Two male foreign bodies found floating near Racha Island, Phuket

Phuket –

Two bodies of male foreigners were found floating in the sea near the Racha Island, South of Phuket.

The Royal Thai Navy told the Phuket Express that at 12:35 P.M. today (December 29th) they were notified from a tour boat captain that two bodies were found floating near the Rang Gai Beach, East of the Racha Noi Island off the Chalong area.

At 4:50 P.M. the Royal Thai Navy and rescue divers arrived at the scene to find two bodies tied with ropes connected together with a floating life jacket and a buoy.

The Royal Thai Navy told the Phuket Express that local fishermen nearby said they tied those bodies together when they first saw them as they were afraid that those bodies would float away further and separate.

The two bodies were male foreigners which were taken back to the land at 5:15 P.M. for further identification and investigation.

As of press time the incident was under investigation.

The original version of this article appeared on our sister website, The Phuket Express, owned by our parent company TPN media.

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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 more than four 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.