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Police are carrying passed out tourists back to their hotels on trolleys in Thailand, following fatal poisonings that claimed six lives in nearby Laos.

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Tourists had to be taken by tram to their hotel rooms after getting too drunk.

Tourists who were knocked unconscious after a night of heavy drinking had to be taken back to their hotels on trolleys by police in Thailand despite recent warnings following fatal poisonings that claimed six lives in neighboring Laos.

Authorities intervened to help a German and Australian tourist return to their rooms after worried partygoers failed to wake them up in street bars. Koh Phi Phi party island in Krabi, Thailand on November 29.

Senior Sergeant Saneh Jualaong intervened to stop anyone from taking advantage of the girls, aged 19 and 23, by borrowing a wheelbarrow from a shop on the wharf and taking them to their accommodation.

Footage shows the duo on the tram, slumped over as they were taken back to their hostel. The attentive official cautiously maneuvered the two-wheeled cart to prevent it from falling from its place.

Later, their friends helped carry them to their rooms and onto their bunks, and the kind officer placed a blanket over one of them.

The officer then informed the lobby staff of the guest’s return. The hotel owner thanked him for ensuring the safety of tourists.

It comes after six people died after receiving injections allegedly containing methanol at a popular hostel in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng in Laos last month.

Authorities are still investigating the deaths of British victim Simone White and five other backpackers after their drinks were allegedly mixed at the Nana backpacker hotel, raising concerns for the safety of foreign travelers in Southeast Asia.

Tourists had to be taken by tram to their hotel rooms after getting too drunk.

A police sergeant helped the girls return to their accommodation and told the staff

A police sergeant helped the girls return to their accommodation and told the staff

Authorities said this was not the first time they had been forced to intervene and help drunk tourists.

Authorities said this was not the first time they had been forced to intervene and help drunk tourists.

Senior Sergeant Saneh Jualaong said after helping women in Thailand return home: ‘I know what it’s like to have a daughter and how much we care about them. I thought about his parents at home.

“They were both too drunk to talk and too drunk to get up. In those conditions they could suffer an accident, such as falling into the sea or falling down stairs.

“I made sure they returned safely to their beds.”

Police Colonel Surasak Jaidee, superintendent of Koh Phi Phi police station, added: “As for why he used a tram, it was because all the routes on Koh Phi Phi are for walking, so we couldn’t use a car.” .

«The motorcycle could not transport the unconscious passengers either, so he had to use the cart.

‘This is not the first time the police have helped drunk tourists. They have been doing this for more than two years.

‘We understand that they come to the island to have fun. We don’t want to punish them. “We better be there to help and protect them.”

Last year, police officers at Patong Police Station implemented a similar security measure, offering assistance to drunk tourists by ensuring they were transported safely to their accommodation.

This initiative is credited with helping prevent accidents and other alcohol-related incidents in the region.

The Ministry of Public Health previously suggested that nightclubs wishing to extend their operating hours should implement breathalyzer tests for customers before leaving and arrange transportation services, if necessary, as part of efforts to improve patron safety. tourists.

Southeast Asia attracts millions of tourists every year to enjoy the culture, history and nightlife.

But concerns are growing about the safety of foreign visitors after the reported deaths of six backpackers from drinks contaminated with methanol alcohol in Laos last month.

The victims included a British woman, an Australian teenager, an American and two Danes.

Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, had been on life support but succumbed on November 21.

Nana Backpackers hotel manager Duong Duc Toan and bartender Toan Van Vanng denied diluting their alcohol with methanol when questioned.

Toan was later arrested, but no charges have been filed. The Lao government vowed to “bring the perpetrators to justice” in its first public statements on the international incident.

Toan said he purchased the alcohol from a certified distributor and that free shots of Tiger Vodka had been served to about 100 guests.

He said he had not yet received complaints from other backpackers who received injections that night.

He also drank from one of the vodka bottles used that night to prove it was safe.

Simone White, 28, died in hospital after drinking alcohol suspected to contain methanol in the Vang Vien backpacker hotspot in Laos last month.

Simone White, 28, died in hospital after drinking alcohol suspected to contain methanol in the Vang Vien backpacker hotspot in Laos last month.

Bianca Jones, 19, has become the fourth person to die after consuming alleged drinks

Bianca Jones, 19, has become the fourth person to die after consuming alleged “methanol” drinks in Vang Vieng, Laos.

Simone White was a lawyer at global law firm Squire Patton Boggs in London.

Simone White was a lawyer at global law firm Squire Patton Boggs in London.

Nana's Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos

Nana’s Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos

Hostel director and bartender Duong Duc Toan (pictured) has reportedly been detained

Hostel director and bartender Duong Duc Toan (pictured) has reportedly been detained

Sue White, mother of Simone, 28, shared how her “kind and fun” daughter and her friends had “six drinks” each, diluted with Sprite, before falling ill and having “trouble breathing.”

She told The Sun how Simone and two friends went to hospital the next day, but were “dismissed” by doctors, who told them they had food poisoning.

By the time an ambulance arrived to take them to a private facility, Simone was already “delirious,” her mother said, adding, “I think it had basically affected her brain.”

Global statistics reveal 58 incidents of methanol poisoning in the past 12 months, affecting more than 1,200 people and causing more than 400 deaths.

Methanol is a colorless liquid that tastes similar to alcohol and is a byproduct of bootleg liquor.

Consuming even a small amount can cause blindness, multiple organ failure, and death.

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