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- French man arrested for selling cocaine and ecstasy on Koh Phangan paradise island
Surat Thani police officers and the Pa Cha Da Special Operation Unit jointly arrested Mr. Ilan, age 41 years, French
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Surat Thani police officers and the Pa Cha Da Special Operation Unit jointly arrested Mr. Ilan, age 41 years, French nationality at the bar of a hotel in Koh Phangan District, Surat Thani Province on April 23.
The evidence used in the arrest included 19.7 grammes of cocaine, 23 ecstasy pills, a digital scale, 6,000 baht in cash, and a waist bag. Some of the evidence was recovered from the suspect’s leased house in Village No. 1, Subdistrict Ban Tai, Koh Phangan.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Sermphan Sirikong, commander of Surat Thani Provincial Police, stated that police at Koh Phangan Police Station charged Mr. Ilan with distributing Class 1 narcotic drugs (ecstasy) without permission, an act of trade that spreads among the people, and selling Category 2 narcotics (cocaine) without permission, another act of trade that spreads among the people.
According to the Narcotics Code and the Act Promulgating the Narcotics Code, B.E. 2564 (2021), any individual who produces, imports, exports, distributes, or possesses category 1 narcotics without permission faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a fine of 1,500,000 baht.
Whoever produces, imports, exports, sells, or possesses Category 2 narcotics without permission faces imprisonment for one to fifteen years and a fine of 100,000 to 1,500,000 baht.
Police officers have been urged to adhere to tourism regulations, or quick-win, according to the policy of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, to maintain the safety of life, and property for tourists.
In addition, the deputy commander of Provincial Police Region 8, Pol. Maj. Gen. Saranyu Chamnanrat, has ordered the establishment of a rapid mobile team, the “Pa Cha Da Special Operation Unit,” to inspect entertainment venues, hotels, service establishments, risky spots, and precarious spots in order to prevent and suppress crimes that have an impact on the people.
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24 April 24 2024Full Moon Partyhttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4575 - British man arrested for begging on Koh Phangan island
Thai police arrested a British man after he allegedly begged for money outside a convenience store on Koh Phangan, an
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Thai police arrested a British man after he allegedly begged for money outside a convenience store on Koh Phangan, an island in the southern province of Surat Thani.
Locals on Koh Phangan reported to authorities after seeing a foreign man begging outside a 7-Eleven convenience store and using drugs in the area. Officers from the Koh Phangan Police Station and the Tourist Police went to the store near the Phan Thip Market and arrested the foreigner yesterday, April 17.
The foreign beggar was identified as a 47 year old Englishman named Nicholas James Hartas. He was found sitting shirtless outside the store with a paper sign that said, “If you can. Please! Money for food.”
Police checked Hartas’s criminal history and found that he had escaped arrest in a drug case in Koh Samui and sought refuge in Koh Phangan. Hartas confessed to fleeing from the arrest in Koh Samui, stating that he resorted to begging for food. However, residents informed the police that the majority of the money earned from begging was used to purchase drugs.
Officers did not report whether they conducted a drug test on Hartas or found any drugs in his possession. According to www.matichon.co.th, Hartas faced two charges:
- Section 13 of the Begging Control Act: illegally begging. The penalty is imprisonment of up to one month or a fine of up to 10,000 baht.
- Section 145 of the Narcotics Control Act: possessing Category 1 drug (methamphetamine). The penalty is imprisonment from two to 20 years and a fine of 200,000 to 2 million baht.
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18 April 18 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4570 - Foreigners working illegally – Russian man arrested for illegally running crypto exchange on Koh Phangan
A Russian national has been arrested for illegally providing cryptocurrency exchange services on Koh Phangan island in the south of
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A Russian national has been arrested for illegally providing cryptocurrency exchange services on Koh Phangan island in the south of Thailand.
Police arrested Ibragim Gaitukiev, 36, at a house on Sri Thanu beach in tambon Koh Phangan of this southern province, Pol Maj Gen Sermphan Sirikhong, chief of Surat Thani province, said on Friday.
The arrest followed a police investigation that a bitcoin website had run advertisements online to buy and sell cryptocurrencies in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan districts of Surat Thani. The phone and WhatsApp number shown on the website for customers to contact were linked to the bank accounts of Mr Gaitukiev and another foreign national, Maksim Variukhin, according to the Surat Thani police chief.
