Drunk Australian perp caught pocketing prawns in Phuket

PHUKET: A drunk Australian tourist was arrested for stealing two tiger prawns from a seafood restaurant in Patong yesterday.

“The man walked through our restaurant and took two prawns. Our staff asked him to put them back, but he refused, and then disappeared onto Soi Bangla,” 36-year-old Tropica restaurant manager, Aruni Mahasena, told the Patong Police.

After receiving the report, Patong Police were able to quickly apprehend the Australian tourist, named by officers as Jacob Saveisberg, 27, who was wandering the party street with the two tiger prawns stuffed into his pocket.

“He was taken to the Patong Police Station, where he confessed that he stole the prawns because he was very drunk,” Lt Thongpael Khurhom of the Patong Police said.

“As Ms Aruni did not file a complaint against Mr Saveisberg, he was not charged for the theft. Instead he was fined 500 baht for drunkenness and causing damage to property.

Police returned the prawn to Ms Aruni.

— Thawit Bilabdullar