French tourist nabbed after dropping drug at Phuket Airport
A FRENCH national holidaying in Phuket was arrested after dropping 10 small bags cocaine at the southern island’s airport with more drugs found at his hotel room, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 6). Pol. Lt. Col. Chamnan Inthanon, head of investigation at Sakhu police station, was alerted by Phuket Airport’s security personnel that 10 […]
Read MoreFrench tourist nabbed after dropping drug at Phuket Airport
A FRENCH national holidaying in Phuket was arrested after dropping 10 small bags cocaine at the southern island’s airport with more drugs found at his hotel room, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 6). Pol. Lt. Col. Chamnan Inthanon, head of investigation at Sakhu police station, was alerted by Phuket Airport’s security personnel that 10 […]
Read MoreFrench tourist dies in Phuket as drunk driver hits 9 vehicles
THERE was chaos in Phuket at around noon today (Jan. 10) when an intoxicated man driving a luxury sedan slammed into nine vehicles as well as two tourists walking by a roadside leading to one of them, a Frenchman, later dying at the hospital, Amarin TV said this evening. Upon being alerted of the […]
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 MoreFrench woman arrested on attempted kidnap, robbery charges
A FRENCH woman was arrested at a hotel in Silom area on the charges of heading a gang that had hatched a plan to kidnap the daughter of a high-society family for 200 million baht ransom, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 19). At 10 p.m. last night Metropolitan Police arrested Ms.Sandra Christina Marie Diersten, […]
Read More39 foreign tourists escape bus blaze
THIRTY-NINE French tourists travelling in a tour bus to a restaurant in Kanchanaburi for lunch today (Dec. 1) narrowly escaped after the large vehicle’s rear engine caught fire with the driver unaware of the looming disaster and only stopped upon being alerted by a passing motorist, Naewna newspaper said. A 11.30 a.m. just as […]
Read MoreFrench mayor under fire for fighting Mont Blanc hikers
By AFP and published by CNA Lyon – A mayor in the French Alps famous for fighting mass tourism on the Mont Blanc has come under fire for filing a legal complaint against two people camping on the mountain’s peak. Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, has for years sounded the alarm against overcrowding on […]
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 MoreFrench tourist cleared of monkeypox in one test
TRAT provincial authorities revealed this evening (August 7) that the French tourist suspected of having caught monkeypox has been cleared of the disease in one test with confirmation of the second test expected tomorrow, Naewna newspaper Mr. Surachai Jeamkul, deputy public health doctor at this province, said blood tests were conducted by the Public […]
Read MoreFrench tourist likely infected with monkeypox
A FRENCHMAN who developed blisters on his hands while holidaying in Trat province has likely been infected with monkeypox and if so he would become the country’s fifth case of this infectious viral disease, TV Channel 7 said today (August 6). The unnamed 32-year-old tourist rode a motorcycle to a private hospital in this […]
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