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Phuket boat disaster toll: 42 survivors, 46 found dead, 1 remains missing
The Phuket PR Office has revealed the latest death toll for passengers who drowned following the sinking of ‘Phoenix’ south-west of Phuket last Thursday evening.
Three bodies were recovered in the Monday and Tuesday recovery missions.
The current total for people travelling on the boat is 89 tourists plus 14 boat crew and tour guides for the fateful trip. The revised total of passengers on the ‘Phoenix’ was 103.
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The Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong spoke to reporters this morning at Chalong Pier saying, “there were a total of 89 tourists on the ‘Phoenix’, mostly Chinese. We have found 42 survivors and 45 bodies have been recovered. One body is still stuck inside the ‘Phoenix’ and unable to be recovered at this stage. So now just one still remains missing.”
The search area has been widened to include Phang Nga, Krabi, Phi Phi Island and Satun province.
An enormous haul of 280 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice”, was found hidden in a pickup truck that was spotted abandoned in an oil palm plantation in Satun’s Manang district.
Supoj Sirisaeng, an assistant chief of Tambon Nikhom Pattana, alerted police to check the vehicle after it was found in the plantation. The pickup was taken to be checked at the Manang police station.
At first glance, the truck appeared only to be carrying 24 pumpkins and two batches of dried chillies.
But soon a 1 kilogram bar of ice was found hidden inside the truck and more bars were attached to the inside of the the back of the vehicle, covered by specially installed black rubber sheeting.
A further amount was also discovered on the floor of the truck, hidden under the black metal tray.
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The DNA tests are in and it reveals that Yanui is a saltwater crocodile.
The Phuket Fisheries Office Chief Kowot Kaoeian says, “Yanui is a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)."
“The crocodile has been reacting well to treatment. No microchip was found on the crocodile. Scratches were found on its tail, legs and mouth. One tooth was missing.”
“A microchip has been inserted into the crocodile. The body condition score is 3 out of 5. Vitamins have been given to the crocodile. No infections were found.”
Phuket’s much-travelled crocodile was finally been caught on July 29 at Layan Beach following a swimming tourney (with a few stops on the way), from Yanui Beach, in the far south of the island, to Layan Beach off Laguna.
The ‘Yanui’ crocodile (named by local Phuket reporters after the original beach it was sighted) was caught at Layan Beach after more than ...
A major road in Chiang Mai province has been blocked by fallen trees and power poles following strong winds and heavy rains today.
Trees and power poles on the Chiang Mai-Fang road in Mae Taeng district were brought down at about 10am, officials said. Phairin Limcharoen, chief of the province’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, coordinated with the Provincial Electricity Authority’s Chiang Mai office to send officials to remove the obstructions as a matter of urgency.
Then, at about 11.30 am, downtown Chiang Mai was hit with heavy rain, leading to flooding as rainwater flowed down Doi Suthep mountain too fast to be drained.
Meanwhile, officials on Tuesday visited 27 houses in four villages of Tambon Mae Thalob, in Chai Prakan district, that had recently s...
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