BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Thai police today said that a man had been taken into custody for the death of a Swiss tourist on the island of Phuket earlier this week.

“In Phuket, we have good news. It's finished,” police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk told reporters.

He said a suspect had been detained, but did not give further details when responding to questions from reporters.

The body of a 57-year-old Swiss tourist was found on Thursday near a waterfall on the resort island, with signs she had died of unnatural causes, officials said yesterday.

The woman arrived on the island on July 13 under the “Phuket Sandbox” scheme, a pilot project to allow in vaccinated foreign tourists to help revive a sector decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The suspect is a 27-year-old native of Phuket, two police sources told Reuters.

A news conference with more details of the investigation is scheduled for tomorrow. — Reuters