Artikel tagged “phuket-police”

  • Man arrested with 10,000 methamphetamine pills in Thalang checkpoint

    Man arrested with 10,000 methamphetamine pills in Thalang checkpoint

    A man who was driving a pickup truck has been stopped at a routine checkpoint in Thalang over the weekend where he was found with 11,110 methamphetamine pills along with a gun. Police have arrested 44 year old Pisak Rodpai from Trang, south of Phuket. Police seized 11,110 methamphetamine pills, a handgun and seven bullets from his vehicle.

  • Phuket Police officer transferred after gambling den raid

    Five Kathu Police have been transferred to the Phuket Provincial Police Station after a gambling den raid. Soldiers raided a gambling den in Kathu on Tuesday night. More than 56 gamblers were arrested

  • Phuket Police on standby to counter rubber protests

    Phuket Police on standby to counter rubber protests

    PHUKET: Phuket Police are on standby for deployment to Nakhon Sri Thammarat to reinforce officers there working to contain protests by palm oil and rubber farmers. Many protesters were injured when tensions flared at the protests at Nakhon Sri Thammarat’s Cha-uat District yesterday. One protester was shot in the leg as a mob set a police detention truck on fire (story

  • Single lingering regret for Phuket’s top cop as he prepares to retire

    Single lingering regret for Phuket’s top cop as he prepares to retire

    PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police Commander Choti Chavalviwat is troubled by only a single lingering issue of unfinished business as he prepares for retirement at the end of this month – the much-needed high-resolution CCTVs he sought to bring to the island.