Phuket
Soi Paradise staff tested for drugs in police sweep

PHUKET: An 88-strong brigade of Phuket police, military officers and local officials took to the streets of Patong’s gay quarter last night to conduct random drugs tests on Soi Paradise bar staffers.
“We arrived at Soi Paradise at about 9pm and were finished by about 10pm,” Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Khunnadet Nanongkhai told the Phuket Gazette this morning.
“During the course of an hour, we screened 130 staffers for drug use. Three of them tested positive.”
The three suspects were ordered to undergo compulsory drug rehabilitation in lieu of facing charges, confirmed Lt Col Khunnadet.
— Chutharat Plerin
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