IN A major crackdown on illegal nominee land ownership and related businesses Justice Minister Pol. Maj. Gen. Rutthapon Naowarat joined a Department of Special Investigation (DSI) team in searching five suspected locations on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan today (July 10) with over a hundred companies found to have been registered at a single
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Volunteer doctor in critical condition after hit-and-run accident on Koh Phangan
A FOREIGNER has been arrested in a hit-and-run accident on Koh Phangan at around 8.30 p.m. last night (May 23) that left a volunteer doctor in critical condition, TV Channel 7 said today. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Theerasak Kaewamattavong was hit by a foreigner riding a motorcycle while walking along the roadside leading to brain
Read moreDSI probing 34 big nominee companies in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI), in collaboration with the Department of Business Development, is zeroing in on 34 nominee companies in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan each with assets exceeding 100 million baht and with hotels and resorts among them, Amarin TV said today (May 15). Pol.Maj.Yutthana Praedam, DSI’s director-general, said investigation of
Read moreNominee land titles seize in Koh Phangan sweep
IN A major crackdown on illegal nominee land ownership as many as 266 police officers led by Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Samran Nualma raided 27 companies on Koh Phangan and seized 37 land title deeds worth a total of 150 million baht, Naewna and PPTVHD36 said today (May 13). Meanwhile Prime Minister
Read moreFour illegal hotels on Koh Phangan raided
IN ONGOING crackdown on foreigners using Thai nominees to invest in various businesses Koh Phangan police raided four hotels illegally operating on the popular tourist island and while one has shut down the other three were found to be running the business without a permit, Amarin TV said this evening (May 9). The island’s
Read moreUnlicensed school on Koh Phangan raided
A TEAM of soldiers and policemen raided an unlicensed school on Koh Phangan where over a hundred foreign students, among them many from Israel, were studying and also rounded foreign teachers working there without permits, Amarin TV said today (May 2). Lt. Gen. Norathip Poinok, commander of the 4th Army Region and director of
Read moreRussian DJ held in Koh Phangan drug bust
AFTER months of monitoring and tracking a Russian drug suspect who worked as a DJ at various Koh Phangan entertainment venues, a team of Tourist Police arrested him over the weekend after seizing several types of drugs that were ordered and received via AI, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 9). Pol. Lt. Col. Vinit
Read moreIsrael man arrested on drug charges on Koh Phangan, Aussie couple too nabbed
FOLLOWING the arrest of a Brazilian man on drug trafficking charges on Koh Phangan, further investigation led to an Israeli man being arrested on similar charges while an Australian couple also landed in hot water with the man for drug use and the woman for resisting arrest, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said
Read moreIsraeli restaurateur nabbed in big drug bust on Koh Phangan
IN A sting operation Tourist Police together with local administration officials and a team from Koh Phangan police station arrested an Israeli man who runs a restaurant on the popular tourist island as a front for trafficking drugs and seized over 50 million baht of a variety of narcotics, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb.
Read moreTwo tourists lost in Koh Phangan forest rescued
A BIG search for two men holidaying in Thailand and getting lost in a forest at Koh Phangan late last night (Feb. 3) successfully found and rescued them with neither having been injured, Amarin TV said today. The island’s District Chief Mr. Paisit Thongjerm was alerted about the two tourists, Mr. Boris Sand Responton,
Read moreForeign cocaine trafficking gang busted at Koh Phangan
A CRACKDOWN on a foreign cocaine trafficking ring on Koh Phangan led to the arrest of a Canadian man, a Nigerian man and his Thai wife over the last couple of days, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 28). Upon being ordered Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Puek-am, commander of Tourist Police, to intensify investigation of foreigners
Read more4 Israelis nabbed on drug charges at Koh Phangan
A POLICE raid on a luxury villa at Koh Phangan led to the arrest of three Israeli nationals after drugs were found there with their Israeli supplier apprehended at another residence on this tourist island, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Jan. 12). Lt. Col. Thanapon Saetang, deputy district chief for security affairs, Koh Phangan
Read moreCommerce Ministry cracks down on nominees at Koh Phangan
RAIDS at some locations on Koh Phangan, Surat Thani province, mounted by the Commerce Ministry led to the owner of an accounting company being found to hold shares in 66 companies, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning (Oct. 24). Mr. Poonpong Naiyanapakorn, director-general of the Department of Business Development, said he had sent his
Read moreForeigners nabbed in raids on illegal hotels on Koh Phangan
RAIDS on two unlicensed hotels at popular Koh Phangan island today (Oct. 18) led to the arrest of three Israelis, four Myanmar workers and two Thais involved in the illegal business, Naewna newspaper said. Acting in line with the order of Pol. Lt. Gen. Panumas Boonyalak, commander of the Immigration Bureau, a team of
Read moreIllegal Thai, foreign guides rounded up on Koh Phangan
KOH Phangan police arrested three Thais and two Myanmar nationals for illegally working as tour guides on Koh Phangan with the company they work for specifically targeting Israeli holidaymakers, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Oct. 16). Acting on a complaint to 1155 hotline that illegal tour guides were leading foreign tourists on all terrain
Read more4 Israeli soldiers nabbed with drugs at party celebrating ceasefire
FOUR Israeli soldiers on leave at Koh Phangan were caught possessing and taking some drugs at a noisy party in a villa celebrating the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 14). Pol. Lt. Col. Winij Bunchit, inspector of Tourist Police Station 5, Division 2, together with Koh Phangan District Chief Mr. Suriya
Read moreIsraelis being recruited to work illegally on Koh Phangnan?
A KOH PHAGNAN journalist shared a Facebook post today (Oct. 7) alleging that Israeli nominee companies are recruiting only their country folk or those who speak Hebrew to work for them and they could be coming here on tourist visas to illegally take up these jobs, Naewna newspaper said. Calling himself Suer Thuen (Illegal
Read moreForeigners held for overstaying on Koh Phangan
TOURIST Police arrested a South African man on Koh Phangan for overstaying in Thailand for 1,255 days after he was accused of extorting money from tourists claiming it was to treat his disabled leg, Naewna newspaper said today (July 9). Mr. Schalk Jacobus Botha, 51, was arrested after police got a complaint that he
Read moreNaked body of British woman found on Koh Phangan beach
THE BODY of a British woman who had drowned while on a month-long holiday at Koh Phangan was found wearing an orange bra but no underwear at Chao Phrao beach yesterday (June 3), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Aphichat Chansamret, superintendent of Koh Phangan police station, identified the British woman as Ms. Alison Stuart,
Read moreFormer Israeli officer held for illegally working as a guide on Koh Phangan
TOURIST Police on Koh Phangan today (Apr. 9) arrested a former Israeli special forces officer on the charges of illegally working as a tour guide taking Israeli children to visit various tourist attractions at this popular island, MNG Online said. Acting on a complaint to Tourist Police hotline 1155 a police team followed and observed
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