News Forum - UPDATE: 16 Middle Eastern joyriders in Pattaya arrested

[Thaiger]

UPDATE Pattaya police arrested 16 Middle Eastern joyriders and seized 43 motorcycles on Monday night after complaints from locals. Police made known they are still on the lookout for the rest of the racers and that the relevant motorcycle rental shops would be charged too. Officers from the Provincial Police Region 2, and Mueng Pattaya Police Station, held a press conference yesterday to report the latest development on the motorcycle racers. The nationality of the suspects was not discussed at the press conference, police only referred to the offenders as 16 “foreign” motorbike racers and that they had been arrested […]

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[HolyCowCm]

Hahahaha. Serves them right. Thailand is dangerous enough without having these morons on the road.

[gazmo16]

I thought I'd escaped this kind of stupidity when I moved from London but apparently not. Just goes to show dumb can be found everywhere. 

[Graham]

The numbers don't add up, 16 arrested but 43 bikes seized, I understand maths isn't a strong point in Thailand but, did the others run away or was it ghost riders ? 555

[Faz]

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According to the locals, the number of racers is increasing despite Pattaya police arresting the offenders. Locals add it makes no difference, they come back and race again a few days later.

Fine, deport and ban from re-entry is the solution.
Word soon gets around!

[Stevejm]

43 minutes ago, Graham said:

The numbers don't add up, 16 arrested but 43 bikes seized, I understand maths isn't a strong point in Thailand but, did the others run away or was it ghost riders ? 555

They said that they are still looking for the others who presumably did a runner.

[HolyCowCm]

1 hour ago, Graham said:

The numbers don't add up, 16 arrested but 43 bikes seized, I understand maths isn't a strong point in Thailand but, did the others run away or was it ghost riders ? 555

Hurt my brain to read that part, so figured just leave it alone.

[TSS]

was in pattaya couple weeks ago. Racing mc ?not much else to do. unless you're a big shopper. TAT 'targeted/lured' them. Need to live with it as well as the big spending Indians & Vietnamese

[Stevejm]

18 minutes ago, TSS said:

was in pattaya couple weeks ago. Racing mc ?not much else to do. unless you're a big shopper. TAT 'targeted/lured' them. Need to live with it as well as the big spending Indians & Vietnamese

They need to live with the consequences of being caught for breaking the law not tolerated. “ Need to live with it”? Are you serious?The police should be strict with them as they are putting the lives of locals and tourists at risk. There are plenty of other things to do in and around Pattaya. Nothing wrong with big spending Indians and Vietnamese.