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Russian Tourist Arrested with Marijuana
On the 19th of February at 12.30am Tourist Police were informed that an argument had taken place between a foreigner and lady boy on Soi BJ, Walking Street.
Upon arrival Police found a Russian man, Mr. Vyacheslav Obolonin, aged 34, having a brawl with a Thai lady boy.
After questioning it appeared that the cause of the brawl was the Russian tourist thought that the lady boy was a real woman.
Police then noticed that Mr. Vyacheslav was acting in a very suspicious manner and attempted to walk away.
Police stopped him and searched his waist bag to find 10 small bags of dried marijuana. Mr. Vyacheslav was taken to Pattaya Police Station where he confessed that he was visiting Pattaya for a week and had 2 days left as he will fly back to his country. He wanted to spend the last night in Pattaya by walking around the Walking Street to buy some marijuana and looking for a lady to sleep with.
But his dream turned into a nightmare when he realized that the beautiful woman he picked up was a lady boy. The brawl taking place and eventually Police were called.
Mr. Vyacheslav has been charged with possession of Class 5 illegal narcotics and is now spending more than the 2 days he had left of his holiday as he awaits his court dates in Pattaya court