Tag: jet ski
Pattaya plans more talk to resolve jet ski crisis
Pattaya officials plan to call yet another meeting with jet ski operators to try and resolve the embarrassing, long-running stream of scams and...
Mayor calls on police to solve jet ski, tourist-crime issues
Provincial police acknowledge problems, offer no resolutions Newly re-elected Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome launched his second term with a meeting with Pattaya police...
Police arrest 7 accused of dealing drugs to Pattaya jet ski...
Area police arrested seven men suspected of dealing drugs to Pattaya jet ski vendors and tourist guides. Region 2,...
Yet another jet ski scam leaves 2 Chinese students robbed, beaten
Two Chinese students who negotiated their way out of most of an extortion attempt by Pattaya jet ski vendors were assaulted by the...
More jet ski thugs
Editor; I have today witnessed the sad spectacle of two young Asian men being forced to hand over cash at the ATM at...
A month later, jet ski registration falls short
Scofflaws go unpunished as officials continue mulling options Nearly a month after demanding that jet ski vendors register at city hall or...
5 alleged jet ski scammers arrested after threatening victims inside 5-star...
Five jet ski vendors were arrested for physically threatening a group of Saudi Arabian tourists who refused to pay exorbitant sums for alleged damage...
Saudi Arabian Tourist stand up to the Jet Ski Scammers
The police have finally after hundreds of reports of extortion by jet-ski operators in Pattaya made some arrests of these individuals that have been...
Pattaya officials finally move against jet ski vendors
Pattaya officials have finally moved against the city’s many jet ski scam artists, ordering every vendor working the area’s beaches to register at...
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Pattaya’s Soi Pothole is still the favorite haunt of Brits looking for fun
PATTAYA, Thailand - Downtown Pattaya’s Soi Pothole has always been a bumpy ride popular with Brits. Thirty years ago it was known as Soi...
The claim that Thailand could become a failed state raises its head again
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Pattaya City and Banglamung District address public land recovery and flooding issues
PATTAYA, Thailand – Mayor Poramet Ngampichet and Banglamung District Chief Patcharaphat Sritanyanon chaired an urgent meeting to discuss solutions for several critical issues, including...
Pattaya’s Walking Street becomes scene of brutal confrontation as tourist beaten by nightclub bouncer
PATTAYA, Thailand – A foreign tourist was severely beaten by a bouncer at a nightclub on Pattaya's Walking Street, leaving him unconscious in the...
Gold stolen from Pattaya apartment after woman forgets to lock door
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 23-year-old woman, Ms. Kevalin, reported to the press on March 3 after her apartment was broken into, and nearly 30,000...