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PHUKET: One Scotsman and four Thais have been arrested in the latest anti-drugs sweep through Patong, that netted 70 meth pills,crystal meth and marijuana.

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PHUKET: Teen gun crime and slayings in carparks and public parks, meth coming out of our ears and anywhere else mules feel is a good place to hide it, and a terror bombing in the capital to top it all off. It has not been a good couple of weeks for Thailand.

One thing I miss from home is the libraries. The peace and quiet, and the books. I recently went to join a library in Phuket Town that my wife told me about, and I was astounded to be asked to pay a fee to join.

PHUKET: An American man and a fellow tourist saved the life of a South Korean man who was drowning during a snorkeling trip off of Koh Phi Phi on August 22.

PHOTO ALBUM Efforts to impose a system of commerce mixed with clear beaches on Phuket will be extremely difficult to enforce, raids on Kata beach has shown.

PHUKET: A helicopter scoured the waters off Phuket’s west coast this morning (Sept 3) for any sharks in the area, while boats continued the search at sea level.

PHUKET: A 59-year-old French tourist was arrested at a Patong money exchange booth yesterday (Sept 2) when he attempted to exchange a fake one hundred Euro bank note. The man, named as Rene Louis Regrault, was later found to be in possession of a further five fake notes.

BANGKOK: The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) is keeping a close watch on around 3,000 ethnic Uighurs in Thailand as authorities investigate possible links between Uighur extremists and the deadly Erawan shrine bombing.