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‘Biggest’ Israeli drug dealer on Koh Phangan arrested
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/02/2026
» 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.
Chinese illegal caught selling drugs on Koh Phangan
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/11/2025
» 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 drugs to partygoers.
Drug den busted at Nana barber shop in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/10/2025
» Bangkok police arrested six foreign men, a Thai woman and a Myanmar woman at a barber shop on Nana Road (Sukhumvit Soi 3) where they said drugs were available.
Lebanese men arrested on Koh Samui for drugs, illegal clinic
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/08/2025
» Immigration officers on Koh Samui have arrested two Lebanese men accused of running a restaurant as a front for drug dealing and operating an unlicensed Chinese medicine clinic.
Russian smuggled hash in swallowed condoms
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/05/2025
» A 36-year-old Russian who admitted smuggling hashish by putting it in condoms he then swallowed has been arrested on Koh Phangan, police said.
Couple arrested for selling ‘magic mushrooms’
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/05/2024
» A couple have been arrested at a Bangkok condominium for growing “magic mushrooms” and selling them online, claiming they could help cure many diseases.
Old bus seat with mushrooms growing on it replaced
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/10/2022
» An old bus seat found to have mushrooms growing on it has finally been replaced by a new one, according to staff at the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA).
TEST YOURSELF: Why so hazy?
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/03/2021
» Science explains the sources of Thailand’s PM2.5 pollution
Holding those behind the haze to account
News, Gary Boyle, Published on 21/03/2021
» Chiang Mai spent several days this month as the most polluted city on the planet, with PM2.5 levels reaching 226 microgrammes per cubic meter (μg/m³) there. The predictability of the annual surge in pollution and the lack of effective preventative action have angered city residents and concerned civil society groups.
Missing foreign woman found dead on Samui
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/06/2020
» The body of a missing Ukrainian woman was found on the resort island of Samui on Sunday, police said