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PHUKET: Phuket has not one, but two entrants in this year’s Miss Universe Thailand beauty pageant: Chavika “Yim” Watrsang, 19, and Ananya “Anna” Nilsson, 21.

PHUKET: Consumer Protection police from Bangkok seized luxury cars valued at B10 million at a Phuket used car lot this week and arrested the owner for suspected involvement in the notorious Ufun scheme.

Major fishing markets in Samut Songkhram and Samut Sakhon have resumed operations after licensed fishing boats returned to the sea.

SURAT THANI: Defence lawyers of two Myanmar suspects accused of murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao challenged a police officer involved in the case over the reliability of his investigation as the trial opened yesterday (July 8).

PHUKET: Police seized two cars, a house with land and two bank accounts and a huge haul of drugs in two arrests made in Phuket over last weekend.

FUTSAL: The stakes were high last Sunday (July 5) in the Thai capital, where 4th placed Phuket United hoped to oust 3rd place Bangkok FC for superior position on the Futsal Thailand Premier League (FTPL) table in fixture 17 of 26 for the 2015 season.

FOOTBALL: Phuket FC last Sunday (July 5) put on a strong first-half performance for an early two goal advantage, but their efforts were cancelled out in the second half of play as they finally succumbed 6-3 to Phichit FC in Thailand’s lower North.

Latest The Thai brand Manathai is set to launch a new resort - the brand’s fourth for the year - on Phuket this coming November.

Phuket Updating Digest Environmentalists fear Phuket’s dolphinarium is set to open; An Irishman drowns on Samui; Murders trial of two Burmese begins; Burma will vote on November 8.