Phuket Provincial Police Commander confirms 33 arrests in New Year crackdown

Phuket Provincial Police Commander confirms 33 arrests in New Year crackdown

The Phuket News

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen. Photo: The Phuket News / file

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen has today confirmed media reports (see story here) that in a crime crackdown ahead of the New Year festivities, police have arrested 33 criminal suspects in 20 raids conducted across the island since last Friday (Dec 22).

Maj Gen Teeraphol revealed details of the arrests at a press conference held yesterday (Dec 25) to announce the arrest of a man alleged to be responsible for the shooting death of a 17-year-old girl in Phuket while she was riding on a motorcycle with her boyfriend who suffered serious injuries. 

The 17-year-old Panilada Kongkapan died and her boyfriend, also 17, remained injured after an unknown assailant shot them while they were riding their motorbike in Thalang, central Phuket, late last Friday night (Dec 22).

Full story:  https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-provincial-police-commander-confirms-33-arrests-in-new-year-crackdown-65285.php

 

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