Dutchman goes berserk, hitting police, Thais

[Thaivisa News]

Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A 25-year-old Dutchman went berserk in Pattaya late Friday night, allegedly damaging properties of a restaurant and a hotel and hurting a policeman and several Thais.

The injured policeman had to call for a reinforcement of 20 police officers who overpowered Dennis Tagga shortly after 0:30 am Saturday. He was taken to the Pattaya police station to calm down.

Pol Senior Sgt Maj Sarayut Saengphet, a traffic policeman of the Pattaya station, called for a backup at 0:30 am after he could not control the situation.

Sarayut was directing the traffic on Pattaya 2nd Road in front of Soi 8 when he spotted Tagga, who appeared drunk, crying foul and trying to hurt others.

Tagga, who was wearing only sports shorts, would not allow anyone to come near him and ran after anyone who came closer.

Before Sarayut called for a backup, he saw Tagga throwing tables and chairs of the Aroi Dee restaurant. Sarayut tried to arrest the Dutch tourist but he resisted and hit him once the mouth.

After Tagga trying to snatch his pistol, Sarayut decided to call for help.

Yaowathida Jantho, a waitress of the restaurant, said Tagga, who appeared drunk, came into the shop and sat silently. She said the man refused to make any order and he went berserk five minutes later.

Later, Sanong Boonpanya, 60, the manager of The Green Hotel, told police that that Tagga stayed at his hotel.

Sanong said Tagga earlier became angry and damaged several things in his hotel room before jumping from the third floor. He was not hurt because he landed on sandy and soft ground. The hotel tried to calm him down but he left before he went berserk at the restaurant.

[Pomthai]

The most unusual part of this is a policeman directing traffic at half past midnight.

[khwaibah]

Just a normal high class tourist for SinCity.

[HeijoshinCool]

Those Dutch.

[96tehtarp]

This is one lucky Dutchman.

He could have be shot dead by the policeman when he tried to snatch the policeman's weapon. Kudos tot the BiB for showing restraint. If I had tried that stunt in my home country the odds are good I'd be in the morgue right now.

[Costas2008]

This is one lucky Dutchman.

He could have be shot dead by the policeman when he tried to snatch the policeman's weapon. Kudos tot the BiB for showing restraint. If I had tried that stunt in my home country the odds are good I'd be in the morgue right now.

Definitely a very lucky Dutchman.

He jumped from the 3rd floor and was unhurt, he tried to get the policeman's gun...............

How old is he?

25? I must get a lottery ticket with this number.

[LennyW]

Those cloggies need to understand that yabba is not the same as weed!

[ColdSingha]

never go full retard.

[MrWorldwide]

So this is what they mean by 'Dutch courage' ?

20 cops to subdue one guy - <deleted> is going on with that ? Little wonder they made themselves very scarce when Tim Ward launched his offensive on the Soi 9 cop shop a month or two back.

[robblok]

Those Dutch.

Agree hang em all and confiscate their wooden shoes.

[robblok]

So this is what they mean by 'Dutch courage' ?

20 cops to subdue one guy - <deleted> is going on with that ? Little wonder they made themselves very scarce when Tim Ward launched his offensive on the Soi 9 cop shop a month or two back.

The Thais had little courage the Dutch-guy was an idiot. He might have been on drugs or just really drunk some people just can't hold their drinks. I hope he gets punished because that is not the kind of people you want.

[theslime]

This Copper is the reason I have never had a problem with Thai Cops, as with nearly all Thai,s I,ve met, they are really cool and taking it easy. on the idiot box lately in the US, he would have been shot dead, roi percent.

[redandyellow]

Maybe the "Aroi Dee" restaurant didn't quite suit his impeccable standards, as good and delicious is subjective..

[redandyellow]

So this is what they mean by 'Dutch courage' ?

20 cops to subdue one guy - <deleted> is going on with that ? Little wonder they made themselves very scarce when Tim Ward launched his offensive on the Soi 9 cop shop a month or two back.

Ya, and I bet I know just what he was doing about about 10 minutes later..just hope he didn't damage the 41 kilo worker..

Signed,

Twice a day indeed..

[globerunner4]

This Copper is the reason I have never had a problem with Thai Cops, as with nearly all Thai,s I,ve met, they are really cool and taking it easy. on the idiot box lately in the US, he would have been shot dead, roi percent.

