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PHUKET: A number of Phuket people have already signed up to participate in the nationwide “Bike for Mom” event which is being held on August 16 to celebrate HMJ the Queenʼs 83rd birthday.

PHUKET: Phuket City police have arrested a 32-year-old serial snatch and grab thief who preyed on Myanmar women because he believed they would be too scared to report the thefts to police.

PATTAYA: A pub in Chon Buris South Pattaya has become the first entertainment venue in the east to be shut down in a crackdown on illegal nightspots on Wednesday night (29) July after it allegedly allowed entry to underage clubgoers.

PHUKET: Four gamblers were arrested in a Thalang forest last night (July 31). They had in their possession B7,300 in cash, B540,000 worth of casino chips and various items used for gambling.

Latest The death of a tourist from a box jellyfish tentacles at a holiday island in Thailand will alarm tourism industry officials already fearing a reaction to a gory double murder at the same island.

PATTAYA: A 32-year-old transvestite prostitute arrested for slashing a Russian tour guide’s face in Pattaya claimed he attacked the man in a fit of anger for allegedly refusing to pay him B1,000 for services rendered.

PHUKET: Kathu police have revealed that following investigations into a report filed by police volunteers that a gang of drunken thugs had threatened them with violence at the beach end of Bangla Rd on July 10 they tracked down those responsible and that they have since apologised.

Get ready,O.T. Genasis to star at Patong’s Illuzion nightclub this Tuesday August 4.

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