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Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Child sex trafficking probe uncovers more, Premier visits Phuket, Panang curry wins! || March 20

Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Child sex trafficking probe uncovers more, Premier visits Phuket, Panang curry wins! || March 20

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Bar raid, sex claim hits Phuket

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Bar raid, sex claim hits Phuket
Bar raid, sex claim hits Phuket
Monday 20 March 2023, 10:22AM
BANGKOK: Night entertainment operators in Patong say their businesses have lost about B100 million in the past week following a raid on a local bar operated by a foreigner who allegedly employed girls aged under 18 as sex workers.
Laundromat cash box robber arrested
Laundromat cash box robber arrested
Monday 20 March 2023, 09:41AM
PHUKET: Police have tracked down and arrested a man wanted for breaking open and robbing cash boxes at two laundromats in Thalang last week.
Patong bar child sex raid uncovers tourist area network
Patong bar child sex raid uncovers tourist area network
Sunday 19 March 2023, 10:51AM
PHUKET: Police have identified three key suspects wanted for leading a child sex trafficking network operating in other tourist areas in the country following a raid at a bar in Patong on Wednesday night.
NACC Phuket gets new B59.5mn home
NACC Phuket gets new B59.5mn home
Saturday 18 March 2023, 12:55PM
PHUKET: Pol Gen Watcharaphon Prasarnrajkit, Chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), was in Phuket yesterday (Mar 17) to lead proceedings officially declaring the new NACC Phuket offices open.
Draft bill sets in motion protection, legalisation of sex work
Draft bill sets in motion protection, legalisation of sex work
Saturday 18 March 2023, 09:22AM
BANGKOK: A bill to protect sex workers is being drafted to legalise sex work in a bid to prevent them from exploitation.
Former TOT chief gets 20 years for 2008 deal
Former TOT chief gets 20 years for 2008 deal
Friday 17 March 2023, 10:02AM
BANGKOK: Former TOT president Varut Suvakorn has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay about B1 billion to the state agency for an unauthorised deal with Samart I-Mobile in 2008.
Patong Police transferred after sex trafficking raid
Patong Police transferred after sex trafficking raid
Friday 17 March 2023, 09:13AM
PHUKET: Five senior officers at Patong Police Station, including Patong Police Chief Col Sujin Nilabadee, have been removed from duty after a raid on a bar on Bangla Rd, saw six underage prostitutes taken into protective care and two women charged with child sex trafficking.
Patong bar raided for child sex trafficking
Patong bar raided for child sex trafficking
Thursday 16 March 2023, 12:05PM
PHUKET: A special operations team from the Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) raided a bar off Bangla Rd, Patong last night (Mar 15), where two women were charged with sex trafficking underage prostitutes, the youngest of whom was 15 years old.
Anti-corruption police join Cherng Talay playground probe
Anti-corruption police join Cherng Talay playground probe
Wednesday 15 March 2023, 05:29PM
PHUKET: The Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) of the Royal Thai Police has now joined the investigation into possible corruption by officers at Cherng Talay Municipality in the purchase of the children’s playground equipment in stalled at the Cherng Talay Municipality Sport Center.
Petty thieves hit the spotlight
Petty thieves hit the spotlight
Wednesday 15 March 2023, 04:17PM
PHUKET: A husband and wife have been charged with stealing a tip box from a resort in Karon while police are looking for a man wanted for breaking open a cash box at a laundromat in Baan Lipon, Thalang.
More than 2,000 meth pills seized in raids
More than 2,000 meth pills seized in raids
Wednesday 15 March 2023, 10:41AM
PHUKET: Thalang Police have arrested four suspects and seized more than 2,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) and a homemade firearm during a series of raids carried out from last Saturday through to yesterday (Mar 11-14).
Patong tuk-tuk driver charged for not returning iPhone
Patong tuk-tuk driver charged for not returning iPhone
Monday 13 March 2023, 10:54AM
PHUKET: A Patong tuk-tuk driver has been charged with theft after failing to return an iPhone left behind in his tuk-tuk by a Swedish tourist.
Mr Soggy arrested in Thalang with meth, 12 gauge handgun
Mr Soggy arrested in Thalang with meth, 12 gauge handgun
Sunday 12 March 2023, 03:00PM
PHUKET: Thalang Police have arrested a man found to be in possession of methamphetamine pills (ya bah), an improvised handgun (’Thai Pradit’) and ammunition.The arrest was announced by Thalang Police on its Facebook page yesterday evening (Mar 11).
Protected marine life found at Phuket restaurants
Protected marine life found at Phuket restaurants
Sunday 12 March 2023, 10:48AM
PHUKET: Two floating restaurants in Phuket have been charged with breach of environmental laws for having protected marine life in their possession.
Phuket Opinion: What tourists need to know
Phuket Opinion: What tourists need to know
Sunday 12 March 2023, 10:00AM
PHUKET: With the confirmation earlier this week that the Phuket Immigration system of ‘red’ and yellow’ cards to warn and deport foreigners repeatedly caught flouting the law has been approved by the national Immigration Bureau chief, it has become clear that tourism officials now need to step up and make an effort to warn tourists what consequences they may face for their behaviour while on holiday on the island.
Hookah venue discovered on Bangla ‘following complaint’
Hookah venue discovered on Bangla ‘following complaint’
Saturday 11 March 2023, 03:23PM
PHUKET: Officials apprehended and handed over to police a hookah venue ‘manager’ after a raid on Bangla Rd last night (Mar 10). A total of 52 hookah sets along with other equipment and shisha were seized and also handed over to police officers.
Phuket drug busts net 17k meth pills, 85g of ’ice’
Phuket drug busts net 17k meth pills, 85g of ’ice’
Saturday 11 March 2023, 02:11PM
PHUKET: Chalong Police have arrested four people and seized nearly 17,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) and 85g of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) in two drug raids conducted in southern Phuket on Friday (Mar 10).
Thai banking apps to demand facial scanning for transfers from June
Thai banking apps to demand facial scanning for transfers from June
Saturday 11 March 2023, 11:15AM
BANGKOK: State-owned and commercial banks have agreed to comply with the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) new cybersecurity measures by the June deadline. The measures include facial scans for money transfers of more than B50,000 at a time, transfers of more than B200,000 per day and changing transfer limit to be over B50,000.
Russian nabbed in Phuket for illegal ’love drug’ smuggling, distribution
Russian nabbed in Phuket for illegal ’love drug’ smuggling, distribution
Friday 10 March 2023, 02:27PM
PHUKET: A Russian man has been arrested at Phuket International Airport on charges of being part of an organised group importing and distributing MDA in the country, Phuket Immigration has reported. The said illegal ’love drug’ is similar to MDMA and not quite well-known in Thailand, yet it might be used by party-goers as a substitute to Ecstasy. 
French consul voices support for crackdown on motorbike ’hoons’
French consul voices support for crackdown on motorbike ’hoons’
Friday 10 March 2023, 12:04PM
PHUKET: Alain Faudot, the French Honorary Consul in Phuket, accompanied by Christophe Hemmings, Consul at the French Embassy in Thailand, have expressed their thanks to the Phuket officials for the action taken in curtailing French tourists disturbing the peace with dangerous driving on motorbikes.
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