Turk Held With Cocaine at Suvarnabhumi

This drugs situation, it's like trying to hold back the tide!

Not every man with tattoos is a criminal but the lion's share of criminals are inked up. Maybe everyone with conspicuous tattoos should be given closer scrutiny, perhaps even body cavity searches. Dogs aren't fooled by other scents that smugglers try to disguise the drugs with: dogs smell everything separately.

1 hour ago, flaming dragon said:

Not every man with tattoos is a criminal but the lion's share of criminals are inked up. Maybe everyone with conspicuous tattoos should be given closer scrutiny, perhaps even body cavity searches. Dogs aren't fooled by other scents that smugglers try to disguise the drugs with: dogs smell everything separately.

Should they also discriminate against skinheads too?

I actually despise tattoos also but unfortunately that seems to be the rage now, also starting to see more 60 year old + people that look stupid who thought it was a good idea 20 / 30 years ago.

Oxygen removal from importers and dealers sounds like a reasonable approach.

It really takes a special type of stupid to try to smuggle 12 kilos of cocaine into a country, that has the death penalty for major drug offences with famously awful prisons, through its main international airport... Darwin Awards contender.

I flew from BKK to MNL last week. They flagged my checked luggage for inspection. Apparently something triggered them. A woman I know there likes Thai mama instant noodles and I had a box with me. Apparently the noodles looked in the X-ray (to them) like packets of marijuana. We all had a good laugh after they found the soup. The inspector guy said because I was coming from Thailand, that den of sin, and mj was legal there, extra scrutiny was applied to all Thai originating passengers. I would believe all countries look at Thai originating passengers the same.

35 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

It really takes a special type of stupid to try to smuggle 12 kilos of cocaine into a country, that has the death penalty for major drug offences with famously awful prisons, through its main international airport... Darwin Awards contender.

Especially on a flight from a known drug source (Brazil)...

3 hours ago, PJ71 said:

more 60 year old + people that look stupid who thought it was a good idea 20 / 30

Many of those dolts get their first ink in Pattaya. It's like a second puberty for some, with all of the accompanying stupidity.

A Turk flying in from South America with 12 kilograms of coffee bags and chocolate in his bags. No alarm bells there.

At least his big biceps will still be getting daily workouts.

1 hour ago, Sir Dude said:

It really takes a special type of stupid to try to smuggle 12 kilos of cocaine into a country, that has the death penalty for major drug offences with famously awful prisons, through its main international airport... Darwin Awards contender.

Maybe it has worked for him in the past, and he thought he would do another run. Do you think it was his first time?

lets not be overly judgmental about all the tattoos.

if you wanna get down, down to the ground ... cocaine.

21 hours ago, Packer said:

At least his big biceps will still be getting daily workouts.

Can you smuggle steroids into Thai prisons? In America it happens.

22 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

It really takes a special type of stupid to try to smuggle 12 kilos of cocaine into a country, that has the death penalty for major drug offences with famously awful prisons, through its main international airport... Darwin Awards contender.

Absolutely.

If convicted, this person is almost certainly looking at life in a Thai prison. Cases like this rarely end with less than 20–30 years.

Not a pleasant thought!

On 6/28/2026 at 6:10 AM, flaming dragon said:

Not every man with tattoos is a criminal but the lion's share of criminals are inked up. Maybe everyone with conspicuous tattoos should be given closer scrutiny, perhaps even body cavity searches. Dogs aren't fooled by other scents that smugglers try to disguise the drugs with: dogs smell everything separately.

Thats a little old fashioned! I’ll bet your in your eighties. I’ll also bet you think all tatted girls are whores too. I have no tatts but all 5 of my kids do, no criminals or whores just people born into a different era than me!

Isn't that like smuggling tea into China? Or haggis into Scotland?

I wonder how many guys (or gals) like him are slipping through the system and never caught..

From what I can tell, drugs are easy available in Thailand.

1 hour ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Absolutely.

If convicted, this person is almost certainly looking at life in a Thai prison. Cases like this rarely end with less than 20–30 years.

Not a pleasant thought!

Indeed- but I have no sympathy for him

His choice and he took what he thought was an easy way to no doubt make some money

He can repent at leisure in a Thai jail I suspect for a long time

1 hour ago, Brettoj said:

Thats a little old fashioned! I’ll bet your in your eighties. I’ll also bet you think all tatted girls are whores too. I have no tatts but all 5 of my kids do, no criminals or whores just people born into a different era than me!

