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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.
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.
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.
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.
Illegal migrants say job brokerage fees soaring
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/05/2022
» SONGKHLA: Myanmar job seekers arrested in Ratthaphum district told officials their brokerage fees had skyrocketed to 80,000 baht each, from 20,000 to 40,000 baht previously, because of the harsh crackdown on illegal migrants.
Drugs hidden in deep fryers for shipping overseas
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/03/2022
» SONGKHLA: More than half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine was seized and two suspects arrested in Rattaphum district of this southern province on Sunday in a joint operation by police, military and local administrative officials.
24 Rohingya left in Songkhla without food
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/07/2019
» SONGKHLA: Twenty-four Rohingya illegal migrants have been found hiding in a paddy field in Bang Klam district since Thursday night without food while awaiting transport to Malaysia.
57 Malaysia-bound migrants arrested in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 20/07/2019
» SONGKHLA: Fifty-seven illegal migrant workers from Myanmar were arrested in a rubber plantation in Sadao district on Saturday while awaiting transport to Malaysia.
Slave labour trafficking to Malaysia on the rise
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/07/2019
» Eight Myanmar and two Thai nationals were arrested today in a crackdown on a human-trafficking gang transporting illegal migrant workers from Myanmar to Malaysia, police said.