Thalang –
An illegal Russian tour guide was arrested in Mai Khao on Friday (March 22nd).
The Phuket Tourist Police told the Phuket Express that at 8:00 A.M. on the day in question they arrested a suspect identified only as MR. IAKHIA, 28, Russian national. He was arrested at a pier near the local beach called Pak Phra Beach in the Mai Khao sub-district, Thalang.
He was taken to the Tha Chatchai Police Station to face charges of being an illegal tour guide as well as being a foreigner doing a protected job (tour guide). The Phuket Express notes that tour guides are a protected occupation in Thailand and that work permits and visas are unavailable to foreigners for this job.
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