Boozed-up Australian tourist grounded by Phuket Airport cops (video)
Dramatic footage has surfaced of a boozed-up Australian tourist being wrestled to the floor by armed police at Phuket International Airport in Thailand.
The sauced-up traveller was waiting for his flight home on September 22 when chaos erupted after a waitress refused to serve him more alcohol at an airport bar. Clad in shorts and a T-shirt, the Aussie drunk stumbled out and began harassing fellow passengers, sparking a commotion.
A horde of police officers and airport staff swiftly surrounded the rowdy Aussie in an attempt to subdue him but his drunken belligerence only escalated. The shocking video shows officers tackling him to the ground, with one cop repeatedly using a baton to keep him down.
An Australian bystander who filmed the incident described the rowdy man as “very drunk.”
The serving airport waitress was disgusted by the Aussie’s unruly behaviour.
“I was really disappointed to see any Aussie, or anyone for that matter, behave this way. He was cut off at the bar and then tried to pick a fight with anyone who even glanced his way.”
The witness further explained how the unruly tourist was eventually restrained and held in a bathroom corridor, where he continued to harass passers-by.
“When he was on the bench in handcuffs, he would start on anyone who made eye contact. I called him a flop and an embarrassment. He didn’t take it well.”
Phuket Airport officials confirmed that the inebriated tourist was detained in an airport cell to sober up, causing him to miss his flight and rebook another, reported the Daily Mail. A spokesperson for Phuket International Airport gave an update on the incident.
“The holidaymaker in the video was very drunk and aggressive. Police apprehended him at Gate 11, detained him until he sobered up, and then resolved the situation.”
A sobering end to what should have been a smooth voyage home for the hapless Aussie.
