Thais, foreigners arrested for drinking at Patong Beach

[canerandagio]

40 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

According to another post they had a tuk tuk playing load music

Thai music or foreign ?

[Blaxland]

Looking forward to seeing the recreation of this horrific crime on the TV News showing Thai Style the perpetrators in action in front of the arresting officers.Would look good on the officers resume being party to such a big bust.

[Rhacsyn]

50 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

According to another post they had a tuk tuk playing load music

 

Yes, loud music, right on the beach front in Patong and not far from the police post. Hmmmmm.......

[Rampant Rabbit]

1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Been here 2 months already and it's very relaxing...just follow a few simple and widely posted PANDEMIC control restrictions like large social gatherings in public and consuming alcohol in groups. Is that SO hard? (All you alcoholics...just drink at home.) 

 

 

NOTE: and exercising.

[Solinvictus]

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Plague Island is starting to become a totalitarian state within the state.

They need to relax a bit before holidaymakers are returning.

Exactly. The petty polices mixed with cultural issues I think are starting to be a real downer & deterrent for folks wanting to have a good time here.

 

But hey, it's not like that will change things..

[pagallim]

1 hour ago, petedk said:

They forgot to mention if the soda water was Thai or foreign!

 

Definitely Thai.   Also, maybe they don't know that the nasty foreign beer, Heineken, is actually brewed in Thailand.

 

[ChrisKC]

It is my opinion that there is no need to differentiate between Thais and foreigners, either in the title or in  the main text. 

The same infringement has occurred in the same place at the same time and has the same legal significance irrespective of the perpetrators nationality. 

 

In addition, it unnecessarily invites more discussion on issues of race than the central one of defying covid restrictions. 

[pagallim]

Wait!   Meanwhile back in Rawai yesterday (Sunday/16th), another major bust takes place.....   Probably take a few days for the Phuket News to catch up.

[Crok]

I am impressed they had soda water. We’re they having cock tails?

[kynikoi]

2 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Just a simple fine wasn’t an option.

 

Can't just tell them to go home as there's money to be made.

 

Can't blame them there. Cops in US love to write tickets and provide the cities and counties with revenue stream.

 

All seems such folly. Begs the question to the government where are the vaccines?

[easydoor]

I really don't understand people anymore. There is a rule, just follow this rule. Is this so difficult? Are this guys so dependent on drinking alcohol? In case I want to drink a beer, I drink it at home, same taste. I just can call them STUPID and I hope this people receive a high bill and for me, they can deport them, back to where they were coming from. We don't need people like this, they are just good to give us a bad reputation.

[jimrod]

2 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Just a simple fine wasn’t an option.

 

Or a massive slap!

[AlfHuy]

3 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Welcome to Phuket on the 1st of July with only permitted to drink with 2 people together.. and all kind of other rules it will be an overwhelming succes

Welcome to Phuket.

Enjoy your "long distance" drink but only with 1 friend.

Book your spot at the bar well in advance.

Staying over 30min will request 1 month in prison or 158,000Baht in cash.

 

Sanuk

[fredwiggy]

Went to a Thai hospital with a friend here to get her mom's medication, and there were over 60 locals sitting, masked yes, but right next to each other waiting for a doctor visit. No two chairs apart like the banks have but right next to each other. Granted , a lot of Isaan people do not have televisions but some do and the news should have been passed around about the risks. I drive daily around my village and through cities and see no changes in eating habits, with up to ten or more family and friends sitting around sharing sticky rice and water glasses just like always. It always seems to be when these arrests are made, that there are foreigners involved. Do they bust a lot of private get togethers with only locals? They dodged a bullet last year with the amount of (reported) deaths and cases, where there most likely was thousands of more cases not reported and many more deaths attributed to covid which were passed off as typical pneumonia and sent to the temple for burning. I saw this coming again when Songkran wasn't again canceled, and now they are finding out firsthand how lucky they were last year and how stupid the decision was to open up.

