CHONBURI – Thai residents in Sattahip District, Chonburi Province notified the tourist police that they found a foreigner asking for help after being dropped off by a motorcycle taxi near the J intersection on Sukhumvit Road, and his phone was taken.
Tourist police, officials from the Chonburi Provincial Tourism and Sports Office, and Sattahip Police Station officers then went to investigate.
They found the foreigner sitting and waiting for the police near a roadside shop. He could not communicate well in English, but he used a translation application to indicate that his name was Mr. Albert, 81 years old, and an Israeli national. The tourist police then invited him for questioning at the Pattaya Tourist Police Office to find a Hebrew-speaking interpreter for further communication.
Police Lieutenant Apisit Phuengyaem, Deputy Inspector of Tourism, revealed that this foreigner traveled from Pattaya to visit Sattahip. He hired a motorcycle taxi driver in Soi Bua Khao, Pattaya, to drop him off at the incident location. The motorcycle driver then took his mobile phone.
If the tourist police investigation finds evidence, they will take the elderly Israeli man to file a complaint at the Sattahip Police Station to track down the motorcycle taxi driver for questioning and legal action.
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