Turkish drugging and robbery case prompts Pattaya Beach clean-up by Police

PATTAYA:--Early on Wednesday Morning and prompted by the recent drugging and robbery of two Turkish nationals in their Hotel rooms in North Pattaya, Police Colonel Suwan, the Pattaya Police Chief sent his officers to Pattaya Beach to round-up as many suspected prostitutes as possible.

Known as the “Coconut Ghosts”, as they often hide in the shadows waiting to be picked-up by foreign customers, more than 50 woman and transsexuals were detained and taken to Pattaya Police Station to be profiled and then fined
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-- Pattaya One 2013-02-27

What? another clean up ,so soon after the hundreds of other "clean ups"

500b each, and the beach is so much safer and family friendly when theres only mafia drug dealers and pimps on it

Another 'Clean up' of Pattaya Beach ...Hmmm , I think that is 27 times since 2009 .. Keep at it Boys

Excuse me while I laff out loud

As long as the police are cleaning the beach, how about getting some of the plastic bags, and some of the dog shit, off the beach also!

I think the 100 baht fine will really scare the thieves off the beach.

They seldom put on such a big show when other nationalities get drugged and robbed.

Hope the Turks were impressed enough to plan a return trip.

I was showing my sister Beach Road, back in November. It was her first time in Thailand.

"All those ladies are waiting for a bus" I joked, she believed me, when told they were all working girls she was amazed by how many there were, and vowed not to let her husband here alone. My how we laughed.

Known as the “Coconut Ghosts”, as they often hide in the shadows waiting to be picked-up by foreign customers

Really? I always thought it was because of the huge nuts.

Get rid of the scammers and transvestites but leave the poor working girls alone, please.

That's what Pattaya is all about.

Standard police response for when a tourist is attacked.....

Step 1. Tourist scammed, or drugged, or robbed by coconut girls/ladyboys

Step 2. If this event actually hits the news, police schedule a big clean up

Step 3. Round up whoever you can catch along the beach, and pick up a few thousand baht in fines to help pay for the mia noi.

Step 4. Take some photos of the girls/ladybodys at the police station

trying to cover their faces, and then announce things are cleaned up.

Step 5. Go back to collecting traffic fines, wait for the bad

publicity to die down, and hope all is forgotten before the next

tourist is attacked.

Get rid of the scammers and transvestites but leave the poor working girls alone, please.

That's what Pattaya is all about.

Maybe my imagination, but it sure seems a lot of crime stories start with a lady boy on beach road.......