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2 Samui party-goers nabbed during raid test positive for Covid

Police raid the basement of a villa on Koh Samui in Surat Thani, where they arrested 24 people, 13 of them Thai, for violating Covid-19 restrictions. (Photo: Bophut police)

SURAT THANI: Two people arrested during a Friday raid on a party at a resort on Koh Samui have tested positive for Covid-19, leading to the officers who took part in the operation being quarantined.

The provincial public health office on Sunday said two of 83 new cases were connected with the party on the resort island: an Australian national, the owner of Lamborghini Villa where the party was held, and a Thai visitor, it said.

The two were among 24 party-goers — 13 Thais and 11 foreigners —  caught during the raid at the bungalow in front of Samui airport on Friday night.

Acting Koh Samui public health chief Apidet Promkhum said…

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