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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.
Teen, 15, arrested a day after Hat Yai gold robbery
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/02/2026
» UBON RATCHATHANI — Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police arrested a 15-year-old Songkhla native at the Ubon Ratchathani bus terminal on Wednesday evening, one day after he allegedly stole about 2.43 million baht in gold from a Hat Yai mall shop.
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.
Russian, Ukrainian caught illegally renting out vehicles
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/09/2024
» SURAT THANI: An elderly Russian and a young Ukrainian man were arrested on Sunday for illegally offering vehcles for rent on Koh Phangan island.
Myanmar brothers arrested for drug use, visa overstay
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/08/2024
» SURAT THANI - Five Myanmar brothers were arrested on Koh Phangan on Thursday for allegedly using illicit drugs, with two of them also found to have overstayed their visas.
Two foreign yoga teachers arrested in Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 30/03/2024
» SURAT THANI: Two foreign nationals providing courses for a well-known yoga school on Koh Phangan for 9,000 baht per head have been arrested for working without work permits.
Two Vietanamese trawlers seized, 11 crew arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/02/2024
» SONGKHLA - Two Vietnamese trawlers were seized and 11 crew members arrested off this southern border province for illegally trawling sea cucumbers in Thai waters.
Two Vietnamese fishing boats seized, 11 crew arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/06/2023
» SONGKHLA: Marine police on Thursday seized two Vietnamese fishing boats and arrested 11 crew members in the waters off the southern provinces of Pattani and Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Vietnamese trawler seized, crew arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/10/2022
» A navy vessel has intercepted and seized a Vietnamese fishing trawler and arrested five crew members off the southern province of Songkhla for dredging the ocean bed for sea cucumbers in Thai waters.
Shotguns found in possession of migrant workers
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 11/10/2022
» SONGKHLA: A Myanmar plantation worker fled into the trees, leaving behind his wife and three illegal shotguns, when officials approached to search their hut in Sadao district.