PHUKET, Thailand – Police in Phuket are investigating the unexplained death of an American tourist found in a Patong hotel room on 7 September, after the man had not been seen for approximately five days and had missed his scheduled checkout by one day. The deceased, later identified by authorities as J. D. G., was […]
PHUKET, Thailand – Patong police have identified and detained a Kuwaiti national accused of spraying an unknown substance at a pharmacist in a Patong pharmacy on September 2, an incident that left the victim requiring hospital treatment after reporting alarming symptoms. The pharmacist, who was working at a pharmacy in Patong, experienced a numb tongue, […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – An Air India A320 flying from Phuket to New Delhi last month issued a stall warning when seatbelt signs were off, while a rapid pitch up and then down threw passengers and cabin crew against overhead bins and injured 24 people, according to Indian investigators. The Airbus plane, cruising at 36,000 feet, […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A Jordanian tourist and a barber shop employee became involved in a physical confrontation in Patong on August 31, following a disagreement over an additional charge for hair services, with the case resolved after the tourist agreed to compensate the employee for damaged glasses. Patong Police attended a report of a fight […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A 43-year-old Russian man has been found dead inside a condominium room in Phuket’s Kathu district, with authorities estimating that the man had been dead for approximately three days before his body was discovered on August 30. Police were alerted at about 9 p.m. to a death in room 24/89 at The […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A foreign female tourist was pulled from a drain after falling into it in Phuket’s Kata area on August 29, with footage of the incident sparking widespread online criticism over pedestrian safety and infrastructure maintenance in one of Thailand’s most popular tourist destinations. The incident was recorded in Kata, Karon subdistrict, Muang […]
PHUKET, Thailand – The Israeli Embassy in Thailand has clarified that tourists accused of leaving a Patong restaurant without paying an approximately 8,000-baht bill were not Israeli, following earlier social media claims that had incorrectly identified them as such, with the embassy urging media organisations and social media users to verify nationalities carefully before sharing […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A French man was taken to hospital after suffering a cut to his right palm during a reported struggle over a knife with his Thai girlfriend at a monthly rental room in Patong in the early hours of August 28, with police responding to a report of a fight and assault involving […]
