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Two handguns believed to have been used in last week's murder of Indian gangster, Jimi Singh Sandhu, have been discovered in the sea off a beach in Phuket close to the crime scene.

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Two pistols found near murder scene of Indian gangster in Phuket

PHUKET: Two pistols have been found near the crime scene where an Indian man with a history of criminal activity was murdered, but police are uncertain about their link to the murder.

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Police net cast for thief who attacked visiting German TV presenter

Police have thrown a wide net in the search for a man who assaulted and robbed a German TV presenter, the wife of a prominent German footballer, on a beach in Phangnga province.

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Police chief in Phuket to investigate Indian gangster's murder

PHUKET: National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk arrived in Phuket on Monday morning to supervise the investigation into the murder of an Indian gangster at a rented villa at Rawai beach in Muang district of this island province on Friday night.

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Phuket image suffering

The island of Phuket is one of the world's top tourist destinations. However, during the past two years, the local economy has slowed after the pandemic hit the tourism sector, which accounts for 70–80% of Phuket's economic growth.

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Police find passports, cash after 'gangster' murder in Phuket

Police on Sunday seized passports and money from the rented villa of an Indian man shot dead on Phuket on Friday night.

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Police seize passports, cash from villa of Indian 'gangster' shot dead in Phuket

PHUKET: Police on Sunday seized passports and money from the rented villa of an Indian man shot dead on Friday night in a hunt for clues about his killers.

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Man arrested for stealing cash from Greek tourists in Phuket

PHUKET: A man from Udon Thani has been arrested for stealing €4,900 (185,000 baht) from a Greek family's car in Karon area of Muang district on Jan 25, police said.

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Forest fire in Phuket, tourists rescued

PHUKET: A group of tourists have been evacuated to safety after a forest fire broke out near Krating Cape and Pha Hin Dam in tambon Rawai, Muang district, on Saturday night.

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'Indian gangster' shot dead at Phuket hotel

PHUKET: Police are searching for two men who were caught on camera shooting an Indian gangster to death in the parking lot of a hotel in downtown Muang district of this island province.

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Phuket ups tests on foreign visitors

Prompted by large numbers of tourists testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival, Phuket on Wednesday switched to imposing a repeat RT-PCR Covid-19 test on international tourists arriving under the quarantine-free Test & Go scheme.

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Arrivals with Covid mainly coming from Russia, Kazakhstan

PHUKET: Most of the tourists found infected with Covid-19 upon arrival are coming from Russia or Kazakhstan, provincial governor Narong Woonciew said on Wednesday.

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Phuket taxi driver fined for being rude

PHUKET: A taxi driver has been fined 1,000 baht and instructed to attend a course on good manners for being rude to a visitor from Bangkok he tried to overcharge on Friday night.

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Navy boat mercy dash after ship's engineer stricken at sea

PHUKET: A ship's engineer who suffered a heart attack while the vessel was 50 nautical miles off the coast of Phuket was quickly picked up by a navy patrol boat and taken ashore for hospital treatment on Sunday.

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Two Indonesian boats, crews held for illegal fishing

PHUKET: Two Indonesian fishing boats were caught fishing illegally in Thai territorial waters off Phuket on Thursday, and the 19 crew members arrested, the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre said.

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Modest goals for Phuket luxury hotels

Inbound tourism to Phuket dropped further in 2021, following the collapse in 2020 after travel restrictions were imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Phuket woos Thais unable to go abroad

PHUKET: Desperate for tourists, this holiday island is targeting Thais with an urge to travel but unable to go overseas because of Covid-19.

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Prince Andrew went to sex clubs with Epstein and holidayed with Ghislaine in Thailand

The embattled duke's lavish trip to Thai holiday resort Phuket reportedly included visits to sex-tourism hub Patong.

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Green sea turtle lays eggs on Phuket beach

PHUKET: A green sea turtle laid 125 eggs on a beach on this southern island for the first time this year late Friday night.

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Phuket wary of travel call involving sealed route

Authorities in Phuket on Thursday gave a lukewarm response to an idea that Covid-infected tourists with no symptoms could be allowed to travel via a sealed route.

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Phuket vows tough action on unmasked tourists

PHUKET: Local authorities have vowed to take decisive legal action against tourists who fail to wear face masks in public, saying failure to comply with the disease control requirement is rampant in the island province.

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Tripadvisor unveils world's most popular holiday destinations for 2022

Tripadvisor has shared the world's most popular destinations for 2022 including Dubai, Cancun, Tenerife, Bali, Phuket - and two UK destinations have also made the cut

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Phuket tollway receives final approval

The cabinet approved 14.6 billion baht on Tuesday to build the long-delayed 3.98-kilometre Kathu-Patong expressway with investment via public-private partnership (PPP).

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Fourth jab for frontline health workers starts in Phuket

PHUKET: Frontline health workers in the government and private sectors have started receiving their fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19, Vachira Phuket Hospital deputy director Withita Jaeng-iam said on Monday.

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