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‘Biggest’ Israeli drug dealer on Koh Phangan arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 14/02/2026
» SURAT THANI - A major Israeli drug dealer, who operated out of the restaurant he owned on Koh Phangan, was arrested on Friday with narcotics worth over 50 million baht seized, authorities said.
Four held in betting site crackdown
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/05/2025
» The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) arrested four suspects on suspicion of running an illegal online gambling network with alleged ties to a local politician in Songkhla province.
Mantra fails to work for drug suspect
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/07/2024
» SURAT THANI: Tourist police arrested a Nigerian man for alleged cocaine possession and overstaying for nearly nine years in Koh Phangan district.
Nigerian arrested on Thailand's Phangan island for selling cocaine, overstay
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/07/2024
» SURAT THANI: Tourist police arrested a Nigerian man for cocaine possession and overstaying for nearly nine years in Koh Phangan district.
Hat Yai welcomes influx of Malaysian revellers
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/04/2024
» Hat Yai district of Songkhla is expected to welcome as many as 100,000 Malaysian tourists to join the Songkran festival this weekend.
Fire destroys fishing boat in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/09/2022
» SONGKHLA: A fishing boat up for sale was gutted by fire and a nearby boat slightly damaged by the flames at a pier in Muang district shortly before dawn on Monday.
Fleeing smugglers abandon 400 protected birds
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/08/2022
» PHATTHALUNG: A total of 400 smuggled red-whiskered bulbuls were rescued after the protected wild birds, crammed into five baskets, were abandoned by smugglers in Muang district on Friday morning.
Illegal migrants say job brokerage fees soaring
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/05/2022
» SONGKHLA: Myanmar job seekers arrested in Ratthaphum district told officials their brokerage fees had skyrocketed to 80,000 baht each, from 20,000 to 40,000 baht previously, because of the harsh crackdown on illegal migrants.
Two tonnes of kratom leaves abandoned in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 25/12/2021
» SONGKHLA: Authorities seized 71 fertiliser sacks containing more than two tonnes of kratom leaves abandoned by four men on motorcycles along the Thai-Malaysian border in Sadao district early Saturday.
10 arrested for breaching alcohol ban
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/06/2021
» SONGKHLA: A restaurateur and his customers in Hat Yai district have been held for violating the provincial Covid-19 ban on liquor consumption.