Artikel erschien Juli 2013

  • Kratom user rats out Phuket drug dealer

    Kratom user rats out Phuket drug dealer

    PHUKET: A nervous drug suspect brought police back to his kratom dealer’s house after being busted at a Phuket checkpoint. The 19-year-old appeared suspicious to police as he arrived at a checkpoint established at Muang Mai – Pa Khlok Road yesterday

  • Phuket Police urge motorist safety as car flips into canal, more wet weather forecast

    Phuket Police urge motorist safety as car flips into canal, more wet weather forecast

    PHUKET: Phuket drivers are urged to drive defensively during the current rainy weather, said Patong Police Superintendent Chiraphat Pochanaphan this afternoon. “Wet roads have already caused several accidents in Phuket.

  • Phantom sex noises in Phuket, voodoo suspected

    Phantom sex noises in Phuket, voodoo suspected

    PHUKET: An inconclusive police investigation has prompted a Phuket woman to publicly appeal for help in unravelling the mysterious “sex noises” she keeps hearing at her Chalong home. Onanong Waltham, 46, accompanied by her housemate Sujittraporn Tephabutra, made her public appeal at the Phuket Press Club yesterday afternoon

  • Phuket driver escapes injury as car slams into tree

    Phuket driver escapes injury as car slams into tree

    PHUKET: A Phuket woman escaped serious injury late last night when her car slammed into a tree at high speed, ripping the engine from the vehicle and flinging it 50 meters from where the car came to rest. Maj Kittiphum Tinthalang of the Thalang Police received a report of the accident, on Srisoonthorn Road in Baan Manik, in central Phuket, at about 11:30pm.

  • Canadian expat, 64, faces deportation from Phuket for visa overstay

    Canadian expat, 64, faces deportation from Phuket for visa overstay

    PHUKET: A 64-year-old expat from Canada will be deported from Thailand after being caught in Phuket after overstaying his visa by three years.

  • Phuket lifeguard contract signed – budget remains unaltered

    Phuket lifeguard contract signed – budget remains unaltered

    PHUKET: In the aftermath of Phuket’s deadliest beach weekend and the first-time-ever forced closure of sections of beaches by lifeguards, the Phuket Lifeguard Club’s contract with the local government has been renewed, but only for 10 months (story

  • Nine Phuket students given anesthesia after suffering from Khao Lak ‘curse’

    Nine Phuket students given anesthesia after suffering from Khao Lak ‘curse’

    PHUKET: Nearly two dozen Phuket students were rushed to Patong Hospital this morning after they collapsed screaming and convulsing during morning assembly – three out of the nine students who were administered anesthesia by doctors at the hospital remain there. According to reports, the culprit seems to be a ghost in the tourist haven Khao Lak who was offended by a girl putting her sarong in an “inappropriate place”. The students, 21 girls and one boy between 13 and 15 years old, collapsed into their screaming frenzy while at morning assembly at Wat Suwan Khiri Wongwere School (Wat Patong School – map

  • Retired Microsoft expat found dead in Phuket luxury villa pool

    Retired Microsoft expat found dead in Phuket luxury villa pool

    PHUKET: A retired Microsoft engineer was found dead this morning in his Phuket luxury villa pool located at Ao Makham. The body of the 69-year-old American expat was floating face down in the pool when police arrived at the scene. “He was wearing black swimming trunks.

  • Phuket family man struggling with debt hangs himself

    Phuket family man struggling with debt hangs himself

    PHUKET: A 52-year-old Phuket ice cream vendor who was despondent over heavy debts was found hanged at his home in Baan Don, Thalang, yesterday. Police presume the death to be suicide

  • Blaze engulfs Phuket cable yard

    Blaze engulfs Phuket cable yard

    PHUKET: Fire broke out at the TT&T cable yard on Thepkrasattri Road in Koh Kaew last night, causing an estimated 10 million baht in damage. No injuries were reported. Firefighters arrived soon after 8pm to find the yard next to the TT&T main office building – located opposite the Isuzu showroom, north of Boat Lagoon (map