Illegal Foreign Owned Hostel Crackdown in Koh Phangan Arrests Ukranian Woman
The Ukrainian woman ran the Vagabond hostel illegally from a house. The house consisted of 12 bedrooms and 150 beds. Each bed was charged with 250 baht a day. The woman was charged with operating the hostel without the authorized permits and also for violating the “Building Control Act”.
The arrest follows Koh Phangan authority crackdown of illegally run hostels by foreign owners. Earlier in the week, authorities also arrested a Lebanese man who ran the “Wanderlust hostel” illegally.
The man was arrested with drug charges and will be deported out of Thailand. There are also a reported five other hostels ordered to be shut down.
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