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Restoring paradise
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/11/2025
» When Tania Kanchanarak looks out over the turquoise waters of Koh Phangan, she sees more than a postcard-perfect paradise.
Full Moon Party beach vendor arrested for selling laughing gas
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/08/2024
» SURAT THANI - A shop owner on Koh Phangan, where the Full Moon Party is held, was arrested for selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, without a permit.
Spaniard charged in murder, dismemberment of Colombian on Koh Phangan
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/10/2023
» SURAT THANI: Public prosecutors on Wednesday brought charges against a Spanish chef to Koh Samui Provincial Court in connection with the murder and dismemberment of a Colombian surgeon on the tourist island of Koh Phangan in August this year.
Police close Koh Phangan murder investigation
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/08/2023
» Police have closed their investigation into the murder of a Colombian plastic surgeon on Koh Phangan, even though most of the victim's body, allegedly dismembered by his partner, remains unaccounted for.
Police arrest 2 German drug fugitives
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/07/2021
» Two German nationals alleged to be leaders of a major drug network in Europe were arrested by police in Surat Thani and Phuket provinces Tuesday morning.
German drug fugitives arrested, face extradition
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/07/2021
» Two German nationals alleged to be leaders of a major drug network in Europe were arrested by police in Surat Thani and Phuket provinces on Tuesday morning.
159 migrants to be deported via Ranong
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/01/2021
» More than 150 migrants from Myanmar will be deported through the immigration checkpoint in Ranong, according to the Immigration Bureau (IB).
Imposter kin of ex-police chief arrested in fraud case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/11/2018
» A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on Koh Phangan, in Surat Thani, for allegedly posing as a relative of former police chief Somyot Poompanmouang and defrauding a person of 1.27 million baht via a social media "investment" offer.
Drug use eclipses Full Moon party
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/10/2018
» SURAT THANI: The latest Full Moon party at Koh Phangan late last month did not only draw Thai and foreign revellers. The famous moon festival also drew authorities, who went there for a not-so-merry objective -- to crack down on drugs.
Drug blitz at full moon party
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/09/2018
» Anti-drug authorities led by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) have arrived in Surat Thani to begin a crackdown on drugs at the province's beach holiday destinations.