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B5mn of drugs seized from Phuket dealerʼs home

PHUKET: Police are currently hunting for another big-time Phuket drug dealer who fled when police raided a home he stayed at yesterday night (August 5). At the home, police found B3 million worth of methamphetamine pills (ya bah), 2.15 kilos of crystal meth (ya ice), guns and ammunition.

Man, 64, dies as three-wheeler slams into parked Phuket truck

PHUKET: A 64-year-old man died when his motorbike with sidecar slammed into a parked 18-wheeler in Thalang at 4:30am today(August 6).

Phuket man arrested ouside Patong hotel with gun and bullets

PHUKET: A man from Koh Kaew was arrested with bullets and another personʼs gun outside a hotel in Patong yesterday afternoon (August 5).

Phuket beach business demolishion continues, more to follow

PHUKET: Three buildings on Naiyang beach were demolished yesterday (August 5) after the ownerʼs deadline to show land ownership documents expired.

Phuket beach business demolision continues, more to follow

PHUKET: Three buildings on Naiyang beach were demolished yesterday (August 5) after the ownerʼs deadline to show land ownership documents expired.

Police seek suspects over tycoons shares

BANGKOK: Up to three people will face arrest warrants in connection with the share transfer signed by construction tycoon Chuwong Sae Tang shortly before he died, a source in the investigation team says. 

Wreckage conclusively confirmed as from MH370: Malaysia PM

MALAYSIA: Debris found on a remote island a week ago is from flight MH370, Malaysias prime minister said today (August 6), confirming that the plane which mysteriously disappeared 17 months ago met a tragic end in the Indian Ocean.

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