Phuket City Police received a report of the foreigners running amok, near the Post Office in Phuket Town, at 10:50pm, Phuket Provincial Police said in its statement.
Patrol Police and Phuket Tourist Police were dispatched to the scene, at the intersection of Montri Rd and Phang Nga Rd, to investigate.
The officers found the foreigners in question walking around the area, and questioned them.
The tourists explained that they were taking one of the friends back to their accommodation, but the friend kept refusing. All the while they were walking their friend was reluctant to return to their accommodation, but the friends insisted and they kept “negotiating” while they walked back.
When the group reached the Ruengjit shop, three other friends arrived and caught up with them.
The group “embraced” each other, which people not familiar with them might have mistaken as fighting, the foreigners explained.
There was no fight, in any way, the Provincial Police statement said.
Meanwhile, the group still had to deal with the one member who did not want to return to their accommodation. The officers offered their help, which was appreciated but unnecessary, the group said.
The tourists thanked the police officers for providing assistance as they were escorted back to the accommodation, the statement concluded.