Tuk-tuk drivers arrested for assault on Saudi tourist

October 9, 2023

PUBLISHED : 9 Oct 2023 at 13:24

The three tuk-tuk drivers, seated, at Patong police station in Phuket after being arrested for assaulting a Saudi Arabian tourist. (Photo: Patong police station)

PHUKET: Three tuk-tuk drivers were arrested on Monday after a tourist from Saudi Arabia was assaulted outside a Phuket hotel on Sunday.

Patong police launched an investigation after a photo was posted on social media showing a group of tuk-tuk drivers attacking a Saudi tourist at the Amata Hotel on Rat Uthit…