Police investigators found the two foreign nationals were executives of OM 118 Co on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani. The company used a house on Sri Thanu beach on this tourist island as its office.
The house also ran a cannabis shop, “Plantasia cannabis collective’’, with a sign reading “Bitcoin’’ placed in front of the shop, according to the police investigation.
Police search a cannabis shop, on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani. The shop also provides crytocurrency exchange services. (Photo: Surat Thani police) The investigators believed the shop was the venue for cryptocurrency exchange as advertised on the website. The officers later obtained a court warrant from the Samui Provincial Court on Wednesday to search the shop. The arresting team searched the shop on Thursday.
Mr Gatukiev was present during the search and told police he was the owner of the shop.
The arresting team searched the cannabis shop and found no illegal items. There were advertisements about cryptocurrency exchange inside the shop.
Mr Gatukiev was arrested for illegally running a cryptocurrency exchange.
During questioning, he allegedly admitted that he and Mr Variukhin had provided digital currency services to tourists.
Mr Gatukiev was charged and taken to Koh Phangan police station for legal action. Police did not provide details regarding the other foreign national.
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5 April 05 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4564 - Foreigners working illegally – Polish tantra teacher arrested at unlicensed school on Koh Phangan
A Polish man was arrested on Koh Phangan for illegally operating a tantra yoga school. The arrest on the southern
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A Polish man was arrested on Koh Phangan for illegally operating a tantra yoga school.
The arrest on the southern resort island happened at 3pm on Saturday at Tantra Movement school in tambon Koh Phangan. The arrested man was identified only as a Mr Michal, 46.
At the Tantra Movement School, police and local administrative officials also found two foreigners who said they were new clients at the school.
The Polish man told officials that he ran three-day yoga courses for clients on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and charged 400-600 US dollars per course. He said he did not have a licence for the operation, officials said.
Police said that the Polish man was also a YouTuber.
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25 March 25 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4559 - Foreigners working illegally – Israeli woman arrested for illegally running kindergarten on Koh Phangan
An Israeli woman has been arrested for allegedly running an illegal kindergarten for foreign children on Koh Phangan. Four other
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An Israeli woman has been arrested for allegedly running an illegal kindergarten for foreign children on Koh Phangan.
Four other foreign employees were also detained for working illegally and related offences.
Noppadol Khaomali, chief of Koh Phangan district, led local officials, police, immigration officers and officials from concerned agencies to inspect a house in tambon Koh Phangan in this southern province on Thursday. The premises were illegally operated as a nursery for foreign children.
Five foreign nationals – three women and two men – were arrested during the raid, said Mr Noppadol.
Of them, Suli Shulamite Avraham, 56, an Israeli national and owner of the kindergarten, was charged with being a foreign national setting up or operating a kindergarten without permission, hiring foreign nationals with no work permits and failing to notify the hiring of foreign workers to the local registrar.
The two men – Alon Jacob, 50, an Israeli national; and Daniel Stewart, 38, a British national – were charged with being foreign nationals working with no work permits.
The two other women – Louise Cilliers, 42, a South African; and Hla Hla Win, 28, a Myanmar national – were charged with being foreign nationals with work permits failing to notify their employer, the location of a workplace and the type of work to the local registrar.
All were handed over to police investigators at Koh Phangan police station for legal action.
Last week, police detained an American woman for allegedly running an illegal kindergarten on this tourist island, known for the popular Full Moon Party.
Some 20 foreign children were found in the premises. Three foreign women working as babysitters and four Myanmar housekeepers were also arrested and charged with working illegally.
On Tuesday, a Russian man was arrested for illegally operating a vehicle rental business on Koh Phangan.
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Officials raid a nursery for foreign children on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province on Thursday. An Israeli woman, who illegally operates the nursery, and four other foreign employees are arrested and chargedThe post Foreigners working illegally – Israeli woman arrested for illegally running kindergarten on Koh Phangan appeared first on Koh Phangan Island News.
15 March 15 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4552 - Foreigners working illegally – Russian caught running motorbike rental business
A young Russian man has been arrested for illegally operating a vehicle rental business with one Honda motorbike on Koh
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A young Russian man has been arrested for illegally operating a vehicle rental business with one Honda motorbike on Koh Phangan island.
