The Russian man last seen drunkenly running into the water at Phuket’s Kamala Beach on Monday night has turned up safe but very hungover at Phuket International Airport to reclaim his lost passport and luggage.
Russian tourist Mikhail Korneev, 39, was sitting on Kamala Beach drinking alcohol with friends when he suddenly jumped up and ran into the water. A search that night failed to find him, as did the continuing search for him yesterday.
“I cannot remember anything that night. I was totally wasted last night and was badly hungover this morning,” Korneev told Tourist Police officers at Phuket Airport yesterday.
“Thankfully he did not drown or disappear,” Lt. Col. Naruewat Puttawiro of Phuket Tourist Police said.
Korneev filed a report with Tourist Police on Monday that his passport and luggage were missing, Col. Naruewat said.
Tourist Police tracked it down. It was right where he left it, at the hotel in Patong where he had been staying. The officers had the items taken to the airport, where they could be handed back to Korneev when he returned home, Col. Naruewat added.
Story: The Phuket News
