Bar inspections continue on Walking Street

[LaaMok]

Bar inspections continue on Walking Street

 

In an ongoing programme to crack down on bars operating illegally without licences, an inspection was made at a number of entertainment premises along Walking Street in the early hours of 7th April. When Police Major Chalermsak Tiensritong and a team of officers paid a visit to the Lucifer Bar things were not to their liking. Not only was the place operating well past closing time, they discovered that the licence had expired. Things got worse when during an ID check a number of foreign customers were observed to be in a drugged condition and later proved drug positive when given urine tests.

 

http://www.pattayapeople.com/default.asp?F...IdArticle=16906

[Gobby]

id check? they check your passport if ur a farang. but what if you didnt carry one...?..

[hedonist]

id check? they check your passport if ur a farang. but what if you didnt carry one...?..

It could end up in a trip to Soi 9 and a night in the cells, followed by a fine

The rule is we should always carry some form of ID whether it be just a colour photocopy of the relevant pages of passport

 

Hedonist

[Gobby]

It could end up in a trip to Soi 9 and a night in the cells, followed by a fine

The rule is we should always carry some form of ID whether it be just a colour photocopy of the relevant pages of passport

 

Hedonist

 

this sounds good ill make a copy and keep it in teh wallet.. how about a state driver license? would that work?

[LaaMok]

this sounds good ill make a copy and keep it in teh wallet.. how about a state driver license? would that work?

 

I wonder if they will accept the Pattaya addicts discount card as I.D they make even join the scheme haha

[missinginaction]

Advice from the UK government web site:

 

"By law, tourists are expected to carry their passports with them at all times in Thailand. There have been incidents where tourists have been arrested because they were unable to produce their passport."

 

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-li...ceania/thailand

[Gobby]

I wonder if they will accept the Pattaya addicts discount card as I.D they make even join the scheme haha

 

lmao!

[Tao 66]

It will all calm down. This is the usual Police flurry I expect. A few bribes here and there and it will soon be over.

[caltexman]

They are just cracking down at the moment because of the up coming ASEAN conference.

 

Once that's gone i reckon it will settle down to business as usual.

 

Pain in the arse for the bar owners and any farang caught in the crossfire at the moment though.

[DAVE6]

Would they accept a UK driving lincnce which has a photo on it. So yopu would not have to carry your passport with you.

[el_jefe]

why are they having this in Pattaya? Just doesn't make much sense to me?? (this being the Azean Summit)

Edited April 9, 2009 by el_jefe