Phuket police chief spotlights pre-Loy Krathong crime blitz

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Phuket police chief spotlights pre-Loy Krathong crime blitz

By Chutharat Plerin

 

Phuket Provincial Police Chief Maj Gen Rungrote Thakurapunyasiri at the press conference today (Nov 11). Photo: Chutharat Plerin
 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Police Chief Maj Gen Rungrote Thakurapunyasiri today announced that police had prosecuted 368 cases in an anti-crime blitz in the 10 days leading up to the Loy Krathong Festival, which is celebrated across the country today (Nov 11).
 

Speaking at a press conference held at Phuket Provincial Hall, Gen Rungrote told the press that he had Phuket Provincial Police had ordered officers to “continuously search for and arrest criminals”.

 

The news today follows more than 480 police, military officers and volunteers assembling at Phuket City Police Station last Tuesday (Nov 5) to receive the order from Region 8 Police Deputy Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen to ramp up their efforts ahead of the upcoming Loy Krathong Festival.

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-police-chief-spotlights-pre-loy-krathong-crime-blitz-73585.php#i1urOreQ5ox4dThK.97

 

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[ChipButty]

Was it a success or not?

[Redline]

Too bad they can’t do it all year