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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.
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.
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.
Pub raid nets Valentine's Day revellers
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/02/2022
» SONGKHLA: Local officials and police raided a restaurant pub in Hat Yai district and arrested 24 customers and employees on Monday night for breaking Covid-19 restrictions on Valentine's Day.
29 caught partying in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/01/2022
» SONGKHLA: Twenty-nine young men and women were arrested in a raid by a team of police and administrative officials on a pub-cum-restaurant in Hat Yai district in the small hours on Sunday.
Monk defrocked after drinking with woman on beach
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/12/2021
» SONGKHLA: A monk from a well-known temple in Hat Yai district was defrocked after driving a car in layman's clothing to pick up a woman, and then drinking with her on a beach in Muang district at night. Police searched his car and found his saffron robes and a pack of condoms in his bag.
10 arrested for breaching alcohol ban
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/06/2021
» SONGKHLA: A restaurateur and his customers in Hat Yai district have been held for violating the provincial Covid-19 ban on liquor consumption.
Virus crisis will ease after Songkran: Tourism minister
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/02/2020
» PHATTHALUNG: The Covid-19 corona virus crisis is expected to subside in the second half of the year or earlier, Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan said on Sunday.
Drunk customer killed after big tip, flirting with waitress
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/03/2019
» SONGKHLA: A drunken man was shot dead during a quarrel outside a restaurant as he tried to pick up a waitress he had given a large tip, early on Tuesday morning.
Malaysian falls to death from Hat Yai hotel
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/06/2018
» SONGKHLA: A Malaysian man fell to his death from a hotel in downtown Hat Yai district on Saturday morning.