Same as me. 5 out of 6 have Tatts, and I don't. Dad had one also. Labeling never works on looks, as some of the most heinous individuals have no tatts and look like businessmen, while some of the nicest people I've even know have tatts.

On 6/28/2026 at 8:58 AM, jacko45k said:

This drugs situation, it's like trying to hold back the tide!

I would like to know how come the customs officers can detect drugs carried by passengers coming into Thaland but can't detect them going out of the country. Examples being the ones caught with weed in their luggage when they land back in their own country from Thailand.

On 6/28/2026 at 6:10 AM, flaming dragon said:

Not every man with tattoos is a criminal but the lion's share of criminals are inked up. Maybe everyone with conspicuous tattoos should be given closer scrutiny, perhaps even body cavity searches. Dogs aren't fooled by other scents that smugglers try to disguise the drugs with: dogs smell everything separately.

Every action has a reaction.

It wouldn’t be long before criminals started using mules that don’t have tattoos. Then customs start body cavity searching everybody without tattoos. Which may well put you in the frame for a fingering.

Maybe just stick to sniffer dogs sniffing suitcases.

1 hour ago, wavodavo said:

I would like to know how come the customs officers can detect drugs carried by passengers coming into Thaland but can't detect them going out of the country. Examples being the ones caught with weed in their luggage when they land back in their own country from Thailand.

Why would Thailand want to pay for housing prisoners when they can inform another country that a drug runner is heading their way and they can pay for their accommodation? 🙂

1 hour ago, wavodavo said:

I would like to know how come the customs officers can detect drugs carried by passengers coming into Thaland but can't detect them going out of the country. Examples being the ones caught with weed in their luggage when they land back in their own country from Thailand.

I'm sure I've read of drug smugglers being caught outward bound. But why not allow a detected consignment to go through and then inform customs at the destination country that there's a courier on the way. Less work and expense for the Thai officials.

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

Same as me. 5 out of 6 have Tatts, and I don't. Dad had one also. Labeling never works on looks, as some of the most heinous individuals have no tatts and look like businessmen, while some of the nicest people I've even know have tatts.

right, it really depends on what you do for living. If you are a decent business person meeting with clients it's better you don't have any visible tats. I you are a soccer player, a celebrity or show girl in Pattaya then no problem or at least not when you are young.

2 minutes ago, Ray60 said:

right, it really depends on what you do for living. If you are a decent business person meeting with clients it's better you don't have any visible tats. I you are a soccer player, a celebrity or show girl in Pattaya then no problem or at least not when you are young.

Most tatts can be hidden for most jobs, and if you have some visible, you are taking a risk trying for certain positions. There are plenty or businessmen and women who have them, but unseen while working, so it's still a matter of visibility. Can't judge them if you can' see them.

Of my hundreds of flights into Thailand from overseas, I have never once seen the drug detection dogs (K9 patrol) in action here.....unlike many airports all over the world.

Has anyone?

And the article mentions Zopiclone .....which can be bought over the counter in Hong ...and taken as an excellent sleep inducer/aid, with no after effects.

(40 years of night shifts proved that)

Why is it banned?

Hardly a party drug or "upper".

Maybe a rape drug????

But then again, even melatonin is difficult to find, although not banned as i recall.

On 6/28/2026 at 10:31 AM, Artisi said:

Oxygen removal from importers and dealers sounds like a reasonable approach.

15 years at the Hilton with no chance of parole or being sent home until ALL time served

8 hours ago, GoodieAfterDark said:

Can you smuggle steroids into Thai prisons? In America it happens.

He's not that big! You can definitely get to his mass without steroids...

He is having a bad week right now. Better get adjusted to the food buddy.

11 hours ago, Brettoj said:

Thats a little old fashioned! I’ll bet your in your eighties. I’ll also bet you think all tatted girls are whores too. I have no tatts but all 5 of my kids do, no criminals or whores just people born into a different era than me!

What does the first line say?

The fathers I respect the most are the ones who see the world as it is and assist their children in making choices that won't obstruct their path through adulthood. The reality is that people with tattoos are judged and do everything they can do hide those tattoos for job interviews. Perhaps not the way the world should be, but definitely the way the world is. One doesn't need to be 80 or understand the difference between"'your and you're" to figure it out.

Your children sound like fine people, just as most of the younger people I know who have tattoos are. Nearly 100 percent of criminals also have tattoos. How can one tell them apart?