Patong –
An intoxicated Australian man who passed out in front of a tattoo shop was taken to a hospital by local police.
The Patong Police told the Phuket Express that on Friday (July 12th) at 11:00 A.M. they were notified from an unidentified tattoo shop owner in Soi Saen Sabai about the incident.
Police arrived at the scene to find an intoxicated foreign man who was sleeping face down on the floor and appeared to have passed out.
A passport which was found with him identified him only as Mr. Yates, 35, Australian national.
He was taken to the Patong Hospital for medical attention by concerned police officers which earned praise on Thai social media.