Phuket Latest News

Latest An American has allegedly confessed to his part in the motorcycle gangland slaying of an Australian who may have been a target because of a lucrative drug trafficking deal in Europe.

Latest A joint force to end human trafficking at sea is likely to be suggested at a summit in Bangkok, says the International Organisation for Migration.

Phuket Updating Digest US ambassador under fire; Trafficking summit today; New rules likely after diving death; Minivan driver filmed in road rage; Pistorius to be jailed; Women equal in US Army.

Around the Region Syrian members of Isis reportedly slipped into Thailand; Razak to be questioned over extra cash; Aussie politician spent big on Vietnam trip; Laos-China link coming soon.

PHUKET: Police are on the lookout in Phuket for 26-year-old Australian Antonio Bagnato and three other men wanted for their role in the kidnapping and murder of Australian Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang member Wayne Rodney Schneider, 37, in Pattaya on Monday.

PHUKET: Phuket’s iconic Promthep Cape at the southern tip of the island last night (Dec 2) echoed with songs of praise and homage to His Majesty and the night sky filled with 99 fireworks in honour of HM The King’s 88th birthday this Saturday, December 5.

TOKYO: A man in Japan who hid in a drain for five hours, allegedly to snap photos up women’s skirts, was given away when passers-by spotted his hair sticking out of a grate, police and reports said.

CHONBURI: An American man arrested yesterday (Dec 2) at the Cambodian border in connection with the kidnapping and murder of former Australian Hell’s Angels leader biker Wayne Rodney Schneider in Pattaya has “confessed”, police said today (Dec 3).

PHUKET XTRA - December 3 Kidnap/murder suspects arrested, more tuk tuks for BKK, 400,000 bt found in Tesco and NCPO says ‘no’ Yingluck.