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Breaking News: Army leads blitz on illegal Phuket taxi, tuk-tuk drivers

Legacy Phuket GazetteWednesday, June 4, 2014Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014

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PHUKET: A huge force of 1,150 police, volunteers and army personnel arrived in Phuket today and so far have arrested 73 illegal drivers of taxis, tuk-tuks and other commercial vehicles that prey on vacationing foreigners holidaying on the island.

The arrests were carried out along the west coast of Phuket, in the Thalang, Kata-Karon, Cherng Talay, Kamala police precincts.

No arrests had yet been made in Patong.

— Saran Mitrarat

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