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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.
Students learn how to save, get ahead
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/08/2025
» PHATTHALUNG: In a pioneering initiative, elementary school students in Mae Khri municipality are learning the value of earning, saving and entrepreneurship, turning play and learning into tangible financial skills.
Gambian arrested on Koh Phangan 7 years after illegal entry
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 20/07/2024
» SURAT THANI - A 52-year-old Gambian man has been arrested on Koh Phangan on a charge of illegal entry and staying in the country illegally for seven years.
Smuggler's meth stash found among cow dung
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/03/2024
» SONGKHLA: About 3 million meth pills have been found hidden among sacks of cow dung at a deserted, overgrown petrol station in Rattaphum district.
Panel hears feedback on lithium push
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 11/03/2024
» PHANGNGA: The House Committee on Industry on Sunday visited lithium deposits in Takua Tung district with a view to promoting them as a global lithium source under the government's electronic vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub policy.
Songkhla chasing Unesco listing for old town
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/09/2023
» SONGKHLA: The provincial administrative organisation (PAO) and civil society of this southern region are pressing ahead with a plan to include Songkhla's old town in the tentative list of Unesco World Heritage Sites.
Illegal job seekers caught en route to Malaysia
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/07/2023
» SONGKHLA: Twenty illegal Myanmar migrants hoping to get jobs in Malaysia were arrested at a deserted house in Sadao district of this southern border province.
Boy,16, caught with 112,000 meth pills
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/06/2022
» SONGKHLA: A 16-year-old boy was arrested and 112,000 methamphetamine pills seized by drug suppression police in a search of a house in Hat Yai district on Sunday.
Drug courier arrested, 390kg of crystal meth seized
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/06/2022
» SONGKHLA: A drug courier was arrested and 390 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine seized from his pickup truck in Chana district of this southern border province on Friday.
Man paid by fugitive son-in-law to deliver drugs
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: A 53-year-old man caught with 300 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in his pickup told police he was being paid to deliver the drugs by his son-in-law and a woman who had both fled to Laos.