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Myanmar worker launches knife attack over missing phone, flees
Myanmar worker launches knife attack over missing phone, flees
PHUKET: Police are looking for a Myanmar worker who fled the scene after attacking three men with a knife in Srisoonthorn, in central Phuket, last night (Nov 28).
Baby crushed under Phuket tour bus
Baby crushed under Phuket tour bus
PHUKET: Police are investigating a tragic road accident in Phuket Town yesterday (Nov 25) that resulted in a 4-month-old baby being crushed under the wheels of a tour bus.
Aussie tourist robbed at gunpoint after dumped by Phuket taxi driver
Aussie tourist robbed at gunpoint after dumped by Phuket taxi driver
PHUKET: Police are searching for four suspects who robbed a 19-year-old Australian tourist at gunpoint after he was dumped by the side of a dark road in Phuket by a taxi driver.
Phuket road resurfacing sees at least 20 injured, nine in one night
Phuket road resurfacing sees at least 20 injured, nine in one night
PHUKET: Local residents in Thalang are calling for the Phuket office of the Highways Department to speed up the resurfacing of a busy section of Thepkrasattri Rd after nine people were injured in falls from motorbikes last night, and another person injured this morning (Nov 23).
Investigators given seven days to inspect ‘Phoenix’ wreck
Investigators given seven days to inspect ‘Phoenix’ wreck
PHUKET: Investigators have been given seven days to gather what evidence they from inspecting the wreck of the ‘Phoenix’ tour boat, now sitting on the hardstand at Ratanachai Shipyard on the east side of Phuket Town.
Man who stabbed Phuket ex to death arrested in Ratchaburi
Man who stabbed Phuket ex to death arrested in Ratchaburi
PHUKET: The man now arrested for stabbing to death his 55-year-old ex-partner in the street in Tha Chatchai in a fit of jealousy earlier this month was taken into custody in Ratchaburi province, police have revealed.
Woman shot in leg at Phuket market
Woman shot in leg at Phuket market
PHUKET: Police are hoping to track down the person who fired a shot that hit a woman in the leg at a local market on Saturday morning (Nov 17).
Phuket van driver falls asleep at the wheel, slams into street lamp
Phuket van driver falls asleep at the wheel, slams into street lamp
PHUKET: A passenger van driver has been charged with reckless driving causing damage to property after he fell asleep at the wheel, with his van slamming into a street lamp on Chao Fa East Rd in Wichit just after midday today (Nov 15).
Aussie safe after yacht catches ablaze off Patong Beach
Aussie safe after yacht catches ablaze off Patong Beach
PHUKET: An Australian yachtsman is safe after his yacht caught on fire off Patong Beach last night (Nov 14).
Kathu Police top brass transferred immediately over gambling den raid
Kathu Police top brass transferred immediately over gambling den raid
PHUKET: Five officers from the Kathu Police, including three of the police station’s top-ranking officers, have been transferred immediately to Phuket Provincial Police Station following a raid on a gambling den in Kathu that netted 56 suspects.
Phuket Police ready for Loy Krathong
Phuket Police ready for Loy Krathong
PHUKET: More than 280 police, military officers and volunteers assembled at Phuket City Police Station at 6pm yesterday evening (Nov 13) for Region 8 Police Deputy Commander Lt Gen Chalit Thinthanee to order them to ramp up their efforts during the upcoming Loy Krathong Festival.
Woman safe after pinned under cab in 7-Eleven delivery truck flip
Woman safe after pinned under cab in 7-Eleven delivery truck flip
PHUKET: The girlfriend of a truck driver who was riding shotgun in a 7-Eleven delivery truck has suffered serious injuries to her left arm after she was pinned under the cab of the truck when it flipped onto its side on Thepkrasattri Rd early this morning (Nov 13).
Myanmar man, 56, claims self-defence after fatally stabbing shackmate
Myanmar man, 56, claims self-defence after fatally stabbing shackmate
PHUKET: Police have arrested a Myanmar man after he confessed to fatally stabbing his housemate in Phuket Town last night (Nov 12) in what he claims was self-defence.
Finances blamed for Phuket DJ suicide
Finances blamed for Phuket DJ suicide
PHUKET: Stress over family finances is being held as the key reason for an unemployed 33-year-old DJ taking his own life in a residential estate in central Phuket early this morning (Nov 12).
Headless turtle found behind Phuket Town dump site
Headless turtle found behind Phuket Town dump site
PHUKET: Experts at the Endangered Species Unit of the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC) are hoping to learn more about a turtle that was found headless behind the Phuket Solid Waste Incineration Plant at Saphan Hin last night (Nov 11).
Man arrested for rape of female British tourist in Phuket
Man arrested for rape of female British tourist in Phuket
PHUKET: A Thai man accused of raping a British tourist in Phuket was tracked down and arrested yesterday (Nov 9), Phuket Provincial Police announced at a press conference this morning (Nov 10).
Phuket man nabbed with over 52,000 ya bah pills, ya ice
Phuket man nabbed with over 52,000 ya bah pills, ya ice
PHUKET: Phuket Police on Wednesday (Nov 7) arrested a Chalong-based drug dealer and seized over 52,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) and 784.82 grams of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice).
Phuket Police investigate rape report by British tourist
Phuket Police investigate rape report by British tourist
PHUKET: Police are investigating a report by a British tourist saying that she was raped, after Chalong Police were called to the Banana Coffee House on the road to Nai Harn Beach at 9:06am today (Nov 9).
Grenade seized in suburban drug raid
Grenade seized in suburban drug raid
PHUKET: Police seized a live grenade while making a drug raid on a house in Thalang this week. The grenade was taken into custody and is now safe, police report.
Filipina expat escapes unharmed as car rolls at airport turnoff roadworks
Filipina expat escapes unharmed as car rolls at airport turnoff roadworks
PHUKET: A Filipino woman escaped serious injury when the car she was driving hit a concrete gutter where the road is being widened at the turnoff from Thepkrasattri Rd to Phuket International Airport late last night (Nov 7).