Tourist police led local police and officials to detain Danil Kulnevnich, 21, at a pier in tambon Koh Phangan on Tuesday. They seized from him a Honda Forza 300 with a Bangkok licence plate.
Police were acting on information that some foreign nationals on Koh Phangan in this southern tourist province were working illegally, renting out vehicles through social media platforms.
One Facebook user, Danil Vishnya, was found to have posted a message on the “Phangan Bike and Car Rent & Sale” Facebook page offering a Honda Forza for rent at 10,000 baht a month.
He was charged with working without a permit and handed over to local police for legal action.
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13 March 13 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4545 - Foreigners working illegally – Norwegian arrested for driving passengers on Koh Phangan
Police operations targeting foreigners working illegally in Thailand have led to the arrests of a Norwegian woman on Koh Phangan
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Police operations targeting foreigners working illegally in Thailand have led to the arrests of a Norwegian woman on Koh Phangan island.
Unni Sekkesaeter, a 56-year-old Norwegian, was arrested at Tha Sala pier in Phangan district of Surat Thani on Thursday. A combined force of immigration, tourist and local police arrested her after she sent off two tourists from her Toyota Sedan bearing the message saying Phangan Paragon Resort & Spa, according to Surat Thani immigration chief Pol Col Naruewat Phutthaviro.
Ms Sekkesaeter faced charges for transporting passengers in her vehicle, and she admitted to the charge, he added.
Thai law prohibits foreigners from driving passengers.
The Norwegian is also the general manager of Pure Lifestyle, a company operating Phangan Paragon Resort & Spa and other resorts on the southern tourist island known for the popular Full Moon Party.
Pol Col Naruewat said police had been instructed to charge the firm and its authorised director for allowing her to engage in work prohibited for foreigners.
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8 March 08 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4541 - American woman caught running illegal kindergarten on Koh Phangan
Police have detained an American woman for allegedly running an illegal kindergarten on Koh Phangan island in the south of
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Police have detained an American woman for allegedly running an illegal kindergarten on Koh Phangan island in the south of Thailand.
About 20 foreign children were found in the premises, according to police. Three foreign women working as babysitters and four Myanmar housekeepers were also arrested and charged with working illegally.
A team of immigration, tourist and local police and officials raided a rented walled-off house at a coconut plantation in village Moo 3 in tambon Koh Phangan on Wednesday morning.
Inside, they found found about 20 foreign children, aged 3-5 years, along with desks, chairs, toys and teaching material, and meals for children. Some children were studying and others playing in a room.
Three women tourists were working there as babysitters, one Ukrainian and two Israelis, and four Myanmar women as housekeepers.
During the raid, an American woman later idenified as Jennifer Keanne Irwin, 40, showed up and said she was the owner of the nursery. Asked to produce a permit to operate the nursery, she could not, according to police
The three babysitters also had no work permits. The Myanmar women were found to be illegal migrants. Their names were not disclosed.
Officers question one of the foreign women working illegally at the kindergarten on Koh Phanan in Surat Thani. (Photo: Surat Thani immigration police) All were taken to Koh Phangan police station for further questioning.
Authorities contacted the parents of the foreign children, to take them home.
Police initially charged Ms Jennifer with being a foreign national setting up or operating a nursery without permission and failing to notify the type of work and the location of a workplace to the local registrar.
The babysitters were charged with being foreign nationals working with no work permits.
Pol Col Naruewat Phutthawiro, chief of Surat Thani immigration police, said the government, the Royal Thai Police and Immigration Bureau were implementing a policy crackdown on foreign nationals working and living illegally in Thailand, to ensure the safety of tourists.
He asked people with information on foreign offenders to alert immigration officers via Hotline 1178 or phone 077 423440.
Police inspect the illegal kindergarten on Koh Phanan in Surat Thani on Wednesday, and detain the owner, a 40-year-old American woman, and seven other foreign staff. (Photo: Surat Thani immigration police) Read the full story at Bangkok Post – American woman caught running illegal nursery on Koh Phangan which was brought to us by Google Alerts.
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7 March 07 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4530 - Moroccan man confesses to murder of Austrian DJ Max Hartl on Koh Phangan Island
A Moroccan national has been arrested in connection with the murder of an Austrian DJ on Phangan island in Surat
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A Moroccan national has been arrested in connection with the murder of an Austrian DJ on Phangan island in Surat Thani province.
