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Patong pool drugs party bust nets Brits, Aussie

Patong pool drugs party bust nets Brits, Aussie

PHUKET: A pool party raid by Patong Police last night (Apr 1) netted 14 people, including Brits, Ukrainians and an Aussie, along with cocaine and marijuana.

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By Eakkapop Thongtub

Thursday 2 April 2020 11:06 AM


 

Officers led by Lt Col Wattanawong Kongtun raided the party, held on the second floor of a house on Srirat Rd on the south side of Patong, at 10pm.

At the scene officers arrested nine foreigners, named as follows:

  • Al-Mouzafar Mohamad, 22, Australian national
  • George Oliver Hoskins, 23, British national
  • Saul Alan Jones, 22, British national
  • Alexander Stuart Mcdonogh, 29, British national
  • Andrii Zakharov, 27, a British national carrying a Ukraine Passport
  • Miss Tetiana Petriv, 22, Ukrainian national
  • Miss Anasiia Chala, 22, Ukrainian national
  • Miss Iana Semko, 31, Ukrainian national
  • Russell Robertson, 32, US citizen

Five Thai women were also arrested, named as:

Ms Nita Usen, 31, from Satun province

  • Boonchanok Rungrueang, 36, from Trang province
  • Suphika Kitdee, 28, from Sattahip in Chonburi
  • Narumon Tuadao, 23, from Nakhon Sri Thammarat
  • Wararin Jaidee, 33, from Satun Province

Items seized beside the pool included bottles of vodka and Thai whiskey and an all-in-one DJ deck with speakers.

Officers also found a small resealable plastic bag containing about 0.94 grammes of cocaine alongside a credit card on a sofa in the bedroom of the house. Placed on the table inside the bedroom was about 2.16g of compressed dry cannabis wrapped in paper. A further 1.88g of dry marijuana was found in an opaque plastic bag in Rip Curl shoulder bag.

The revellers were taken to Patong Police Station and charged with a variety on charges, including drugs possession and breach of health regulations issued under the current state of emergency to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The police report of the bust pointed out that the person responsible for hosting the party was also among those charged.