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  • Body found off Phuket believed to be missing Singaporean student

    Body found off Phuket believed to be missing Singaporean student

    PHUKET: A Phuket speedboat returning from dropping tourists off at Koh Hei today reported the grisly discovery of a body floating about seven kilometers south of Phuket.

  • Runaway Phuket Thai Post truck slams into cars on Patong Hill [Video]

    Runaway Phuket Thai Post truck slams into cars on Patong Hill [Video]

    PHUKET: A Thai Post lorry that failed to make the steep climb up Patong Hill yesterday afternoon, faltered then careened backward down the hill, slamming into cars and pickups as it went. “The truck slid down the hill at about 2:15pm

  • Python snared near Phuket Town park

    Python snared near Phuket Town park

    PHUKET: A Phuket City street sweeper raised the alarm in Phuket Town earlier this week when he spotted a five-meter python hiding in a storm drain near Saphan Hin Park. “Many people were exercising in the area. I was afraid it posed a danger to them,” the street sweeper told the Phuket Gazette.

  • British tourist drowns after Phuket weather warning issued

    British tourist drowns after Phuket weather warning issued

    PHUKET: A British tourist drowned at Karon Beach yesterday afternoon, hours after a heavy weather warning was issued for Phuket and other areas along the Andaman coast. Police named the victim as Edward Joseph Brookes, 63, from England.

  • Singaporean tourist missing after fall from iconic Phuket cape

    Singaporean tourist missing after fall from iconic Phuket cape

    PHUKET: A search-and-rescue operation was launched late this afternoon after a Singaporean tourist slipped from the rocks at Phuket’s iconic Promthep Cape and plunged into the waves below. Officers at the Phuket Tourist Rescue Center were notified of the incident at 5:40pm.

  • Phuket panty sniffer caught mid-snatch

    Phuket panty sniffer caught mid-snatch

    PHUKET: An off-duty security guard was caught red-handed stealing women’s panties off a clothesline in Phuket Town last night.

  • Prominent Belgian expat among Phuket Immigration arrests

    Prominent Belgian expat among Phuket Immigration arrests

    PHUKET: Prominent Belgian expat Georges Sirre, who has lived in Phuket for nine years, was among three foreigners named by Phuket Immigration today to face deportation for previous offenses.

  • Health concerns boil over French passenger at Phuket airport

    Health concerns boil over French passenger at Phuket airport

    PHUKET: A French tourist leaching yellow pus from the back of his neck prompted fears that he might infect other passengers at Phuket International Airport on Friday.

  • German tourist dies in Phuket surf

    German tourist dies in Phuket surf

    PHUKET: A German man died at Patong Beach yesterday afternoon after being overwhelmed by the strong surf and two-meter-high waves. Klaus Dieter Hermann, 76, was pulled from the surf at 1:40pm, Capt Nattaya Supanpong of the Patong Police confirmed to the Phuket Gazette

  • Lanterns not cleared for Loy Krathong lift-off in Phuket

    Lanterns not cleared for Loy Krathong lift-off in Phuket

    PHUKET: Airports of Thailand (AoT) Phuket warned those celebrating Loy Krathong today that releasing lanterns in the Air Safety Zone surrounding the international airport could result in charges carrying a sentence of up 20 years imprisonment or death. The hefty penalty is cited in Thailand Air Navigation Act, BE Section 6(3). “People like to release lanterns during Loy Krathong, especially people staying at hotels or in areas where celebrations are being held,” Acting Director of Phuket International Airport Kanputt Mungklasiri said.