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More than 2,000 public vehicles caught speeding
The Department of Land Transport said 2,046 public vehicles have been caught speeding over the past six days during the Thai New Year festival.
Aussie Lands on Phuket But Forgets to Check In . . . And Now He Needs Your Help
Latest An Aussie holidaymaker has suffered a brain fade and lost his passport, along with his luggage. Friends on Phuket are helping him, but he really needs to find his passport quick.
Phuket one of seven provinces with no Songkran fatalities
PHUKET: Phuket is one of only seven provinces that has still has no record of fatalities in this year’s ‘Seven Days of Danger’, the others being Trang, Bueng Kan, Mae Hong Son, Yala, Samut Songkram and Samut Sakhon.
Suspicious suitcase in Phuket park contained only clothes
PHUKET: A team from the Phuket Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit who were called to investigate a suspicious suitcase left in Sriphuwanart Park yesterday (April 14) were relieved to find that it only contained clothing.
Phuket Governor joins search for missing American man
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong today (April 15) boarded a navy boat to join the search for an American man who on Saturday morning (April 11) went missing from a dive boat at the start of an extended stay dive tour.
Phuket police search for necklace thief
PHUKET: Phuket police are currently looking for a man who was involved in the theft a gold necklace worth B18,200 from a woman in Cherng Talay yesterday afternoon (April 14).
Phuket Soi Dog Team Take on Vietnam's Pet Poachers and Eaters
Latest Expanding and gaining kudos as it grows, Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation mounts a campaign in Vietnam to end the dognapping and eating not prevalent in the country.
Phuket man arrested with 90 ya bah pills
PHUKET: Police yesterday (April 14) arrested a Phuket man who had in his possession 90 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills.
400 migrants missing in shipwreck off Libya
Nearly 400 people were still missing from a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, including many unaccompanied children, Save the Children organisation said yesterday (April14).