Muhammad Muhi, about 20 years old, was arrested on October 20 and is being held captive in a youth detention centre in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
Muhi initially denied all accusations, but finally confessed to joining the bombing plot and setting a bomb at a market near Patong beach on Phuket island.
Upon receiving the information, Deputy Chief of Thai Royal Police Sriwara Rangsipramanakul has led a working group to the southern region to conduct further investigation.
Muhi is scheduled to be taken back to Phuket for the crime re-enactment.
After the bomb attacks on August 11-12 which claimed four lives and injured dozens, Thai police issued a wanted list of 11 suspects and captured three so far.
Thailand: Phuket bomb attack suspect admits crime
A suspect of bomb attacks in Phuket resort admitted his involvement in the attacks that shook the southern Thailand in early August, according to Thai police on November 2.
VNA