PHUKET: After a series of dramatic phone calls with relatives at home, it’s feared that a Russian couple in Phuket may have been kidnapped. Russian citizen Alexei Slabinskiy came to Phuket in April 2013 together with his girlfriend Yana Strizheus. The 39-old finance broker told friends and family that he was headed to Thailand for […]
Photos posted online of a foreigner killing a small shark at Kata Noi Beach prompted outrage, but the act was legal, a marine official said. The pictures, posted on the Go Eco Phuket Facebook page (click here) yesterday, showed a man in the act of killing the shark on a rock. The post read, “We […]
Police have arrested a French couple who stole tonic from a pharmacy on walking street in Patong, Phuket. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
PHUKET: A British man is thankful he’s alive after he crashed a jet-ski into a speedboat while on holiday on the island, and ended up having to fork out B200,000 to settle the bill. David Rimmer, a journalist from Hertford, England, is now extending a warning to other tourists looking at hiring jet-skis: Only do […]
A Ukrainian man who tried to climb onto his luxury condominium balcony because his girlfriend had locked him out after they had been arguing fell to his death. He tried to drop himself down onto the balcony but accidentally fell. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
Phuket police have arrested an Algerian gang that stole tourist’s property. They were arrested after a video clip of their behaviour was posted on Facebook. The 2 Algerian defendants confessed to the crimes. PHUKET – February 22, 2014 [Pattaya Daily News]; Pol.Lt.Col. Khundech Na Nongkhai (Deputy Superintendent of Ka Thu police station, Phuket province) and […]
PHUKET, Feb 21 – Thai Immigration Police arrested four Chinese nationals accused of setting up a wedding photography service and failing to show authorisation documents in this resort island of the Thai South. Phuket Immigration Superintendent, Pol Col Sanchai Chokkayaikit told a news briefing on Friday that the four suspects are identified as Shi Liang, […]
PHUKET: A French national was arrested late yesterday afternoon (February 15) after threatening a 7-Eleven employee and running off with B2,000. The employee, Sunisa Minlamai, who works at the 7-Eleven on Sirirat Rd in Patong, called police to tell them that a tourist had come into the store and used scissors to threaten her, stealing […]