A story about a Dutch & Thai and you gotta throw the U.S. under the bus! More likely he would've been cut off at the bar many drinks ago or been sent home in a Uber car in the states. Cops don't shoot white people in the U.S. Pay attention to history and the idiot box better. 555

[NeverSure]

This Copper is the reason I have never had a problem with Thai Cops, as with nearly all Thai,s I,ve met, they are really cool and taking it easy. on the idiot box lately in the US, he would have been shot dead, roi percent.

A story about a Dutch & Thai and you gotta throw the U.S. under the bus! More likely he would've been cut off at the bar many drinks ago or been sent home in a Uber car in the states. Cops don't shoot white people in the U.S. Pay attention to history and the idiot box better. 555

Agreed he would have been arrested a lot sooner for less. Being intoxicated (on anything) in public is a crime.

[Rimmer]

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[Daniel Ingalls]

Too bad this isn't in the Southern part of the USA. They would of fined him everything in his wallet, then taken

him to the airport, and thrown his ass on the plane heading back to to (Dutchland) Netherlands? Plus stamp his passport

with a no reentry for five years!.....Who needs this type of Tourist?

[Bluespunk]

"The injured policeman had to call for a reinforcement of 20 police officers who overpowered Dennis Tagga shortly after 0:30 am Saturday. He was taken to the Pattaya police station to calm down."

Big fellow this Dutchman then?

[Exsexyman]

Too bad this isn't in the Southern part of the USA. They would of fined him everything in his wallet, then taken

him to the airport, and thrown his ass on the plane heading back to to (Dutchland) Netherlands? Plus stamp his passport

with a no reentry for five years!.....Who needs this type of Tourist?

"Thrown his ass on the plane" What would they have done with the rest of him?

[h90]

Those Dutch.

Agree hang em all and confiscate their wooden shoes.

I wanted to ask already if it was you......Dutch and need 20 policemen sounded like it is you....

[transam]

"The injured policeman had to call for a reinforcement of 20 police officers who overpowered Dennis Tagga shortly after 0:30 am Saturday. He was taken to the Pattaya police station to calm down."

Big fellow this Dutchman then?

You don't have to be big to cause havoc if the vibes are working..........

[robblok]

Those Dutch.

Agree hang em all and confiscate their wooden shoes.

I wanted to ask already if it was you......Dutch and need 20 policemen sounded like it is you....

Need to get me violent first.. That is not something that happens easily. Also I probably would not be stupid enough to attack police.

[Soutpeel]

This Copper is the reason I have never had a problem with Thai Cops, as with nearly all Thai,s I,ve met, they are really cool and taking it easy. on the idiot box lately in the US, he would have been shot dead, roi percent.

A story about a Dutch & Thai and you gotta throw the U.S. under the bus! More likely he would've been cut off at the bar many drinks ago or been sent home in a Uber car in the states. Cops don't shoot white people in the U.S. Pay attention to history and the idiot box better. 555

Guess the poster was getting the preemptive strike in before the usual suspects turn the thread into "Well in the US" and hi-jack the threads as they normally do trying to make it all about the US

just sayin

[FredNL]

Tagga is NOT a common Dutch last name !

Has he been drinking Chang instead of Heineken?

[robblok]

Tagga is NOT a common Dutch last name !

Has he been drinking Chang instead of Heineken?

No it is not.. but are we going to act as if there are no Dutch idiots in the world. Defend our country by stating this is an import Dutch guy or whatever.

Be sensible.. we as Dutch have plenty of idiots and criminals back home even common Dutch ones.

I had hoped fellow Dutch would be less flag waving and in denial. I was wrong.

[ikwiljou]

"Dennis Tagga" not a Dutch name, so not blame the Dutch for this.

[shirtless]

He was a giant thats why they needed so many police I swear he was 8 foot tall. lets hope otherwise shows a serious problem with police training.

[Soutpeel]

Tagga is NOT a common Dutch last name !

Has he been drinking Chang instead of Heineken?

So your suggesting he is not Dutch then cos its not a common dutch name ?

[Incobart]

This is one lucky Dutchman.

He could have be shot dead by the policeman when he tried to snatch the policeman's weapon. Kudos tot the BiB for showing restraint. If I had tried that stunt in my home country the odds are good I'd be in the morgue right now.

This must be cowboy land U.S. right ?, lucky that other countries have civilized cops ..