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  • British national’s extended holiday goes to pot at Phuket ‘dope hotel’

    British national’s extended holiday goes to pot at Phuket ‘dope hotel’

    PHUKET: Phuket Immigration officers today arrested a British man for drug possession and for overstaying his visa by more than one year. The arrest was made at the same resort, off Taina Road in Karon, where a Swedish man was arrested on drug charges last Thursday (story

  • Middle-aged Phuket meth dealer goes quietly

    Middle-aged Phuket meth dealer goes quietly

    PHUKET: Acting on a tip off about frequent drug transactions at the entrance to a soi in Thalang, police arrested a drug dealer in possession of ya bah (methamphetamine), and ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) yesterday.

  • DNA tests for two more Phuket baby elephants

    DNA tests for two more Phuket baby elephants

    PHUKET: Officers raided two locations last week suspected of housing baby elephants illegally snatched from the wild and conducted DNA tests on the two animals to determine their parentage. Officers suspect that the two elephants are the offspring of a wild elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park

  • Druggy catches Phuket cop on the can, steals firearm, heads to McDonald’s

    Druggy catches Phuket cop on the can, steals firearm, heads to McDonald’s

    PHUKET: A Patong Deputy Superintendent was caught with his pants down in Kathu Police Station during the graveyard shift after a meth-fiend robbed his office as he was taking a 20 minute break in the washroom.

  • Not open yet, but Phuket’s Chalong Marina already needs repairs

    Not open yet, but Phuket’s Chalong Marina already needs repairs

    PHUKET: The chief of the Phuket Marine Office has appealed to all boat operators to exercise caution while using the still incomplete Chalong Bay Marina to allow passengers – mostly tourists – to board and disembark vessels.

  • Phuket Opinion: Finding life balance through Daodexinxi

    Phuket Opinion: Finding life balance through Daodexinxi

    Sopin Koaysomboon, a 53-year-old Phuket native, is a vice president of the Phuket Daodexinxi International Club. She has been practicing Daodexinxi for more than three years. Here, she talks about how to improve our lives with exercise, meditation, songs and charity.

  • Phuket Opinion: Tourist Court, another pie in the sky

    Phuket Opinion: Tourist Court, another pie in the sky

    PHUKET: Recent talk of establishing a special court to fast-track legal cases involving foreign visitors raises some interesting issues, but at the end of the day is unlikely to result in little more than that: just talk.

  • Phuket’s Tourist Court given ‘absolute support’

    Phuket’s Tourist Court given ‘absolute support’

    PHUKET: The move to establish a new series of Tourist Courts in Phuket and at other key holiday destinations in Thailand – including Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Phang Nga and Krabi – has received much support on the island. Chanchai Duangjit, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket office, gave his “absolute support” for the idea. “This is a very good thing for tourists.

  • Phuket serial resort thief confesses

    Phuket serial resort thief confesses

    PHUKET: A serial resort thief down on a “holiday crime spree” in Phuket from Bangkok has only confessed to two thefts of high-end resorts on the island, but police believe more confessions will be forthcoming. Ritthimeth Singhaumpai, 33, and his girlfriend Sasithorn Seekam, 22, were arrested on May 1 for robbing guest rooms in five high-end Phuket resorts.

  • Freak wave wreaks havoc on Phi Phi long-tail boats

    Freak wave wreaks havoc on Phi Phi long-tail boats

    PHUKET: A freak wave pounded the popular Phuket day-trip destination of Phi Phi island early this morning damaging 15 boats in Tonsai Bay. Though fourteen long-tail boats and one speedboat were damaged by the wave, no injuries were reported. “Fortunately, the wave hit early in the morning so nobody was out in their boat and nobody was injured,” long-tail boat owner, Pornchai Suparb told the Phuket Gazette.