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  • Canadian arrested in Phuket after Facebook gives away his locale

    Canadian arrested in Phuket after Facebook gives away his locale

    PHUKET: Police last night arrested a Canadian man wanted for allegedly stealing 100,000 baht in Chiang Rai after photos he posted on his Facebook page were recognized as having been taken in Patong. Police arrested David Peter Sundstorm, 39, after they spotted him walking out of a restaurant on Nanai Road (map here) at about 8pm, explained Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Somsak Thongkliang. Officers tracked down Mr Sundstrom after a 58-year-old British man named by police only as “Mr Anthony” presented an arrest warrant for the Canadian along with proof he had been staying in Phuket’s top party town.

  • Russian shot in Phuket beachfront drive-by

    Russian shot in Phuket beachfront drive-by

    PHUKET: A Russian man is recovering in hospital after being shot in the back during a drive-by in Rawai on Saturday night. Maksim Klocskov, 32, was shot in the back after a bullet penetrated the trunk and back seat of the car he was riding in

  • British teen dies after severe allergic reaction to cashew nut in Phuket

    British teen dies after severe allergic reaction to cashew nut in Phuket

    PHUKET: A 14-year-old British boy, on holiday with his family, went into shock and died after consuming a single cashew nut last night in Patong. Ethan Williams was taken to Patong hospital, but died en route, Patong Hospital Director Dr Sirichai Silapa-acha said. Doctors believe that Ethan died either from an acute allergic reaction to the cashew nut or bronchial spasms brought about by bronchostenosis, a sudden narrowing of the bronchial tubes.

  • Brothers arrested for hotel room drug depot shopfront

    Brothers arrested for hotel room drug depot shopfront

    PHUKET: Two brothers were arrested on drugs charges on Friday, with police suspecting that the siblings were using a hotel room in Cherng Talay to store and sell their wares. “We received a report from one of our undercover agents about the brothers renting a hotel room to store drugs, and we obtained a warrant to search their house in Baan Bang Tao,” Cherng Talay Police Deputy Superintendent Saad Wongwiangjan explained

  • Russian found hanged from tree at Phuket landmark

    Russian found hanged from tree at Phuket landmark

    PHUKET: A Russian man was found dead, hanged from a tree in a wooded area near Phuket’s iconic Promthep Cape, at the southernmost tip of the island, on Saturday morning. Chalong Police received news of the deceased foreigner at 8:30am. “We found the body of Vladimir Slobodenyuk, 29, from Russia, hanging by a length of nylon rope from a large acacia tree near the soccer field [close to the large wind turbines],” said Chalong Police Capt Thada Sodarak.

  • Special Report: Sudden Death comes knocking at Phuket’s door

    Special Report: Sudden Death comes knocking at Phuket’s door

    Special Report Hans Lehner and his Thai partner Pranee Srijaem went out for somtam last Saturday night (story

  • Phuket Opinion: Isle of Caprice

    Phuket Opinion: Isle of Caprice

    PHUKET: The naming of 11 parties who will be investigated by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) for so-called “mafia” activities in the island’s tourism industry (story

  • Phuket Provincial Hall adds more CCTVs to tighten security

    Phuket Provincial Hall adds more CCTVs to tighten security

    PHUKET: Four high-definition CCTV cameras have been added to the entrance and exit of the Phuket Provincial Hall complex following the bomb blast on the grounds on August 1 (story

  • Mafia rule: Patong Kingpin points finger at officials

    Mafia rule: Patong Kingpin points finger at officials

    PHUKET: Preechavude ‚Prab‘ Keesin, son of Patong Mayor Pian Keesin, has lashed out at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), calling on them to tackle corruption among government officers and the ranks of law enforcement officials.

  • Phuket hospital confirms identity of severely beaten Nepalese tailor

    Phuket hospital confirms identity of severely beaten Nepalese tailor

    PHUKET: A change of corners in the beating of a Nepalese tailor has revealed that the tailor, Aung Aung Latt, was in fact the one hospitalized after being severely beaten by another tailor who has only been identified as “Rocky”, despite previous reports (see