Thai police arrest 89 foreigners for Covid breach at Koh Phangan party

Citizens from US, Britain, Switzerland and Denmark face charges for attending event police say was illegal under emergency laws

Police have raided a party at a bar on a popular resort island in southern Thailand and arrested 89 foreigners for violating coronavirus regulations.

The Tuesday night raid on the Three Sixty Bar on Koh Phangan also netted 22 Thais, including one identified as the bar's owner and another who sold drinks there, said police Col Suparerk Pankosol, superintendent of the provincial immigration office.