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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.
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.
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.
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.
Pandemic triggers tour guide suicides
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/09/2021
» SONGKHLA: Nine tour guides based in Hat Yai have taken their own lives since the pandemic shut down the tourist sector, while others have been forced to steal to stay alive, according to an industry spokesman.
Jobless tour guides 'committing suicide, forced to steal'
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/09/2021
» SONGKHLA: Nine tour guides based in Hat Yai have taken their own lives since the pandemic shut down the tourist sector, while others have descended to theft to stay alive, according to an industry spokesman.
Teacher held for electrocution of twins who stole his limes
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/12/2019
» PHATTHALUNG: A 55-year-old teacher has been arrested for the murder of twin brothers who stole limes from his mixed farm in Pak Phayun district.
Seafaring dog heads to new home in Khon Kaen
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 28/04/2019
» Seafaring dog Boonrod is heading to a new life in Khon Kaen with his new owner -- one of the oil rig workers who rescued him from the ocean in a story that captured international attention.
Employer denies firing worker for helping rape victim
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/12/2018
» SONGKHLA: Offers of assistance are pouring in for a deliveryman who claims he was sacked for making late deliveries after he had stopped to help a teenage rape victim, but his employer tells a different story.