Kiwi drugged and robbed in Thailand

Pattaya's beaches are a tourist magnet, but weren't so lucky for Kiwi. Photo / Phil Brazier

A New Zealander on business in Thailand was drugged and robbed of all his possessions in a resort hotel last week, according to Thai reports.

Lieutenant colonel Pumpat Namputha of the Pattaya police said Geoffrey Robert King was staying Pullman Pattaya Aisewan Resort when he met a "lovely" Thai woman in a department store on September 29, the Pattaya Daily News reports.

The 55-year-old took the woman back to the hotel, where he reportedly had sex, drank beer and fell unconscious.

Lieutenant colonel Namputha said Mr King awoke at 1.30am and contacted the hotel's reception asking to be sent to a hospital.

According to a doctor at the Banglamung hospital, Mr King had been poisoned with a strong sleeping agent.

When Mr King returned to his room he found he had been robbed of his passport, NZD$2,500, 1,300 Thai Baht, a credit card, a black jacket containing USD$960 and an airline ticket.

The woman has been identified as Raksanit Sarapak, 47, and police are to question her, Lieutenant colonel Namputha said.

- Herald Online staff