Wednesday: All pubs were shut by 2.30am today, police say
POLICE in Patong closed all pubs, clubs, restaurants and karaoke bars early today in a sweep to ensure all venues were shut before 2am, the official closing time.
However, there were so many venues still open well after 2am that the small number of officers were still working at 5am this morning.
A police spokesman told Phuketwan: ''It will mean less work for us because there will not be so much drunkenness and crime.
''Mishaps involving people who have had too much to drink should also be reduced.''
The crackdown follows the deadly New Year's Eve blaze at the Santika pub in Bangkok, which claimed more than 60 lives.
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i hope this continues. there is a lot of cleaning up that needs to be done. when will tuks tuks be held accountable? Tops the complaint list of tourists.
Posted by Anonymous on February 14, 2009 17:48