Vice inquiry goes wrong

BANGKOK - A Thai policeman assigned to stamping out vice from the notorious sex and sand resort of Pattaya took a suspect to …

BANGKOK - A Thai policeman assigned to stamping out vice from the notorious sex and sand resort of Pattaya took a suspect to a love motel for the night and woke up to find her gone, along with his car, gun and mobile phone.

Bangkok police said that, when arrested, "the suspect said she had just driven the car around to show her friends." She was charged with theft.

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