Move along now … everyone go home … there’s
nothing to see here.
Boonlua Chatree
Pattaya’s Tourist Police sent paddy wagons but came up
virtually empty when a raid of South Pattaya’s Bamboo Bar saw 225 bar girls
test negative for drugs and officers make only a single arrest for an
expired license.
Sudthanom Santikal, the 55-year-old owner of the South
Road hangout, was taken into custody when officers determined Bamboo Bar’s
permit had expired six months ago. Arriving at 2 a.m., police shut the bar
down for the few remaining minutes and it was open for business-as-usual the
next night.
Police swarmed the 286 sq. meter nightclub on claims 200-plus drugged-up
prostitutes were plying their trade for foreigners. What police actually
determined was that the 225 women they tested were clean for drugs and were
let go with no tickets or arrest.
