Buff-horns Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) BANGKOK (AFP): -- Thai police have arrested a Briton, his Thai wife and two Hong Kong men in connection with a seizure of 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of heroin. The Hong Kong residents, Chung Oi Fung, 42, and Leung Pak Lun, 21, were arrested late Friday in front of a hotel in the popular Thai resort island of Phuket. The Hong Kong men were carrying two pieces of luggage containing 100 bars of pure heroin estimated at 35 million baht (875,000 dollars). Police later arrested Briton Ian James Newton, 49, and his Thai wife Sungwan Newton, 38, who were waiting to receive the heroin from the Hong Kong men at the hotel. "The suspects confessed to possession of heroin and drug trafficking, which could earn them a death sentence" if convicted, Colonel Chatree Paisalsilp of Thailand's Narcotics Suppression Bureau Police told AFP. He said the four were part of an international drug trafficking gang that authorities from Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway and the United States had cooperated in tracking for three months. --AFP 2005-11-05 Edited November 5, 2005 by george Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) New Zealand man among four arrested for drugs in Thailand Photo:Thai Rath BANGKOK: -- (AP) A New Zealand man was among four people arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of heroin into the southern tourist island of Phuket, police said Saturday. Kerry Graeme Mitchell, 49, was arrested with his Thai wife, Sangvan Newton, near the Phuket port on Friday, Lt. Gen. Wacharaphon Prasanrachakit said. Earlier in the day, two Hong Kong nationals _Leung Chun Yu, 20, and Barry Chung Oi Fung, 42_ were detained with the heroin and later implicated Mitchell, he said. Mitchell also allegedly held a fake British passport under the name Ian James Newton, Wacharaphon said. The four are being held in a Bangkok jail. If convicted, they could be sentenced to death. Thailand has some of the most draconian drug laws in Asia and scores of foreigners are on death row for drug-related convictions. Authorities believe the four were planning to ship the heroin _ bought in Myanmar _ via a private yacht to Hong Kong and Australia for sale. They were detained before they boarded the yacht, authorities said. --AP 2005-11-05 Edited November 5, 2005 by george Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) The Hong Kong Connection: Leung Pak Lun and Chung Oi Fung Edited November 5, 2005 by sriracha john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelover Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Good work. One small win against a rising tide of trafficking. I can only assume that the perps were desperate individuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maejo Man Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 They don't seem to learn, but of course they are far smarter than the police aren't they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilma Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 New Zealand man among four arrested for drugs in Thailand Photo:Thai Rath BANGKOK: -- (AP) A New Zealand man was among four people arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of heroin into the southern tourist island of Phuket, police said Saturday. Kerry Graeme Mitchell, 49, was arrested with his Thai wife, Sangvan Newton, near the Phuket port on Friday, Lt. Gen. Wacharaphon Prasanrachakit said. Earlier in the day, two Hong Kong nationals _Leung Chun Yu, 20, and Barry Chung Oi Fung, 42_ were detained with the heroin and later implicated Mitchell, he said. Mitchell also allegedly held a fake British passport under the name Ian James Newton, Wacharaphon said. The four are being held in a Bangkok jail. If convicted, they could be sentenced to death. Thailand has some of the most draconian drug laws in Asia and scores of foreigners are on death row for drug-related convictions. Authorities believe the four were planning to ship the heroin _ bought in Myanmar _ via a private yacht to Hong Kong and Australia for sale. They were detained before they boarded the yacht, authorities said. --AP 2005-11-05 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZONE Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 "If you sell it, they will come". In Thailand, everyone knows its a harsh punishment for selling drugs, yet they still do it. Play with fire and you get burn; in this case, you'll get death for a bunch of green papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Death or life in prison is waiting for this lot. Fking h ell 88lbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Fking h ell 88lbs? exactly. i wouldnt be surprised if they get the full monte as an example to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Four nabbed in B50m heroin bust Suspect Ian James Newton is escorted off his yacht. PHUKET: Three foreign men and a Thai woman were arrested yesterday on charges of attempting to smuggle 40 kilograms of heroin out of Thailand in a yacht. Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) Deputy Commissioner Pol Maj Gen Suwat Chanitthikul said that two men from Hong Kong, whom he named as Barry Chung Oi Fung, 42, and Leung Pak Long, 20, were arrested at a hotel in Karon. The general told the Gazette that the NSB had received a tip-off from the Hong Kong Police that the two men had brought the heroin, worth 50 million baht, from Bangkok to Phuket. He said, “We arrested them when they brought two heavy suitcases out [of the hotel], and put them into their car. “After questioning them, we were convinced that more people were involved.” The police then went to the Yacht Haven Marina and arrested Briton Ian James Newton, 49, and his Thai wife Sangwan Newton, 38, the owners of the 15-meter yacht Short Time. Gen Suwat said that no evidence of crime had been found during a search of the yacht, but police still believe the couple were involved in the smuggling attempt. All four were taken to Bangkok and are currently undergoing interrogation at the NSB headquarters. --Phuket Gazette 2005-11-05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapfries Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 The police then went to the Yacht Haven Marina and arrested Briton Ian James Newton, 49, and his Thai wife Sangwan Newton, 38, the owners of the 15-meter yacht Short Time. =================================================== I have no compassion for any drug-dealing people. As they would say in Thailand "are you Tupid ?!" I am, however very interested in this 15 Mtr. yacht named "Short-Time" ! Maybe the 'tupid' British-Kiwi needs money for his attorneys ? ? Wanna sell this boat ? ? I am very keen to discuss this matter. Also 1/2 a "K1W1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaipwriter Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Death sentence for these guys, 88 pounds of heroin.......its goodnight, and rightly so. Heroin is the worst of the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maejo Man Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 The police then went to the Yacht Haven Marina and arrested Briton Ian James Newton, 49, and his Thai wife Sangwan Newton, 38, the owners of the 15-meter yacht Short Time. =================================================== I have no compassion for any drug-dealing people. As they would say in Thailand "are you Tupid ?!" I am, however very interested in this 15 Mtr. yacht named "Short-Time" ! Maybe the 'tupid' British-Kiwi needs money for his attorneys ? ? Wanna sell this boat ? ? I am very keen to discuss this matter. Also 1/2 a "K1W1" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Me too, that's a sizeable piece of floating real estate. I wonder where it's registered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meom Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Except for hearsay and a false passport there's not much of a case against the Kiwi & Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 NICE ONE,IF GUILTY HOPE THEY GET THE CHOP !