[Clarkey611]

21 minutes ago, pagallim said:

 

Definitely Thai.   Also, maybe they don't know that the nasty foreign beer, Heineken, is actually brewed in Thailand.

 

The world's gone mad! Somebody did not finish the Chang.

[SymS]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

two items of foreign brands of beer

Clear rookie mistake spotted here! That was the real crime.

Edited May 17, 2021 by SymS

[RobMuir]

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Cannot just fine them, foreigners involved, got to make a MASSIVE show, just to let foreigners know such things will not be tolerated.

Do you think the Thais victimise us Colin? 

 

It didn't make the Thai news. Only reported in the local English speaking Farang owned local rag and on this forum which both appeal to farangs and are making a fuss over it.

 

With the English fellas getting drunk with ladyboys, and perhaps not realising we can look at it as "Englishmen saved by Phuket police from a night of buggery and embarassment. Shame and Pain"

 

 

[kaneko86]

1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Been here 2 months already and it's very relaxing...just follow a few simple and widely posted PANDEMIC control restrictions like large social gatherings in public and consuming alcohol in groups. Is that SO hard? (All you alcoholics...just drink at home.) 

 

 

Well we saw what happens to those drinking at home in Phuket last week

[grego49]

2 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Plague Island is starting to become a totalitarian state within the state.

They need to relax a bit before holidaymakers are returning.

Sorry to say what holidaymakers,,,,,,

[RobMuir]

These are the quality tourists. Farangs all dressed up breaking rules getting drunk with ladyboys in public.

 

But people on this forum constantly complain about the Indians, Russians and Chinese.????????

 

 

 

[dallen52]

No alcohol no story.

 

Seems to be a common denominator in LOS.

 

Can't do anything without drink being involved.

[D M G]

Will they need to re-enact to admit guilt?

[Pattaya Spotter]

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

NOTE: and exercising.

Yep...that allows me to scuba dive from shore at Kata Beach ⛱

[Pattaya Spotter]

27 minutes ago, kaneko86 said:

Well we saw what happens to those drinking at home in Phuket last week

Outdoor activities and exercise are expressly permitted...just not with more than 5 or 6 people and without alcohol consumption. 

[sambum]

2 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

More Thais were arrested than foreigners...so maybe it's to let them know this won't be tolerated? 

But if there had been no foreigners involved it probably wouldn't have hit the pages of ThaiVisa!

[wensiensheng]

1 hour ago, ChrisKC said:

It is my opinion that there is no need to differentiate between Thais and foreigners, either in the title or in  the main text. 

The same infringement has occurred in the same place at the same time and has the same legal significance irrespective of the perpetrators nationality. 

 

In addition, it unnecessarily invites more discussion on issues of race than the central one of defying covid restrictions. 

Probably no reason to differentiate between foreign and local alcohol either. Same as the nationality of the people, what difference does it make?

[sjbrownderby]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

"two items of foreign brands of beer,"

Not only were they foreigners, but they were also drinking foreign beer. Well, perhaps if Thailand brewed some decent beer.........................

[Bkk Brian]

45 minutes ago, RobMuir said:

Do you think the Thais victimise us Colin? 

 

It didn't make the Thai news. Only reported in the local English speaking Farang owned local rag and on this forum which both appeal to farangs and are making a fuss over it.

 

With the English fellas getting drunk with ladyboys, and perhaps not realising we can look at it as "Englishmen saved by Phuket police from a night of buggery and embarassment. Shame and Pain"

 

 

Can you point out to us all where it states that they were English? 

[ChipButty]

1 hour ago, pagallim said:

Wait!   Meanwhile back in Rawai yesterday (Sunday/16th), another major bust takes place.....   Probably take a few days for the Phuket News to catch up.

Was that Roxxane bar? 

[shackleton]

Well if people want to abuse the rules ie drinking alcohol 

Outside

How long has this rule been out for and people still don't get the message i have no sympathy for them 

So they and others and there will be  more incidents of alcohol use

will suffer the consequences ????