PHUKET: Six women who work in Phuket bars have been spiking the drinks of expat tourists to knock them unconscious, then robbing them, police believe.
The six women have been targetting less experienced men in Patong, Phuket's best-known nightlife destination, befriending them in bars then taking them to local karaokes where their drinks were spiked, police allege.
The women aged 18 to 45 - three of them sisters - were being questioned intensively at Kathu Police Station in Patong today about their possession of a restricted drug that is blamed for incidents of spiking.
The drug the women were allegedly using has a similar effect to the better known Rohypnol, which is often used in spiking cases or ''date rape'' in the West.
The women were arrested about 9pm last night and have yet to explain how they came into possession of the drug.
Although anecdotal reports have instanced cases where tourists have been doped and robbed, no allegations have been made in relation to any of the six women being interviewed today.
Phuket Taxi Drivers 'Put Voucher Checkpoint' on Beach Road: Police, Officials to InvestigateThe six women have been targetting less experienced men in Patong, Phuket's best-known nightlife destination, befriending them in bars then taking them to local karaokes where their drinks were spiked, police allege.
The women aged 18 to 45 - three of them sisters - were being questioned intensively at Kathu Police Station in Patong today about their possession of a restricted drug that is blamed for incidents of spiking.
The drug the women were allegedly using has a similar effect to the better known Rohypnol, which is often used in spiking cases or ''date rape'' in the West.
The women were arrested about 9pm last night and have yet to explain how they came into possession of the drug.
Although anecdotal reports have instanced cases where tourists have been doped and robbed, no allegations have been made in relation to any of the six women being interviewed today.
UPDATE A man has told of picking up a friend from a Phuket resort then being stopped at a checkpoint by local taxi drivers who demanded that the tourist leave the vehicle.
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Maybe not a good idea for all of Patong's plain clothes officers to have been photographed at the press conference, 555!! Big checkpoint in operation on Nanai Road last night saw at least two people lifted and all motorbikes appeared to be getting searched. One person made a dash to chuck something in a drain but the cops were too quick for her. her second mistake was to gob off at the cops - the rebuttal made interesting viewing and listening - good job there was nothing on tv last night.
Posted by Mister Ree on November 1, 2011 13:20