This is the moment a drunk Russian tourist raided a street food vendor's cart - treating it like an all-you-can-eat buffet for his dinner.

Footage shows the intoxicated holiday maker helping himself to ladlefuls of curry from the stand along the Sai Kor Road in Phuket, Thailand, on July 11.

The stall owner, Abdullah Roti, said he had briefly left his cart to take a shower and pray, but rushed back when his friend informed him of the freeloading tourist scooping up the food he had been planning to sell that evening.

Abdullah is seen on video trying to tug the Russian away from his cart while saying in English, 'Not free, my friend. You eat, you pay.'

However, the man carried on slurping away at the curry, forcing Abdullah to finally call the cops on him.

Patong Police Station later arrived and took the Russian man into custody.

A furious Abdullah demanded he pay 30,000 baht (640 GBP) for spoiling the food he had prepared.

He said: 'There was chicken curry, shrimp, crab, fish, roti, and other dishes that I had made to sell, which were all ruined.

'There is no way I could continue to serve these dishes to my customers. Hygiene is very important to me and my customers.'

Police have not disclosed the identity of the Russian man involved in the incident.