Popular Phuket night market caught selling alcohol – again

The Phuket News

 

Vendors at Chillva Market in Samkong have been caught out selling alcohol again, despite being caught illegally selling and promoting alcohol on multiples counts – including trading on expired licences – at New Year. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: After a week of warnings issued to vendors across Phuket for illegally promoting and selling alcohol at New Year, Phuket Provincial Health Office have postponed taking any action against vendors at a popular market near Samkong School until next week.

 

Dr Prapa Nakara, who as Director of the PPHO’s Non-communicable Diseases division directly heads the enforcement of alcohol-related regulations on the island, told The Phuket News earlier this week that her office was unaware that vendors at the popular Chillva Market in Samkong were still promoting and selling alcohol, despite a raid at the market on Dec 26.

 

During the raid, health officials explained that no vendors at Chillva Market were permitted to sell alcohol at all, nevermind promote it, as the market was within 300 metres of a school.

 

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I ccould, but won't,  show them many more places, not only in Phuket, but also anywhere else that sell alcohol within 300m of a school. unfortunately they only pick on high profile places which is unfair. But....power and money pack a punch, as walking past Assumption in Ploenchit recently, I could not help but noticing a hotel's beer garden probably less than 20m from the school, while opposite the school in Lang Suan not more than about 20m away, there is the beer bridge and a few other alcohol selling places and shops. The key should be to force the vendors NOT to sell alcohol to minors at the risk of forever losing the right to sell alcohol and a HUGE fine and prison time. Knowing there would be an occasional undercover purchasing attempt would scare the socks of them.

Just goes to confirm the locals total contempt for obeying the law!

This should be mandatory: Everybody shows her/his ID, and the vendor sells only to those over 20. Problem solved.

This particular school is just across the street from the market. A bit blatant but handy for the staff after a hard day with the kiddies.