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Man shot at Phuket rubber plantation
Man shot at Phuket rubber plantation
PHUKET: Police are looking for two men involved in a shooting at a rubber plantation in Srisoonthorn, Thalang, last night (Oct 8).
Police hunt aircon thief, female underwear left at scene
Police hunt aircon thief, female underwear left at scene
PHUKET: Police are looking for a thief or group of thieves who stole six air-conditioning units from a townhouse under renovation north of Phuket Town and left behind three pairs of women’s underwear at the scene.
Police refute inaction over Phuket road rage viral video
Police refute inaction over Phuket road rage viral video
PHUKET: Phuket City Police Chief Col Sompong Thiparpakul has defended his officers’ actions in investigating a road rage attack on the east side of Phuket Town yesterday that saw a man kick over a motorbike carrying a woman and her daughter the proceeding to attack the woman with a chair.
B10k reward offered to catch Phuket thief
B10k reward offered to catch Phuket thief
PHUKET: A lawyer on holiday with family members for the Phuket Vegetarian Festival is offering a B10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a thief who stole jewellery and other valuables from her car parked outside her hotel on her first night in Phuket.
Korean woman, 73, dies on Racha day trip
Korean woman, 73, dies on Racha day trip
PHUKET: Police have yet to confirm the cause of death of a 73-year-old South Korean tourist who died after being pulled from the water unconscious and unresponsive during a day trip to Koh Racha Noi, south of Phuket, yesterday (Oct 6).
Two dead, two injured in Phuket townhouse fire
Two dead, two injured in Phuket townhouse fire
PHUKET: Two women died and two more people were injured in a fire in a townhouse in Rassada early this morning (Oct 7).
Three men escape serious injuries as car hits streetlamp, flips on bypass road
Three men escape serious injuries as car hits streetlamp, flips on bypass road
PHUKET: A driver and his two passengers escaped serious injury this morning when the car they were travelling in struck a street lamp and overturned on the bypass road in Rassada early this morning (Oct 4).
Officials check for Vegetarian Festival food price gouging
Officials check for Vegetarian Festival food price gouging
PHUKET: An inspection of the food stalls set up along Ranong Rd in Phuket Town to sell vegetarian fare as part of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival found several vendors not displaying their prices, but found no overt price gouging, reports Sasiphimon Mongkon, Chief of the Phuket Provincial office of the Ministry of Commerce.
Phuket tour guide arrested at airport with heroin in underwear
Phuket tour guide arrested at airport with heroin in underwear
PHUKET: A Phuket tour guide carrying 40 grams of heroin in his underwear was arrested after arriving at Phuket International Airport in the early minutes of Saturday morning (Sept 28).
Singaporean tourist rescued from drowning on Coral Island day trip
Singaporean tourist rescued from drowning on Coral Island day trip
PHUKET: A Singaporean man was rescued from drowning at Coral Island on Saturday morning (Sept 28).
Man, 18, charged after flipping car on main Phuket road
Man, 18, charged after flipping car on main Phuket road
PHUKET: An 18-year-old man has been charged with reckless driving after the car he was driving struck a recently made section of footpath and flipped the car onto its roof on Thepkrasattri Rd this morning (Sept 26).
Phuket police net 17-year-old with 10k meth pills
Phuket police net 17-year-old with 10k meth pills
PHUKET: Police have announced the arrests of seven drug suspects, including a 17-year-old found in possession of 10,000 ya bah (methamphetamine) pills, in raids over four days last week. A total of 21.79g of ya ice (crystal meth), 6kg of kratom leaves and a 9mm handgun were also seized in the raids.
Short circuit blamed for temple storage building fire
Short circuit blamed for temple storage building fire
PHUKET: A fire at a kitchen equipment storage building at Rawai Temple on Saturday (Sept 21) caused an estimated B200,000 in damage. At this stage, police believe the fire was started by sparks from a circuit breaker in the building.
Driver fined B400 for reckless driving, yet to face bill for fixing streetlight
Driver fined B400 for reckless driving, yet to face bill for fixing streetlight
PHUKET: A woman has been fined B400 for hitting a street lamp on a traffic island at the intersection of the new underpass at the turn-off to the airport on Saturday (Sept 21), but has yet to be informed how much she will need to pay for damages for the broken streetlight, which landed on the roof of her car.
Woman killed as Phuket truck slams motorbike, brake failure blamed
Woman killed as Phuket truck slams motorbike, brake failure blamed
PHUKET: A woman was killed in Baan Lipon, Thalang, this morning (Sept 21) when a six-wheeled truck slammed into the motorbike she was riding on after the brakes on the truck failed.
Thai Navy seize IUU boat off Phuket
Thai Navy seize IUU boat off Phuket
PHUKET: An illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) boat with eight Thais on board has been seized in Thai waters off Phuket, Vice Admiral Ronnapop Karnjanapan of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command announced yesterday (Sept 15).
Chinese tourists injured in Patong jet-ski collision
Chinese tourists injured in Patong jet-ski collision
PHUKET: Two Chinese tourists were injured in a jet-ski collision at Patong Beach yesterday (Sept 11). Both men escaped serious injury, but compensation for damages to the jet-skis the men were riding has yet to be agreed.
Russian tourist drowns at Karon Beach
Russian tourist drowns at Karon Beach
PHUKET: A Russian tourist has died after being pulled from the surf unconscious at Karon Beach today (Sept 11).
Indian man injured as car slams into back of staff bus
Indian man injured as car slams into back of staff bus
PHUKET: An Indian man escaped serious injury this morning as the car he was driving slammed into the back of a King Power staff bus on Thepkrasattri Rd northbound in Rassada before dawn this morning (Sept 11).
Three motorbikes torched on road to Freedom Beach
Three motorbikes torched on road to Freedom Beach
PHUKET: Police are investigating what caused three motorbikes to be destroyed on fire while parked by the side of the road to Freedom Beach, south of Patong, this afternoon (Sept 10).