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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.
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.
New cave-dwelling springtail identified
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/01/2026
» Researchers at Thaksin University have identified a previously unknown cave-dwelling springtail, marking a significant addition to global biodiversity records.
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.
Rubber farmers ask for aid amid crunch
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/04/2025
» Rubber farmers across Thailand are appealing for government help following a sharp drop in the price of rubber, which has fallen from nearly 70 baht per kilogramme to just 48-50 baht in a matter of weeks.
Record drug haul in Songkhla worth B117 million
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/03/2025
» SONGKHLA - Authorities have seized about 200 kilogrammes of heroin and 2.7 million speed pills with a combined worth of more than 117 million baht and arrested two suspected drug couriers in the largest-ever drug haul in this southern province.
Two caught installing scam SIM boxes inside condo bed
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 28/01/2025
» SONG KHLA - Police arrested two workers they said admitted being hired in Malaysia to install SIM boxes, used by call scammers, found hidden inside a bed frame in a condominium room in Hat Yai.
Birthday kids lose both parents when angry customer shoots up restaurant
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/12/2024
» SONGKHLA - A boy celebrating his birthday and his young sister lost both their parents when a drink-addled customer annoyed by a waiter fired several shots inside the busy restaurant, in Hat Yai district on Sunday night.
Illegal migrants caught heading for jobs in Malaysia
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/11/2024
» SONGKHLA - Twenty-four illegal migrants from Myanmar wanting to get jobs in Malaysia, a Thai driver and a Myanmar intermediary were arrested by police in Hat Yai district on Tuesday.