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Sailor influx prompts Phuket ladyboy crackdown
About 3,000 US marines will be sailing into Phuket
this week aboard the USS Bonhomme.
PHUKET: -- In advance of the arrival of two more US Navy ships full of marines ready for R&R in Phuket this week, Kathu Police are cracking down on criminal gangs of ladyboys.
Kathu Police Commander Grissak Songmoonnark said last time a large contingent of US Navy sailors were in Phuket around 80 ladyboys were arrested for petty crime.
About half of them came to the island from Pattaya with the intention of robbing the Americans, Col Grissak said.
Police would be checking their ID and employment cards, he said. Those who didn't have the right papers would have problems.
Tomorrow, 300 US Navy Marines will arrive aboard the USS Ingraham.
On Thursday they will be joined by around 3,000 more aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard.
The crew have been training in East Timor and have been on board their ship for the past month in advance of their Phuket visit.
Douglas H Robinson, chief of Naval Security Force Protection Detachment, met with Col Grissak and representatives from around 60 Patong businesses in Kathu Police Station to discuss the upcoming visit.
Only 2,500 marines would be allowed off the ships on any given day, Mr Robinson said.
-- Phuket Gazette 2009-10-27
About 3,000 US marines will be sailing into Phuket
this week aboard the USS Bonhomme.
PHUKET: -- In advance of the arrival of two more US Navy ships full of marines ready for R&R in Phuket this week, Kathu Police are cracking down on criminal gangs of ladyboys.
Kathu Police Commander Grissak Songmoonnark said last time a large contingent of US Navy sailors were in Phuket around 80 ladyboys were arrested for petty crime.
About half of them came to the island from Pattaya with the intention of robbing the Americans, Col Grissak said.
Police would be checking their ID and employment cards, he said. Those who didn't have the right papers would have problems.
Tomorrow, 300 US Navy Marines will arrive aboard the USS Ingraham.
On Thursday they will be joined by around 3,000 more aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard.
The crew have been training in East Timor and have been on board their ship for the past month in advance of their Phuket visit.
Douglas H Robinson, chief of Naval Security Force Protection Detachment, met with Col Grissak and representatives from around 60 Patong businesses in Kathu Police Station to discuss the upcoming visit.
Only 2,500 marines would be allowed off the ships on any given day, Mr Robinson said.
-- Phuket Gazette 2009-10-27
There were a lot of new faces around the last time a couple of ships were in, very little reported trouble though. C&D have taken advice and they have 'staff passes' for when they go off on food and comfort breaks to save any hassle from the cops.
No Ladyboy will be safe then 
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