Police officers search the luggage of an Israeli suspect at his restaurant on Koh Phangan, where they found a variety of illicit drugs on Friday. (Photo: supplied/Assawin Pakkawan)SURAT THANI - A major Israeli drug dealer, who operated out of the restaurant he owned on Koh Phangan, was arrested on Friday with narcotics worth over 50 million baht seized, authorities said. Mr Alfasi was the owner of the Lola bar and restaurant in the Hat Hin Kong area of the southern tourist island, Pol Lt Gen Saksira said. Their estimated value was over 50 million baht, Pol Lt Gen Saksira said. A crackdown on the island since Monday had netted six drug suspects, he said, with Mr Alfasi considered the biggest figure arrested there so far.

Source: Bangkok Post February 14, 2026 10:51 UTC