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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.
Bookings set to surge in South
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/12/2025
» Hotel bookings in the three provinces of Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Trang are set to grow by 20–30% due to an influx of Malaysian, Singaporean, and Indonesian visitors, as tourism in Hat Yai district in Songkhla near the southern border is recuperating from the devastating floods in the area, with a full recovery expected in three months, according to the local tourism association.
Chinese illegal caught selling drugs on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/11/2025
» SURAT THANI - A 40-year-old Chinese man was arrested at a rented house in tambon Ban Tai on Koh Phangan on Sunday evening on charges of illegal entry and selling illicit drugs to partygoers.
Woman arrested with B20m in untaxed cigarettes
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/11/2025
» SONGKHLA - A Thai woman has been arrested in this southern border province with smuggled cigarettes worth about 20 million baht.
Two weeks of festivities in Hat Yai to spur tourism
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/10/2025
» Two approaching cultural festivals are expected to draw about 30,000 visitors to the southern province of Songkhla and pump hundreds of millions of baht into the local economy - the Hindu Diwali and then the Chinese Vegetarian Festival.
Fewer Malaysian visitors to Hat Yai hiring guides
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/07/2025
» SONGKHLA - Visitors from Malaysia are changing a pattern by increasingly favouring travel to southern Thailand in private vehicles, causing concern to tour guides who fear losing their livelihoods.
Southern island DJ arrested while selling cocaine
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/06/2025
» SURAT THANI: A Russian man, 37, was arrested on Koh Phangan island in this southern province Saturday evening with packets of cocaine and ketamine.
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.