Two foreigners arrested in Phuket

published : 9 Nov 2026 at 07:56

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters

A Nigerian suspect was arrested. (Police photo)

Police arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian man for allegedly possessing cocaine for sale and a Russian man for working as an unlicensed tour guide in separate operations in Phuket.

Police said on Saturday that they arrested the Nigerian man on Thursday and seized 7.3g of cocaine, 257 plastic bags, two digital scales, two mobile phones and a car.

He was charged with possession of cocaine for sale. Police took him, along with the seized items, to Cherng Talay police station for legal proceedings.

In the second case, tourist police arrested a Russian man after finding him guiding 10 foreign tourists at Promthep Cape and the Big Buddha on Nak Kerd Hill without a licence. Police will seek to revoke his visa and deport him.

Vocabulary

deport: to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there - เนรเทศออกจากประเทศ, ส่งตัวกลับประเทศ
licence: an official document that gives someone permission to do or use something - ใบอนุญาต
possession: having or owning something - การครอบครอง
proceedings: the actions taken, usually in court, to settle a legal matter - การดำเนินการ
revoke: to officially say that something is no longer legal - เพิกถอน
scale (noun): an instrument for weighing people or things - ตราชั่ง, เครื่องชั่ง
seize (verb): to take something using force - ยึด, จับกุม