coffee shop, Wartsana Sukkaew, 27, and Thipa Yothasuth, 49, were at the shop when […]
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Thanyawat Chanpinit has pointed out that catching illegal guides leading tours around the island was more difficult than it seems as they tend “dress like tourists”, he told a meeting yesterday (Nov 6). The meeting was called after a formal complaint was filed by some 50 members of the Andaman Tour […]
PHUKET, 4th November 2018 (NNT) – Residents and tourists have flocked to street performances being staged during the Puppet Festival in Phuket, which is being supported by artists from Thailand and over 20 countries around the world. The Phuket Harmony World Puppet Festival 2018 took to the streets on Saturday and saw a large crowd […]
