PHUKET, Jan 1 – Thai authorities inspected a boat floating at Koh Bon in the southern province of Phuket and found 70 Rohingya migrants after being informed that a suspicious boat was at the location. Chalong Police Station Superintendent Pol Maj Kitipas Dejintrasorn, Rawai Mayor Aroon Sorot and other government officials hurried out to meet […]
A five-star hotel in Phuket caught fire yesterday morning, causing Bt10 million in losses, though nobody was injured. Police said the fire broke out at about 5am on the first floor of the three-storey wooden building, before spreading to the second and third floors of the Royal Phawadee Village Hotel on Patong Beach. Ten fire […]
PHUKET, Dec 21 – Nearly 2,000 concrete blocks have been constructed on the sea floor off Kata Beach in this southern resort province as habitats for marine life, a senior provincial official reported. Paiboon Upatsaring, chief of the Phuket Provincial Administration, said the artificial reefs extend eight kilometres from North to South, covering 24 sq […]
CHUMPHON, Dec 19 – Highway Police intercepted a shipment of 1.3 million methamphetamine pills hidden in a pickup truck carrying vegetables to Phuket. Chunmpon-based Highway Police inspector Charoenpong Khantilo led police to set up checkpoints to prevent crime and illegal smuggling before Christmas and New Year’s Festival and found suspicious pickup truck on Phetkasem Road […]
The British Ambassador to Thailand, Mark Kent, has joined a campaign by Ministry of Tourism to tackle tourist scams and will be in Phuket in the new year to discuss the issue with high ranking Phuket officials. Ambassador Kent is being featured in a nationwide television campaign that will run until the end of December. […]
PHUKET, Dec 2 – An arrest warrant was issued for a Hungarian suspected of murdering his business partner, who was also his compatriot in Phuket. Phuket provincial police spokesman Chote Chavarnwiwat said Moshe David, 35, a Hungarian, is suspected of killing Peter Reisz, 47, a Hungarian businessman, whose body was put in a plastic bag […]
The body an unidentified Caucasian male has been found in a plastic bag at a rubber plantation in Kathu district of Phuket province. Police on Saturday said the unidentified man was 175-185cm tall, weighed about 90 kilogrammes and was between 30 and 40 years old. His hands and feet were tied. The forensic team estimated […]
A former crown prince of Nepal has been arrested in Phuket and charged with possession of marijuana. Police confirmed a story in the Himalayan Times newspaper on Tuesday that Paras Shah had spent a night in jail in Phuket on Oct 23 on a charge of possessing an illegal drug. Read more: Bangkok Post
