A 28 year old Irish man was found dead in a body of water in Phuket yesterday, August 6, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. Cherng Talay Police Station received a report at approximately 11am that the body of a foreign man had been found in the water in Cherng Talay subdistrict, Thalang district. Rescue workers recovered the man’s body from the water before a preliminary examination was carried out. The deceased was identified as a 28 year old Irish national named Scott. In another case, a British man found dead in a drainage canal near Bang Tao Beach in Phuket was seen on CCTV appearing restless outside a hotel shortly before his body was discovered.