KRABI police raided an accounting company in this southern coastal province where they found that this same address was used to register six nominee companies with there being a large, interconnected network that has set up over 500 such companies in three southern provinces, Naewna newspaper said today (April 23). In exposing this nominee
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12 minor earthquakes shake Surat Thani
AS MANY AS 12 minor earthquakes struck Surat Thani since last evening (Mar. 8) with the strongest being 3.5 on the Richter scale, Amarin TV said today. The Geological Disaster Operations Centre said a succession of 12 earthquakes hit this southern province’s Ban Ta Khun district and while tremors were felt no damage occurred.
Read more11 minor quakes at Surat Thani due to fault group moving
THE 11 minor earthquakes that struck Surat Thani province since yesterday with the strongest being 3.2 magnitude on the Richter scale at a depth of two kilometres hitting at 2.07 a.m. today (Feb. 12) occurred due to movement in the Khlong Marui Fault Zone (KMFZ), PPTVHD36 said. The Department of Mineral Resources said these
Read moreForeign tourists survive boat capsize, guide drowns
A LONG-TAIL boat capsized as it was sailing in the middle of Ratchaprapa Dam in Surat Thani today (July 20) but while all 16 foreign tourists and the captain are safe the female tour guide drowned, Amarin TV said. Provincial Tourist Police webpage said the boat capsized at around 11 a.m. due to strong
Read moreParts of Surat Thani now a disaster zone as 3 die in floods
NINE districts of heavily flooded Surat Thani province have been declared a disaster zone with Koh Samui and Koh Phangan being among them as three people died amid ongoing torrential rain, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 16). Acting Governor Mr. Thiratum Suphawibulphon called an urgent meeting of agencies battling the floods as torrential
Read moreRelentless rain pounds parts of the South, Asian Highway closed at Chumphon
CONTINUOUS torrential rain lashing in many parts of the South since yesterday (Dec. 13) , especially in Chumphon and Surat Thani, disrupted travel as many roads are floods particularly the southbound route via Chumphon which is now closed, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. All eight districts of Chumphon are flooded with both farmlands and
Read moreSearch for elderly Frenchman after tourist boat capsizes
DIVERS are searching for an 83-year-old French man after the tourist boat he was sailing in capsized at Ratchaprapa Dam or Cheow Lan Dam in Surat Thani province amid a thunderstorm and strong waves, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Nov. 23). Rescuers had earlier managed to safely pull out 11 people from the
Read more70 tourists rescued after night boat founders off Koh Tao
A NIGHT BOAT travelling from Surat Thani to Koh Tao started taking on water after a pump broke down at dawn today (Dec. 22) with 70 tourists, both foreigners and Thais, safely rescued before it later sank, Matichon newspaper said. At 6 a.m. Capt. Natthaphon Sinpoonphon, deputy chief of Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre
Read moreTourists invited to visit tiny Koh Rat island
THE Department of Rural Roads this morning (June 12) invited tourists to visit the tiny Koh Rat island that is now linked to mainland Surat Thani by the 500-metre-long Chalerm Siriraj Bridge – a project initiated by His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and built by the department, TV Channel 7
Read moreForeigners rounded up in Surat Thani crackdown
AN ONGOING crackdown by Immigration Police in Surat Thani province has so far netted six foreigners for overstaying their visa and two others for illegal entry, Naewna newspaper said this evening (June 11). In the province-wide sweep taking place during June 7-21 another two persons were also arrested for not giving notification of the
Read moreTwo dead at Surat Thani wedding shootout
TWO men attending a wedding at a Surat Thani hotel came out to the parking lot and after a fierce argument pulled out their pistols and shot each other dead with two women in the vicinity also getting injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 29). At 8.25 p.m. Mueang Surat Thani police station
Read moreBig team of policemen surround reservoir where killer cop is hiding
A LARGE team of a hundred special operations and investigation police surrounded the forest around Ratchaprapha reservoir in Surat Thani after finding out that a policeman who killed his father-in-law, his second wife and brother with his older brother too dying in the ensuring shootout at their home was hiding there, Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreUpdate: Killer cop’s accomplice caught in Phang Nga
THE accomplice of a policeman who killed his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani on Saturday evening (Apr. 8) with his wife, son and brother also now dead has been arrested in Phang Nga, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 10). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat
Read moreWife of cop on the run killed, death toll reaches six
A POLICEMAN on the run after killing his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani with his brother who accompanied him also dying there is believed to have shot dead his wife with his son too found dead in an abandoned sedan taking the death toll to six, Thai Rath
Read moreBody of French tourist lost in jungle for 5 days found
A BIG search in a Surat Thani jungle for a Frenchman missing for five days ended this afternoon (Nov. 17) after his body was found down a steep cliff by a large party of rescuers, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Gollino Cyrit Tizzlano, around 30 years of age, had been staying at Khao Sok Holiday
Read moreFerry freed after running aground off Koh Phangan pier
A FERRY packed with passengers and cars that sailed from Koh Samui to Koh Phangan this morning (July 11) ran aground upon getting close to the destination pier but was freed and safely docked after being stuck for over three hours, Matichon newspaper said. The Raja Ferry Company’s R9 ferry had set out from Koh
Read more220kg Ice found in overturned cabbage pickup truck
SURAT THANI police last night (Apr. 28) found a big lot of 220 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden in a pickup truck loaded with cabbage after it flipped over and are now chasing the driver and accompanying passenger who fled the scene, Matichon newspaper said this morning. Tha Chana police station was alerted
Read moreSurat Thani only has one case today but nationwide 2,804 new cases
SOUTHERN Surat Thani province reported its best result in two months and 11 days this morning (June 13) with only one coronavirus case emerging in the past 24 hours but nationwide there were 2,804 new cases, Siam Rath newspaper said. Among the southern provinces Nakhon Si Thammarat province had the highest number of cases
Read moreAlmost 1.2 tons Ice seized in Surat Thani
IN ONE of the largest drug busts in recent months in Surat Thani police seized 1.199 tons of Ice (crystal methamphetamine) hidden in sacks containing cow dung with this being worth approximately 600 million baht, PostToday reported this afternoon (July 12, 2020). Deputy Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchat Theerasawat flew to this southern province to
Read moreIllegal seaside gazebo owners feel the heat as Navy takes action
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OWNERS OF GAZEBOS illegally built on the shores of Surat Thani have been repeatedly urged to promptly dismantle those unpermitted structures or the authorities will do so instead. The navy’s Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre’s Second Area Commander Vice Adm Samrerng Chanthaso confirmed today (June 8) the navy-led authorities would
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