Artikel tagged “phuket gazette”

  • Motorbike passenger dies in accident with minivan in Thalang

    Motorbike passenger dies in accident with minivan in Thalang

    A motorbike passenger has died after a motorbike, he was travelling as pillion, collided with a minivan in Thalang. The Thalang Police were notified of the incident at 5.20am yesterday on Paklok – Mueang Mai Road in Paklok, Thalang. Police and emergency responders arrived to find a motorbike crashed on the road.

  • Six parties poised to announce coalition government at 10am

    Six parties poised to announce coalition government at 10am

    Six pro-democracy parties, led by Pheu Thai, are announcing their intention to form a coalition government this morning. The number-crunchers say, even without the support of BumJaiThai and the Democrats, they have 252 house seats to form a majority government (they need at least 251 seats in the 500 seat parliament). The parties siding with Pheu Thai to form the next Thai government are Future Forward (87 seats), Thai Liberal or Seri Ruamthai (11), Prachachat (6), New Economics (6) and Puea Chat (5).

  • Attempted rape of 16 year old in Chon Buri petrol station toilet

    Attempted rape of 16 year old in Chon Buri petrol station toilet

    b y Preewadi Wichaiprasit  A 29 year old man has been arrested in Chon Buri’s Phan Thong district for alleged attempted rape of a 16 year old girl inside a petrol station toilet. The incident is reported by police to have taken place last night.

  • Stash of methamphetamine tablets seized from Mae Sai plantation

    Stash of methamphetamine tablets seized from Mae Sai plantation

    by Natthawat Laping About 50,000 methamphetamine pills have been seized by rangers of the Pha Muang task force along the Thailand-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai province. The drugs were seized at 6am yesterday (Monday) when patrolling rangers heard a dog barking at someone in an isolated banana plantation in Muang Daeng Tai village, Tambon Mae Sai, in Mae Sai district. They saw someone speed off on a motorcycle.

  • Police checking 50, mostly, minor violations post election day

    Police checking 50, mostly, minor violations post election day

    Police around Thailand are prosecuting 50 alleged violations of election laws and continue to monitor the post-poll situation for further signs of potential trouble. The Royal Thai Police say they’re on alert for ‘ill-intentioned groups’ fomenting post-election chaos, national police deputy spokesman Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen said this morning

  • STUDY: Daily marijuana use increases risk of psychotic disorder

    STUDY: Daily marijuana use increases risk of psychotic disorder

    The legalisation of medical-use marijuana continues to sweep across the globe, recently in Thailand where the roll-out and enactment of practical uses of the new legislation are underway. But this spread of a new legal credibility of the drug continues whilst possible health risks (or benefits) are not fully understood

  • Guyanese arrested over ‘magic’ bank note scam in Phuket

    Guyanese arrested over ‘magic’ bank note scam in Phuket

    PHOTOS: Surachete Hakparn A Guyanese man has been arrested in Phuket after the owner of a local language school reported a money scammer with an unusual scam. The Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn reports that they have arrested the Guyanese man named Abdul Kalam Azad Sattaur at a mansion in Phuket Town last Friday.

  • Ban on alcohol for 24 hours, starts today at 6pm

    Ban on alcohol for 24 hours, starts today at 6pm

    Thais go to the polls tomorrow (Sunday) for the first time since 2011, which also means there will be a 24 hour alcohol ban this weekend, starting this evening. Alcohol sales and distribution will be forbidden from 6pm on Saturday to 6pm on Sunday. Officials say weddings, parties and other celebrations can still be organised for these dates but there must be no alcohol served or consumed.

  • Motorbike driver smashes through glass window after accelerator malfunctions

    Motorbike driver smashes through glass window after accelerator malfunctions

    A female motorbike driver has sustained injuries after her motorbike’s hand grip malfunctioned and she collided with a glass wall. Chalong Police were notified of the incident at an air conditioning shop at 6pm yesterday on Chao Fa West Road in Chalong. Police and emergency responders arrived and found the shattered glass wall and a damaged motorbike.

  • 800 million baht of drugs seized in three recent busts

    800 million baht of drugs seized in three recent busts

    by Jessada Chantharak Police have seized a total of eight million methamphetamine pills, 2,070 grams of crystal methamphetamine and 1,546 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of 800 million baht from three recent drug busts. Four suspects were arrested and a fifth was killed during arrest. The report from the national police deputy commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan