Belarusian man rescued after getting lost in Phuket forest

Belarusian man rescued after getting lost in Phuket forest

Tourist officers line can be reached via mobile telephone with GPS location information.

Belarusian man rescued after getting lost in Phuket forest
Dzmitry Neudakh, 23, of Belarus, was found more than six days after being lost in a wooded hill at Nai Thon beach in Phuket’s Thalang area. ( Photo: police )

A fresh Belarusian man was found abandoned on a wooded hill near Nai Thon shore in Thalang district on Tuesday after becoming lost immediately.

The man called the tourist policeman helpline at 11.18 p.m. on Monday, complaining that he could not return to the area where he had started his move.

A deputy holiday police inspector named Pol Lt Bunyiam Melapho and two other soldiers spoke with the person and confirmed his site using the GPS on his cellphone. Rubber boat rescuers were therefore dispatched. The guy was located and returned to his residence on Tuesday at around 5:30 am. According to officials, he had no injury.

Dzmitry Neudakh, 23, reported to the authorities that he was on a tourist visa to enter the country on February 18. On March 3, he traveled to Phuket and was staying at a motel in Thalang.

He was using the chart on his cellphone to walk along Nai Ton beach to a local wooded mountain on Monday night. He claimed that the mileage did not appear to be significant. However, after walking for a while, he became lost in the forest and was unable to find a way up. He claimed that the ocean waves were likewise rising.

He thanked the officers and everyone else involved in the search for him.

As the waves rise early on Tuesday night, a recovery boat approaches and spots Dzmitry Neudakh on the rocks. ( Photo: police )