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greer Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Look at them - the picture of health - sailing around dealing death to the poor unfortunates who know no better. Hang them... a nice needle and off to sleep is too good for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Except for hearsay and a false passport there's not much of a case against the Kiwi & Thai. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In a thai court that's enough for a conviction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bino Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 The police then went to the Yacht Haven Marina and arrested Briton Ian James Newton, 49, and his Thai wife Sangwan Newton, 38, the owners of the 15-meter yacht Short Time. =================================================== I have no compassion for any drug-dealing people. As they would say in Thailand "are you Tupid ?!" I am, however very interested in this 15 Mtr. yacht named "Short-Time" ! Maybe the 'tupid' British-Kiwi needs money for his attorneys ? ? Wanna sell this boat ? ? I am very keen to discuss this matter. Also 1/2 a "K1W1" Me too, that's a sizeable piece of floating real estate. I wonder where it's registered I would imagine that the boat has been seized / confiscated and is not his to sell anymore. Likely to become some minister's new plaything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob/nyc Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 You would think that being in this business, you would know what the consequences are for getting caught, but that does not stop them. I guess they think that they will be the ones that will not get caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 88 lbs. Well, you might as well get hung for a sheep as for a lamb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhodeIslandRed Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Hopefully they will not be back on the streets. Lets hope that the heroin does not make it back on the street also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantilley Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Thailand has some of the most draconian drug laws in Asia and scores of foreigners are on death row for drug-related convictions. Is this true? I thought no foreigner had been executed, or indeed sentenced to death, for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meemiathai Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Another bunch of victims of the stupid unrealistic hypocritical law followed by a series of cold-blooded comments followed by again pointless arguments followed by pressure of not-known-to-me source followed by closure of the thread followed by another post on people smuggling drugs followed by ........ And yes! Let's pick rocks up and throw! What else can we do to those bloody criminals? What about some torturing? What about using mercury? What about necklacing? ......... And people talk about human rights of terrorists. Strange, strange, ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Drug bust threads are just like the paedophile threads. The usual, predictable stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Boy Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Except for hearsay and a false passport there's not much of a case against the Kiwi & Thai. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> woulda thought they'd have let the hand over take place if more evidence was required on top of what they have from surveilance over the last few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantilley Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Another bunch of victims of the stupid unrealistic hypocritical law followed by a series of cold-blooded comments followed by again pointless arguments followed by pressure of not-known-to-me source followed by closure of the thread followed by another post on people smuggling drugs followed by ........And yes! Let's pick rocks up and throw! What else can we do to those bloody criminals? What about some torturing? What about using mercury? What about necklacing? ......... And people talk about human rights of terrorists. Strange, strange, ..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Very true! Gets quite tedious doesn't it? Unless, as I very much doubt, this thread takes a different course than all the others have, I'd advocate much eariler locking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 meemiathai Another bunch of victims who did you say were the victims here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heng Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Thailand has some of the most draconian drug laws in Asia and scores of foreigners are on death row for drug-related convictions. Is this true? I thought no foreigner had been executed, or indeed sentenced to death, for years. For those convicted, I think a humane and more comfortable option would be to put them in glass tanks *like the ones in the Amsterdam red light district* at the airport with "a hi! My name is Ian James Newton, this is what happens to drug dealers (if they are lucky) in Thailand. I have chosen to have 3 regular meals a day and live in this glass box for 20 years instead of spending 20 years eating fishheads and rice everyday at Bangkwang. Thank you for visiting the magic kingdom." signs as part of a deterrence campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) Come on, the only reason they were busted is there were no thai's, ( a thai wife of a farang doe snot count) involved!!! If there had been you never would have read about it. "If you sell it, they will come". In Thailand, everyone knows its a harsh punishment for selling drugs, yet they still do it. Play with fire and you get burn; in this case, you'll get death for a bunch of green papers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Edited November 5, 2005 by phuketrichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meemiathai Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 meemiathaiAnother bunch of victims who did you say were the victims here ? Those four human beings, tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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