Foreigners held in death of Russian woman

Phuket police arrest a foreign man for drug use - one of three foreigners who stayed in the same condominium room as a 37-year-old Russian woman who fell to her death on Tuesday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

PHUKET: Police have arrested three foreigners who were in the room with a Russian woman who fell to her death from a condominium building in Patong on Tuesday, holding them on drug charges while the investigation continues.

Pol Maj Gen Sermphan Sirikhong, chief of Phuket police, said on Wednesday that investigators were looking into whether the death of the 37-year-old woman was accidental, or murder.