Intoxicated tourist detained after Pattaya restaurant altercation

An intoxicated tourist was apprehended in Pattaya following an alleged assault on a restaurant owner’s husband. The incident unfolded at a restaurant in Soi Pratumnak 4.

At 3.06am, today, November 18, 45 year old Grongkan Ketwetchasuriya, the owner of the establishment, approached Deputy Chief of Investigation, Sakyachai Chaidet, at the Pattaya City Police Station, seeking assistance in handling the unruly foreigner.

Police officers promptly arrived at the scene, encountering the tourist, who was visibly intoxicated and incoherent. The man, whose identity and nationality remain a mystery, was injured with a head wound.

Described as a white male between 30 and 35 years old, he spoke English fluently but had no identification on him. He was subsequently taken to the Pattaya City Police Station, where rescue workers administered first aid.

Grongkan recounted that the tourist attempted to use the restaurant’s services after closing hours. Upon informing him of the closure, the tourist expressed dissatisfaction. Being alone, she called her foreign husband for assistance.

Despite efforts from a neighbouring cannabis shop owner to persuade the tourist to leave, he resisted. The confrontation escalated when the intoxicated man allegedly struck Grongkan’s husband with a bottle. In defence, her husband retaliated with a stick, resulting in injuries to the tourist.

For Grongkan, the situation seemed to be continuously escalating, hence she felt it was necessary to contact the police.

Grongkan supplied police with CCTV footage and video evidence that seemingly illustrated the tourist as the aggressor in the altercation. The foreigner, detained in a holding cell at the Pattaya City Police Station, will remain there until he regains sobriety.

Police plan to question him to ensure a fair investigation for everyone involved, reported Pattaya News.

In other news, a Belgian man faces deportation after dancing naked and defecating during his detention at a police station in Nonthaburi near Bangkok in the early hours of this morning.