Pattaya police arrested a particularly drunk international driver however not earlier than the belligerent motorist gave officers a chunk of his intoxicated thoughts about checkpoints.
The unidentified foreigner, together with a second Thai lady motorist, had been the 2 drunk-driving arrests on the primary evening of a month of deliberate checkpoints round Pattaya to cowl the Songkran vacation interval.
The international man examined at a 0.2% blood alcohol stage, 4 instances the authorized restrict and sufficient to induce slurred speech, lack of steadiness, nausea, double imaginative and prescient, elevated coronary heart charge, drowsiness and delinquent conduct.
Visitors deputy police chief Pol Capt. Amornthep Maima mentioned officers had been instructed to cease solely suspicious autos and discuss politely with all motorists. However that courtesy didn’t go the opposite approach.
The foreigner argued with officers in regards to the want for checkpoints, maintained he was nice to drive and had not completed something improper.
The person spent the evening within the drunk tank and was charged with driving below the affect.
