Police arrived at the scene shortly before 4:30pm to find the man still walking along the street. Traffic had ground to a standstill as the man had parked his motorbike in the middle of the small soi.
Crowds of onlookers mostly kept a safe distance, though many stood to record the incident unfolding on their mobile phones.
When police had enough numbers to safely take the man into custody, one of the officers pulled out his gun and pointed it at the man and shouted repeatedly, in English, “Get down!”
The man complied, and several officers moved in to disarm him, handcuff him and empty his pockets while he was still on the ground.
Due to the man’s size, five officers had moved in to take the man into custody.
The man did not resist arrest. He spoke in what some onlookers said was Russian.
The reasons for the man’s behaviour have yet to be made clear. The man appeared to be in a heightened state of tearful rage and anguish.
One man who went forward to help translate the man’s words for police showed sympathy for man’s condition, and asked onlookers to stop recording videos on their phones.