The abandoned and defaced tourist service center in Pattaya has been cleaned up following a succession of break-ins and vandalism in the surrounding area. Nikom Sangkaew and members of the Pattaya Police Department worked together to repair the light bulbs and clean the inside of the police box on Beach Road just across the Royal Garden Plaza. Since 2019, the box has supplied essentially no services. Photographs taken by Pattaya Mail reveal that the box is completely covered in graffiti. According to Police Lieutenant Thongin Panyanam, however, officers will soon be stationed on the beach in order to provide immediate assistance to beachgoers. According to Nikom, the cleanup was necessary due to a number of thefts committed by transgender individuals in the vicinity of the facility. This year, Pattaya has gained a reputation as a safe haven for gold necklace thieves, most of whom are opportunistic ladyboy thieves and Indian…