Australian Woman Arrested at Phuket Airport for Illegal Stay

Phuket –

A female Australian was arrested at the Phuket International Airport for illegally staying in Thailand.

The Phuket Immigration told the Phuket Express that earlier this week they arrested a 49-year-old female Australian at the international arrival terminal in the airport in Thalang district. She is being accused of being a foreigner staying in the Kingdom without legal permission or having her permission ended.

She was taken back to the Chalong Police Station in the Mueang Phuket district. The Phuket Express noted that the female Australian did not release any statement as of press time. Phuket Immigration also did not release any other details of how she had left Thailand before she re-entered again.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for five years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.