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PHUKET: Police have detained the driver of a six-wheeler that smashed into a motorbike-sidecar (rot saleng) this afternoon, which resulted in the death of a 71 year old man.

PHUKET: Thalang Police have named one suspect in the shooting damage of a parked pick-up truck last night in Mai Khao, and have narrowed the motive down to a personal or drug dispute.

PHUKET: When Second Lieutenent Phaichat Thongphut reported for duty at the Ket Ho Police Checkpoint this morning in Kathu, he was shocked to find the body of the previous nights duty officer lying dead in bed.

PHUKET: More details have emerged about the 39 persons on the packed tour bus that slipped off the edge of the road on Patong Hill this morning.

PHUKET: Thalang police raided a Sakoo home last night at 9.45pm (August 14), arresting four men taking part in a popular gambling game of High-Low.

Latest A man riding a motorcycle with sidecar was killed when a six-wheel truck forced him into a ditch on Phuket’s coast road between Patong and kamala.

PHUKET: Slippery oil was initially blamed for a tour bus slipping backward off the edge of the steep road at the base of Patong Hill, but police have since cited that the bus was too overloaded to ascend the hill.

PHUKET: August 22 and 23 have been designated for an upcoming safe and healthy food fair to be held at Lime Light Avenue in Phuket Town.

Latest The Royal Thai Navy has ordered Cherng Talay municipality to demolish four shorefront restaurants on Lay Pang beach before the end of August.