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Umbrella spat ends with beach brawl
Umbrella spat ends with beach brawl
PHUKET: A popular social media page in Phuket sparked controversy today (Aug 12) after posting a photo with the caption: '#Clashing! Brawl on Karon Beach, Karon Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phuket Province. A group of Indian tourists clashed with what appears to be local umbrella workers, possibly due to a misunderstanding. #SeaBoxing #Phuket.'
Grass cutter lands barbed wire in woman's eye
Grass cutter lands barbed wire in woman's eye
PHUKET: A young woman is recovering from having a piece of barbed wire flung into her eye by a grass cutter while she was riding by on her motorbike in Phuket Town.
Russian in suicide jump from Chalong condo
Russian in suicide jump from Chalong condo
PHUKET: Police have confirmed that a 20-year-old Russian man fell to his death from the roof top of a condominium in Chalong yesterday (Aug 10) in what is being classified as suicide.
British tourist injured in Bangla altercation
British tourist injured in Bangla altercation
PHUKET: Police in Patong are continuing their investigation into how a foreign tourist was left injured after an apparent altercation with a Thai man yesterday (Aug 9).
Coffin procession held to demand justice for hotel employee’s death by electrocution
Coffin procession held to demand justice for hotel employee’s death by electrocution
PHUKET: The family of a 26-year-old hotel employee who died from electrocution at a hotel in Cherng Talay brought her body back from Nakhon Sri Thammarat to Phuket yesterday (Aug 9) to demand justice over her death.
Body of foreign woman washes ashore at Kata
Body of foreign woman washes ashore at Kata
PHUKET: Police are trying to identify the body of a foreign woman found washed ashore at Kata Beach this morning (Aug 7).
Police question Patong taxi driver after ‘mafia’ accusation
Police question Patong taxi driver after ‘mafia’ accusation
PHUKET: Patong Police are investigating a ‘green-plate’ taxi driver for harassing an app taxi driver, following Grab taxi driver, honking his horn and flashing his lights all the way from the headland south of Patong and into Patong town.
Saudi tourist dies in Patong elevator
Saudi tourist dies in Patong elevator
PHUKET: A 69-year-old Saudi man was found collapsed, unconscious and unresponsive, in an elevator at a hotel in Patong yesterday (Aug 5), and subsequently pronounced dead.
Phuket croc finally caught
Phuket croc finally caught
PHUKET: The saltwater crocodile in Pa Khlok that has evaded capture for five days has finally been caught.
Pygmy killer whales rescued from stranding in Phuket mangrove forest
Pygmy killer whales rescued from stranding in Phuket mangrove forest
PHUKET: One small killer whale has died and another remains in critical condition after becoming stranded in the mangrove forest area of Tha Le Bay, near Baan Ao Kung, Pa Khlok, on Phuket’s east coast early today (Aug 3).
Phuket croc remains at large
Phuket croc remains at large
PHUKET: Officials are to seal off access to the area where the crocodile remains at large near a golf course on Phuket’s northeast coast in the hope that the people will not scare off the crocodile so that it may be caught.
Mob confronts peeping tom in Pa Khlok
Mob confronts peeping tom in Pa Khlok
PHUKET: Thalang Police have yet to confirm apprehending a man who was confronted by angry residents after he was caught spying on a girl taking a shower at her home in Pa Khlok.
Motorcyclist killed in truck collision on Thepkrasattri
Motorcyclist killed in truck collision on Thepkrasattri
PHUKET: A motorcyclist was killed after being involved in a collision with a truck on Thepkrasattri Rd earlier today (Aug 1), police have confirmed.
Phuket Town raid nets more than 2,000 packs of illegal cigarettes
Phuket Town raid nets more than 2,000 packs of illegal cigarettes
PHUKET: Phuket City Police have raided a shop on the east side of Phuket Town where they seized more than 2,000 packs of illegal untaxed cigarettes.
Hong Kong, Kazakh tourists drown at Phuket beaches
Hong Kong, Kazakh tourists drown at Phuket beaches
PHUKET: Phuket’s beaches suffered two drowning deaths yesterday (July 31), with a Hong Kong father drowning at Patong and a Kazakh man dying after being pulled from the surf at Karon.
Hunt for Pa Khlok croc continues
Hunt for Pa Khlok croc continues
PHUKET: Authorities are continuing their efforts to capture a crocodile that was spotted at Mission Hills Golf Course yesterday (July 31). The sighting prompted an immediate response from local officials and specialised crocodile capture teams.
Rawai drug bust lands nearly 3kg of ’ice’
Rawai drug bust lands nearly 3kg of ’ice’
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have arrested two men found with nearly three kilogrammes of crystal meth (ya ice) at a house on Saiyuan Rd in Rawai.
Psychiatric patient safely recovered after longtail joyride
Psychiatric patient safely recovered after longtail joyride
PHUKET: A man known to be suffering mental issues has been safely recovered after he took a longtail boat from Koh Lon, off Chalong Bay, late on Monday (July 29).
Motorbike taxi driver assaults tourists in Patong
Motorbike taxi driver assaults tourists in Patong
PHUKET: Patong Police have yet to confirm action taken against a motorbike taxi driver who assaulted two tourists from the United Arab Emirates in an incident in Soi Saen Sabai on Monday night (July 29).
Patong meth user arrested after threatening with guns, homemade grenades
Patong meth user arrested after threatening with guns, homemade grenades
PHUKET: Patong Police have arrested a 25-year-old man who tested positive for methamphetamine use after a standoff with officers while the man was in possession of firearms and an improvised explosive device.