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Suspect arrested with 20,400 ya bah pills, 700g of ice
Suspect arrested with 20,400 ya bah pills, 700g of ice
PHUKET: Following up on information from previous drug arrests, police have arrested a 26-year-old man from Phang Nga with more than 20,000 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills and more than 700 grams of crystal meth (ya ice).
Jobless Patong bartender, security guard arrested for house robbery attack on German expat
Jobless Patong bartender, security guard arrested for house robbery attack on German expat
PHUKET: A bartender and a security guard left jobless in Patong have been arrested for the violent house robbery last week that saw a 72-year-old German expat with 12cm gash to his left forearm and bound to a chair while the pair threatened his wife with a sword and a long knife.
Police hope to identify body found beside bypass road
Police hope to identify body found beside bypass road
PHUKET: Police are hoping to identify the body of a found this afternoon (Nov 12) near a large billboard beside the northbound lanes of the bypass road.
Phuket knife-wielding Family Mart robber surrenders to police
Phuket knife-wielding Family Mart robber surrenders to police
PHUKET: The man wanted for robbing two Family Mart convenience stores in Phuket before dawn yesterday morning (Nov 10) by threatening the staff with a kitchen knife has surrendered to police.
Phuket child hawking gang busted for human trafficking, child exploitation
Phuket child hawking gang busted for human trafficking, child exploitation
PHUKET: Police have arrested four suspects for operating a criminal child-exploitation operation in Phuket that forced children as young as 10 years old to work all night selling coconut water in bars and restaurants – or face being beaten.
Man robs two Family Mart stores at knife-point
Man robs two Family Mart stores at knife-point
PHUKET: Police believe they have identified a man who robbed two Family Mart stores in Phuket early this morning (Nov 10), each time by threatening the staff with a knife that was on sale in the store.
Serial thief arrested, police call for victims to reclaim stolen items
Serial thief arrested, police call for victims to reclaim stolen items
PHUKET: Police are calling for people who have had items mysteriously disappear from their homes in Rassada or Kathu in the past month to contact them in case some of their property has been recovered following the arrest of a man for a spate of thefts in the past three weeks.
German expat, 72, wounded by knife-wielding Phuket house robbers
German expat, 72, wounded by knife-wielding Phuket house robbers
PHUKET: A 72-year-old German expat was left bound with tape and suffered a 12-centimetre knife wound to his left arm as two men armed with long knives robbed his house yesterday evening (Nov 7), making off with ATM cards and later withdrawing only B5,100 before the cards were cancelled.
Phuket residents lend a hand heaving python from neighbourhood drain
Phuket residents lend a hand heaving python from neighbourhood drain
PHUKET: More than 10 people were needed to help rescue workers heave a three-metre python out of a drain in front of a house in Koh Kaew last night (Nov 7).
Phuket car break-in thief arrested in Phang Nga
Phuket car break-in thief arrested in Phang Nga
PHUKET: A 21-year-old man wanted for breaking into and robbing the car of a lawyer on holiday in Phuket for the Vegetarian Festival early last month has been arrested in Phang Nga.
Bang Tao Beach vendors suspect arson as stalls torched
Bang Tao Beach vendors suspect arson as stalls torched
PHUKET: Two women who operate a stalls at Bang Tao Beach – one selling “roti”, the famed flattened Thai Muslim pancake, from a sidecar cart on the beach; the other selling fruit – suspect their stalls were destroyed by fire on purpose.
Russian tourist dies after pulled from surf at Karon Beach
Russian tourist dies after pulled from surf at Karon Beach
PHUKET: A 55-year-old Russian man died after being pulled from the surf unconscious and unresponsive at Karon Beach late yesterday afternoon (Nov 6).
Four arrested in separate Phuket drug busts
Four arrested in separate Phuket drug busts
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have announced the arrests of four suspects for drugs offences, with two of the suspects found in illegal possession of firearms.
Man arrested in Phuket for violent attempted rape in Krabi
Man arrested in Phuket for violent attempted rape in Krabi
PHUKET: A man wanted for attempted rape in Ao Luek, Krabi, was arrested at a housing estate in central Phuket today, police announced late this afternoon (Nov 5).
Russian tourist dies despite rescue, revival efforts
Russian tourist dies despite rescue, revival efforts
PHUKET: A 61-year-old Russian tourist has died after being dragged away from shore by a rip at Karon Beach today (Nov 5).
Students, D-Day step up with free electrical appliance repairs for Phuket flash flood victims
Students, D-Day step up with free electrical appliance repairs for Phuket flash flood victims
PHUKET: Students from Phuket Technology College and staff from power tool and building equipment retailer D-Day Group Co Ltd have launched a free repair service for residents in Chalong and Karon whose homes were damaged in the flash floods last Thursday (Oct 31).
Body found in search for missing Belarus tourist
Body found in search for missing Belarus tourist
PHUKET: A search team this morning found the body a foreign man believed to be that of missing 31-year-old Belarus tourist Maksim Shchartsou, who disappeared while swimming at Nai Thon Beach on Tuesday night (Oct 29).
Police nab landscaper with meth pills, ice
Police nab landscaper with meth pills, ice
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have announced the arrest of a landscaper in Cherng Talay caught with 2.9 grams of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) and 206 methamphetamine pills (ya bah).
Driver escapes with just scratches as wipeout leaves car embedded in guardrail
Driver escapes with just scratches as wipeout leaves car embedded in guardrail
PHUKET: A 24-year-old man has been charged with reckless driving causing damage to state property but is lucky to escape a serious wipeout with just scratches after his car took out a guardrail on the main road onto the island earlier this afternoon (Oct 31).
Body of local man missing from Layan Beach found
Body of local man missing from Layan Beach found
PHUKET: The body of Sarawut Dungsikaew, who disappeared in the surf while crab fishing at Layan Beach on Tuesday evening, was found off Phuket’s west coast, between Patong and Kamala, earlier today (Oct 31).