A tourist from the United States and his Hungarian girlfriend were arrested Tuesday morning for making porn videos in their hotel room in Krabi, southern Thailand.

According to reports, the hotel staff informed police after they became suspicious of the couple. The responding officers raided the hotel room and found cameras and lighting equipment. They confiscated the equipment and detained 31-year-old Roderick Antonio Matthews Jr. and 22-year-old Kata Barbara Koszo.

Investigation revealed that the couple made explicit videos and uploaded them to adult sites. Investigators found several explicit photos of them. It was also revealed that the two were staying illegally in the country.

“The legal process has started so there's no way they can get out of this. Initially, we were went their because the hotel reported that the couple were overstaying their visas, but we also caught them red-handed filming pornography. We will charge them with publishing and trading pornography in the Kingdom, earning income without a valid employment permit and overstaying their visas,” police said.

The couple could face up to three years in jail for porn charges and up to five years in prison for working without permit.

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