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Convicted German Criminal Arrested In Pattaya


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Convicted German criminal arrested in Pattaya

Skipped bail following conviction on drug and child molestation charges

JPATTAYA: Joint efforts between German embassy officials and local police have led to the arrest of a German who allegedly fled his home country while on bail following his conviction on drug and child molestation charges.

Herbert Eisenhardt, 44, was waiting to be sentenced when he fled to Thailand.

Police and tourist police officers entered the Sunshine Bar at Sunee Plaza in South Pattaya at around 10.30 p.m. on April 20, where they found Eisenhardt with a young male companion. They asked to see his passport, which he said had been stolen.

Wuthichai Prasertsak, a liaison officer with the German embassy who aided local police, told them that Eisenhardt’s visa had expired on August 19 last year.

Police detained the foreigner on charges of illegally residing in the kingdom. Further charges were laid on the spot when officers discovered he had no license to run an entertainment venue, staff under 18 years were employed at an entertainment venue and Eisenhardt did not have a work permit.

Police then escorted him to his residence in Jomtien Nivate, where four young men greeted them. Officers questioned the youths who said they worked in the bar offering sexual services for money to foreign customers in exchange for staying at Eisenhardt’s home. They were charged with prostitution.

A police search of the house turned up numerous pornographic photos, VCDs and videotapes, some of boys under the age of 16 in a variety of explicit poses.

Police believe that Herbert Eisenhardt would upload these explicit photos and videos on an Internet site and promote sex tours over the Internet using the Sunshine Bar as his base of operations.

Eisenhardt was taken to the Soi 9 police station for further interrogation. He was also charged with possession of explicit material featuring minors.

Pol Col Supapol Arunsit, tourist police superintendent, told reporters that Eisenhardt had been under surveillance for some time and they were preparing an operation to arrest him when officials from the Germany embassy requested their assistance in locating him.

Eisenhardt faces judicial proceedings, and subsequent deportation to Germany where he faces the possibility of further jail time.

--Pattaya Mail 2004-04-30

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