Binge drinking among tourists is not uncommon in Thailand, but the way these drinkers passedn out and delivered to their hotels is something that many considered unique and embarassing. They are being piled into wheelbarrows by police and taken back to their hostel.
Recently, two women wearing swimwear were photographed unconscious in trolleys being pushed by a policeman on party island Koh Phi Phi in Krabi, Thailand, last 29 November.
The German and Australian women, aged 19 and 23 respectively, were reported to have been found unconscious at a nearby bar before Sergeant Major Saneg Jualaong came to their aid with a pushcart.
The scenes come after warnings over drinks laced with methanol in neighbouring Laos, which left six foreign tourists dead last month.
Local authorities are still investigating the deaths of the six backpackers in Vang Vieng, including 28-year-old British lawyer Simone White, whose friend later urged travellers to "avoid all local spirits" after their group had drunk free shots at one of the bars.
After wheeling the two women in Thailand back to their hostel, Sergeant Major Jualaong said: "I know what it’s like to have a daughter and how much we worry about them.
"I thought about their parents back at home. They were both too drunk to speak and too drunk to stand up.
"In that condition, they could have an accident, such as falling into the sea or falling down steps.
"I made sure they returned safely to their beds."
Police Colonel Surasak Jaidee, superintendent of Koh Phi Phi Police Station, added that a trolley had been used because all the routes were pedestrianised and a motorcycle was "unable to transport unconscious passengers".
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