Bangkok – Provinces in southern Thailand held memorial services in various locations along the western coast that was hit by giant waves that killed more than 5,300 people in the country 11 years before. Anniversary events were held at Kamala Memorial Stone, Mai Khao Memorial Wall, Phuket City Hall and Patong Beach in the southern […]
PHUKET, 26 December 2015 (NNT) – Merit-making ceremonies were held in southern provinces today in memory of the victims of 2004’s Tsunami disaster. The Phuket provincial governor led heads of government units and the general public in the making of merits at several locations throughout the island province to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the […]
Customs officers have seized counterfeit and untaxed products and banned items worth about 20 million baht in Hat Yai district of Songkhla and Phuket. The seizures followed searches by customs officers and soldiers in three locations in Songkhla province, including the Hat Yai post office, bus terminal and railway station, as well as a private […]
PHUKET: Security personnel at Phuket International Airport arrested a Danish man with 1.6 kilogrammes of heroin wrapped around his waist as he attempted to board a direct flight to Copenhagan to early this morning (Dec 23). Danish national P. E., 46, was taken into custody. Read more: thephuketnews.com Tanyaluk Sakoot The Phuket News
PHUKET: A foreign woman who fell off from the back of a moving tuk tuk in Kamala early this morning following a late night on Patong’s Bangla Rd, was later pronounced dead at Vachira Phuket Hospital. Kamala Police were notified of the accident at about 3.30am by the driver of the Patong tuk tuk, who […]
PHUKET: A Swiss man was arrested at Phuket International Airport (PIA) yesterday (Dec 14) when it was discovered he was carrying live ammunition in his suitcase. The arrest of 39-year-old (name removed) was made by Tha Chatchai Police Chief Col Somchay Sanprasert, Immigration Police and officials from Royal Navy Third Third Area Command when the […]
Two Russians wanted in their home country and by Interpol for drug offences have been arrested after they had been in hiding in Krabi and Phuket provinces for nearly two years. Pol Lt Gen Suchart Theerasawat, an assistant police chief in charge of transnational crime, said in a press briefing on Sunday that Roman Ledenev, […]
PHUKET: A 32-year-old British woman has died from neck and head injuries sustained in a traffic accident that took place this morning on the notorious Patong Hill. At 11.30am Kathu police were alerted by Kusoldham Patong rescue workers that a foreign woman with a broken neck had been transported to Patong Hospital. Read more: thephuketnews.com
