Baby found abandoned in Phuket pickup

PHUKET: Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy found abandoned in the bed of a pickup truck in front of a luxury Phuket resort last night.

The baby is healthy and is being cared for at Vachira Phuket Hospital, said Wichit Police Deputy Superintendent Jakkawat Boontaweekulsawat.

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Hotel staffer Anchalee Singsoon, 39, discovered the infant in the back of her pickup truck after she arrived for work at the Dream Sea Pool Villa resort at about 10:30pm.

“I parked in front of the resort, and I hadn’t gotten very far when I heard a lot of dogs barking at my truck,” she said.

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“I went back to see what was up and I was shocked to see a baby in the bed of my pickup.”

The baby, wrapped in a towel and placed inside a black garbage bag, weighed about 3.2kg and still had his umbilical cord attached, said Lt Col Jakkawat.

“We are checking CCTV cameras in the area,” he said.

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