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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.
Hat Yai school director dies of injuries after gun attack
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/02/2026
» SONGKHLA - The director of a Hat Yai school who was shot by an armed teenage attacker while protecting her students succumbed to severe injuries early Thursday morning.
Israelis arrested partying with drugs on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/01/2026
» SURAT THANI - Police arrested three Israelis and seized a variety of illicit drugs at a party on Koh Phangan, and apprehended their alleged supplier.
Illegal skin-care clinic busted on Koh Phangan
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/07/2025
» SURAT THANI - Police have shut down a Russian-owned illegal clinic offering laser skin treatments, some of which caused injuries to customers, on Koh Phangan.
Dry betel nut traders face new barriers
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/05/2024
» Thai betel nut exporters are struggling with tariff barriers from India as well as the impact of the armed conflict between the Myanmar military and rebel forces.
Police rescue abducted Indonesians
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/05/2024
» PHATTHALUNG: Three abducted Indonesian men have been rescued from a house where they were being held for ransom in Muang district, and an armed Thai suspect arrested.
Power plants attacked, tyres set ablaze in South
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/04/2024
» SONGKHLA: Suspected insurgents launched a bomb attack on a power plant in Saba Yoi district and set fire to car tyres in the adjacent district of Thepha in the early hours of Friday.
Robbery done to 'fund revenge plot'
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 06/01/2024
» Songkhla: A transgender woman was arrested for robbing a gold shop in Sadao district yesterday, claiming she needed money to buy a firearm to kill a former aide, who was accused of colluding with her ex-boyfriend to cheat her out of a substantial sum of money.
20 armed men overpower cops in botched drug sting
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/10/2022
» SONGKHLA: About 20 armed men overpowered six drug enforcement officials whose two-stage sting operation started well - but later ended with their abduction and the loss of the seized drugs, police sources said.
Myanmar men on murder charges say victim tried to abduct woman
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/06/2022
» SONGKHLA: Three Myanmar illegal migrants charged with the murder of a 40-year-old man whose body was found in a shallow grave have told police he extorted money from their group and tried to force one of the women to leave with him.