Phuket police chief confirms search for Deep South arrivals illegally entering Phuket Phuket police chief confirms search for Deep South arrivals illegally entering Phuket PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo has issued a statement to counter reports of ‘influential people’ from the three southern border provinces arriving in Phuket by road during the middle of the night ‒ contravening the current COVID-19 restrictions on entering the province. Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo. Photo: PR Phuket Under current COVID-19 restrictions, only goods delivery drivers, medical personnel and persons granted special permission are allowed to enter Phuket through the checkpoint at Tha Chatchai, the only road onto the island, between 11pm and 5am.