hey,

i was kind of surprised not to see anything on here. does anyone have any info on the machete armed thugs that were robbing people on koh phan ngan.

a friend said his neighbor got hit up for 8k THB, near mae haad/utopia.

apparently the thieves were apprehended by local police in haad yao a couple of days back with a number of credit cards and significant amount of cash after 3 or 4 days of theft .

the thieves were apparently not locals but from the mainland and were apparently quite twisted on yaabaa.

interesting times.

^indeed frightening stuff.

Lucky I'm on holiday

take it they made bail then

Lot of "apparently"s in the origional post. How do you know this is true and not a wild rumour that sounds better the more you tell it and the more Changs you have?

Lot of "apparently"s in the origional post. How do you know this is true and not a wild rumour that sounds better the more you tell it and the more Changs you have?

well, primarily because even at machete point I doubt I could choke back a chang.

Second, because my friend lives next door to a woman who was robbed, and knows another who was also accosted.

I am not so certain of the details of the arrest, but have heard tell of the story from a thai friend as well and the accounts do match.

Value the information as you wish.

Scary stuff! And it is not an impossible thing to happen anywhere in the world especially Thailand.

I would pay up straight away!

Hard to believe on an island as small as Koh Phangan. Although if they were on drugs just maybe. Any link anyone?

How do you know they were "twisted on yaabaa? Or is it another "apparently"?