THIS WEEK IN PATTAYA — Oh Pattaya, how we adore your beautiful sunsets, colorful characters, wanton displays of depravity and boundless supply of bizarre. Few things are as reliably entertaining and dismaying as the various crime blotters steadfastly maintained by that city’s finest journalistic institutions. Here’s some picks from the past week:
(But first, a theme song! It’s NSFW – unless you work in Pattaya.)
Pattaya Teenage Gang Shot At Each Other At Liquor Shop
Four male teenagers from Pattaya shot at a rival gang outside a liquor shop located on 2nd road, fortunately nobody was injured. The police chased the fleeing gunmen but arrested 2 marijuana addicted teenagers that were hiding in the chicken coop who they think are involved.
Foreigner Drowns After Drunken Walk On Buoys
An unidentified male foreigner appears to have fallen to his death. The police have assumed that he drunkenly walked out onto the wall of buoys, and fallen off. When the body was found, it had been dead for a couple of hours.
Disgruntled Teenagers Shoot Waiter
A group of teenagers who were disgruntled with a cabaret show beverage waiter, waited until he was on his way home where they followed him before shooting him once in the hip and fleeing the scene.
Chinese Credit Card Cartel Caught
A Chinese credit card fraud gang were arrested whilst attempting to purchase mobile phones in central Pattaya. The card was not approved in the shopping mall, duly reported, and police were able to arrest the whole gang.
Rayong Female Millionaire Released After Being Kidnapped
A female millionaire clothes shop owner was tied up by 3 males who then forced her to tell them where she kept her valuables. After they stole some brand name handbags, an iPhone 5 , some other property and the CCTV they then bundled her into a car and kidnapped her.
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Pattaya Department Store Worker Attacked By Thug With Sword
A male employee of one well known department store in Pattaya was attacked by a middle age thug who used a sword. The attack happened at a noodle shop where the victim was severely injured.