The suspect was identified as Anas Rakib, 37, who police said was a friend of the 42-year-old DJ, Max Hartl.
Hartl’s body was found on Thursday beside a small road at the foot of a hill. He had suffered extensive blunt force trauma to his head and face.
Police said witnesses pointed to Rakib as the perpetrator, saying he was the last person to be with the victim before he was found dead. The suspect was arrested on Friday and was questioned by senior provincial officers at Koh Phangan district police station.
Hartl’s sister Martina Shelley told police that he had worked as a DJ at a food shop on the island for seven years. She said that before he was murdered, the victim had been partying with eight or nine friends at his home at the foot of the hill. Shelley suspected that her brother might have been involved in an argument with some of his friends that led to his murder.
Photo credit @ The Nation Thailand Pol Colonel Sirichai Suksart, deputy chief of the Surat Thani police, said on Friday that the suspect admitted that the two had quarrelled after the party and confessed to the murder.
Sirichai headed the questioning with the participation of the superintendent of Koh Phangan district police station, Pol Colonel Panya Nirattimanont. Sirichai told the media that he was assigned by his supervisors to oversee the investigation.
He said initial investigations found that the victim and the suspect knew each other and had been drinking together at Hartl’s house before getting into a major argument.
Rakib was the only suspect in this case, according to the officer.
“The suspect claimed that he asked to leave but the house owner did not let him go, so they started quarrelling,” Sirichai said.
He added that Rakib told investigators he left the house but the victim followed him and they had a fight by the side of the road. The suspect claimed he used a steel object from the victim’s pickup truck to hit him repeatedly until he stopped moving. The suspect also suffered injuries to his head and neck.
“We are gathering evidence to charge the suspect Anas Rakib with murder,” the officer said.
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24 February 24 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4520 - British backpacker almost bleeds to death in near-fatal stabbing in a bar at the Full Moon Party
Backpacker Hugo Mooney, from Bristol, was stabbed in the neck during a row at a bar on the ‘Full Moon
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Backpacker Hugo Mooney, from Bristol, was stabbed in the neck during a row at a bar on the ‘Full Moon Party’ island of Koh Pha Ngan in Thailand before being saved by a nearby doctor
On the night of January 28, at the heart of a Full Moon Party in Thailand, a British tourist, Hugo Mooney, found himself in a life-threatening situation. The frightful incident unfolded at Bamboo Bar on the island of Koh Pha Ngan, where Mooney was enjoying his backpacking trip. An unwelcome altercation with an Israeli national, Eliran Alias, escalated into a violent confrontation, leading to Mooney being stabbed in the neck with a broken beer bottle.
He claims Israeli national Eliran Alias was harassing his female friend as she was walking to the toilet and when he tried to intervene, the Israeli tourist attacked him with a smashed beer bottle and plunged the sharp end into his neck | picture credit @ viralPress The stabbing incident in a bar at the Full Moon Party
Mooney had stepped into the fray when Alias was allegedly harassing a female friend. After Mooney intervened, asking Alias to leave his companion alone, the situation rapidly deteriorated. Alias, apparently incensed, attacked Mooney, inflicting a deep wound on his neck which bled profusely. Along with the critical neck injury, Mooney suffered additional wounds to his face, ear, and arm.
Amid this horrifying ordeal, a glimmer of hope emerged in the form of a Canadian doctor, vacationing at the same bar. The medical professional, whose identity remains undisclosed, rushed to Mooney’s aid, delivering crucial first aid on the spot. It was this immediate medical intervention that saved Mooney’s life. Following this, Mooney was transported to the First Western Hospital and later transferred to Koh Phangan Hospital, where he has since made significant progress in his recovery.
Mr Mooney also suffered injuries to his face and ear in the alleged beer bottle attack | picture credit @ viralPress Questions raised over police investigation
In the aftermath of the attack, Thai police apprehended Alias. However, he was later released on bail, an action that sparked suspicion and frustration in Mooney. He claimed that he was asked to ‘make a deal’ with Alias, who even offered €100,000 for Mooney to drop the case. However, the investigating officer, Police Lieutenant Patcharapol Wanghin, has vehemently denied any allegations of corruption, insisting that the investigation will proceed fairly and impartially.
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7 February 07 2024Full Moon Partyhttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4506