Phuket's Coup d'Taxi continues; cartels smashed

[News Bandit]

Police Thursday morning continued their campaign to smash Phuket's notorious taxi and tuk-tuk cartels by destroying illegal taxi stands in Cherng Talay, Kata-Karon and Kamala.

 

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[fostraswift]

great news..

its the only reason i dont go to Phuket..

taxis cunts..

[manarak]

it's a good thing what they are doing, the police. "attacking them at the grassroots level, i.e. on the streets" is what they should do against every single one of such annonyances in Thailand.

[losworld]

chalk it up to the military govt?

[plahgat]

I wish that they could smash the annoying Farang Time Share Bandits as well now  when they are at it!

 

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[timbota]

I am happy this is happening, but I am really curious as to why it is happening.  The police surely must have been aware of this or even directly or indirectly been involved all these years.

[altec123]

The difference is the military is now controlling the BIB.

[timbota]

The difference is the military is now controlling the BIB.

Must be, but I do not recall these types of crackdowns during the previous coup.