Artikel erschien März 2013
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Phuket Town gamblers luck out: 22 arrested
PHUKET: A joint police raid on a house in Phuket Town on Thursday night netted 22 gamblers playing the popular “shrimp-fish-giant water bug-flower” [yes] board game. Officers led by Lt Col Prawit Engchuan of Phuket City Police joined teams from the Phuket Provincial Police and Wichit Police in the raid, at the shophouse about 100 meters from Surakul Stadium (map
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Russians nabbed touting macaque monkeys off Phuket
PHUKET: A Russian couple were arrested at a tourist sightseeing island off Phuket yesterday afternoon after they were caught charging tourists to have their photos taken with pig-tailed macaques, a protected species in Thailand.
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Triple homicide prime suspect caught at Phuket visa run pier
PHUKET: Police have arrested the prime suspect wanted for a triple homicide over a land conflict in Phang Nga. After nearly three months on the run, Somsak Wongsri, 49, was arrested in Ranong on Tuesday. He was wanted for the execution of Prajuab Choojit, 24; Sarawut Boonklin, 31; and Somboon Kimtin, 69, who was the father of popular Thai country music singer “Ice R Siam”.
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Record-breaking 96-page Gazette hits the newsstands today
PHUKET: Phuket Gazette readers are urged to make more room in their travel bag for the Phuket Gazette this week as our bumper issue hits a record-breaking 96 pages. Leading the charge is our exclusive front page report on the new airport bus service, which is ready to launch next week and, apparently, prepared to take on the tuk-tuk and taxi drivers along its route. Our quarterly Phuket Property Review supplement bolsters this week’s property section with an in-depth look at the impact of the huge influx of Eastern Europeans to Phuket, most notably Russians, as viewed by Phuket property expert Bill Barnett.
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Phuket tour operator turns to drugs to boost baseline profits
PHUKET: Drug Suppression officers last night arrested a former Phuket tour business operator for selling drugs after his business had closed due to hard times. Muang District Chief Supachai Pochanukul told the press today that Siriwat Srisuriyachai, 43, from the northeastern province of Buri Ram, was arrested outside an entertainment venue on Sakdidet Road (map
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Phuket dog-lovers livid over ‚round up strays‘ policy
PHUKET: The current Phuket Gazette online poll asking whether or not stray dogs should be rounded up and taken off Phuket’s streets has stirred the island’s dog-loving community into a frenzy. The poll, launched last Saturday (click
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Breaking News: One dead as runaway Phuket tour bus wreaks havoc
PHUKET: One person is dead after a Phuket tour bus slammed into eight motorbikes and five cars on Patong Hill this morning. Athiwat Petchsai, 22, died after he was struck by the runaway bus in front of Wat Patong temple (map
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Miss Thailand World contestants stun Phuket beach goers
PHUKET: The 20 Miss Thailand World contestants on a publicity tour in Phuket wowed onlookers yesterday morning when they took part in a swimsuit photo shoot on the beach in front of the Cape Panwa Hotel, where they stayed. Among the 20 beauties is one Phuket native: Nathasinee Wichaidit, 20, from Koh Kaew
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Bikes blazing across Phuket, arson suspected
PHUKET: A series of suspected arson attacks on motorbikes in Phuket over the last two days has police scrambling to identify the culprit or culprits. “We suspect that the bikes were set on fire by a single gang of teenagers out to cause trouble,” Phuket’s top cop, Phuket Provincial Police Commander Choti Chavalviwat, told the Phuket Gazette. “I have already assigned a joint police force from Kamala, Kathu and Cherng Talay police stations to investigate the cases,” Gen Choti said.
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Bus driver charged with drunk driving after dropping tourists off at Phuket Airport
PHUKET: Police arrested a drunk bus driver returning from dropping tourists off at the Phuket Airport last night after he clipped a truck near the airport and was chased down by the upset victim to the Thalang Museum. Sirisak Suksai, 48, was driving his pickup on Thepkrasattri Road near the airport last night when his vehicle was clipped by a tourist bus with the owner’s name – Charoenporn Kaewbuppha – on its side, said Thalang traffic policeman Suthee Maneesing. “The bus broke the right rearview mirror of his pickup truck,” said Sen Sgt Maj Suthee.
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