Pattaya Police yesterday arrested a Thai motorcycle taxi rider after he turned into a knife-wielding thug after a row with two international passengers over fare costs. According to reviews, the taxi driver threatened to kill both foreigners during the altercation.
The incident kicked off on Pattaya Second Road near Soi 6/1 early yesterday night. Pattaya Police acquired a call a few motorcycle taxi rider waving a knife at foreign tourists. The man, who was around 50-60 years outdated and carrying an orange motorcycle taxi uniform, was captured on digital camera by passersby trying to assault two unidentified foreign men with a knife. Several individuals, each Thai and international, tried to intervene to stop him.
Following the report, the Pattaya Police quickly arrested the suspect, recognized as Worapol Naroj, who operates as a bike taxi driver near the Pattaya Night Bazaar, reported Pattaya Mail.
In his assertion to the police, Worapol claimed that the passengers attempted to lower his fare to 40 baht per individual, half of the originally agreed upon fare of eighty baht per person. The identity of the overseas passengers is presently unknown.
Illusive , 31 year old Alessandro Somsaen, who was current at the scene, mentioned that a battle broke out between the suspect and the foreigners while he was celebrating Songkran close to the street.
Somsaen told police how the suspect chased the foreigners round and tried to stab them with a knife, but luckily, a quantity of individuals came to the foreigners’ rescue and helped to defuse the scenario. The suspect then fled the scene and was later apprehended by the police.
The police have confirmed that legal action will be taken in opposition to the suspect, and his license and ability to operate as a bike taxi driver may even be affected.
Taxi riders are never removed from the information in Pattaya, whether it’s part of a taxi mafia dispute or one other misdemeanor.
Late last year a bike taxi rider in Pattaya was arrested after he allegedly sexually harassed his passenger, a Thai singer named Yanawut “Pearja” Jarearnartiput. The taxi rider denied the allegation claiming he touched the woman in an try to keep her from falling off his bike.
In January, a bunch of taxi mafias allegedly assaulted two Pattaya Bolt drivers while solely final week issues have been raised about speeding automobiles on Beach Road in Pattaya following an accident involving a motorcyclist..