Foreign manager of Koh Phangan hostel faces deportation for cannabis possession

[Italian guy]

Just the tip of a huge iceberg...

[brain150]

Slaves calling on the slave-masters [police] to keep the other slaves in line so that they can feel better about being slaves 

 

When will people understand that the real mafia is the state ?

Charging someone because he had a plant in his room is just hilarious ... 

[Guitar God]

What's their evidence he was selling it? The fact he had an 11 day supply of it. A piece smaller than a domino or a matchbook?

 

The police are like Trump, just make shit up as you go. 

[HooHaa]

40 minutes ago, Juan B Tong said:

11 grams is about 4 or 5 good joints worth.

 

This tarnished the reputation of Thailand you know!

 

if you dont have a clue what you are talking about it is generally best to remain silent.

[shaurene]

1 hour ago, frank0424 said:

That quote should be applied to just about every comment on Thai Visa

Ye dead right Frank. 

[lust]

4 hours ago, Get Real said:

Good! Get rid of the junkie or pusher. What ever he might be. He break the law and should be deported or jailed. Gives more room for the real people that wants to do things the right way.

After reading your comment and user name. Oh the irony. Pathetic comment.

[ebonykap]

49 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

What absolute inane dribble. Calling a pot smoker a junkie. There seems to be some very basic misunderstanding here. Or maybe you are Saudi? Or Jeff Sessions? What gives here? Why such a fabulous degree of ignorance? 

"Junkie - someone who is addicted to illegal drugs", so the poster is somewhat correct. Who's to say whether this guy is addicted or not. Nevertheless, he was in possession of illegal drugs in Thailand, hence the arrest. 

[sambum]

"Foreign manager of Koh Phangan hostel faces deportation for cannabis possession"

 

I wonder If he'd been British if the headline have read the same? Especially as the first line of the article specifies his nationality:-

 

A Lebanese man who is the manager of a guesthouse on Koh Phangan has been arrested for drug offences.

 

 

[spidermike007]

15 minutes ago, ebonykap said:

"Junkie - someone who is addicted to illegal drugs", so the poster is somewhat correct. Who's to say whether this guy is addicted or not. Nevertheless, he was in possession of illegal drugs in Thailand, hence the arrest. 

Illegal by who's definition? A corrupt, illegal government that is completely out of step with a changing world? Pot does little harm to anyone. The biggest risk is the the user will lose his ambition. Compared to alcohol the detriment to society is minuscule. Only the Jeff Sessions and the Little P's. of the world continue to pursue these draconian convictions. The only reason why ganga is illegal in Thailand is due to the fact that legalization would make the police franchises less valuable. That is it. It ends there. This has nothing whatsoever to do with morality or character development. Quite the contrary. And to lump a pot smoker into the same category as a heroin addict is just plain old ridiculous and ignorant of the facts. 

[The Alster]

2 hours ago, miamiman123 said:

What country is he from? 

A Lebanese man who is the manager of a guesthouse on Koh Phangan has been arrested for drug offences.

The main headline!!

 

[natway09]

I cannot for the life of me understand how he has a B class visa &work permit to manage an unlicenced hotel. I bet some monies changed hands here

To have or deal in any illegal drug is a bit silly. He should have left that to the Thais & if customers asked just make a phone call

[sam84320]

2 hours ago, miamiman123 said:

What country is he from? 

Haven't you read ?? It's mentionned in the first sentence.

[Donotdisturb]

11gr of weed. The horror!!! People on weed chill out or sleep or eat. They dont start fighting or causing trouble. Sad evolution in the world that cannabis is illegal in most places. 

[Annunaki]

12 minutes ago, sam84320 said:

Haven't you read ?? It's mentionned in the first sentence.

 

Is it France?

[Media1]

This is ilegal entry and a minor offence. But this is also a you know what government lol..So good luck bro. A Thai did not like your competition. Disgusting work by the RTP

[Jonah777]

All the hard drugs and dealers have gone to Koh Chang.  An island swimming in drugs. 

[Neeranam]

5 hours ago, Get Real said:

Good! Get rid of the junkie or pusher. What ever he might be. He break the law and should be deported or jailed. Gives more room for the real people that wants to do things the right way.

Alcohol is more dangerous than Ganga and kills more than any drug.

Deported for this is ridiculous. Usually takes 10,000 baht or so.

[wavemanwww]

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

It seems that someone with the right connections didn't want this Guest House competing with theirs !!

 

No Search Warrant was offered by the Police who simply circumnavigated the law and called up their Military colleagues to force the search... Surely this is not legal and any evidence found is also not legal/permissible?

 

Disappointed they found a little bit of Marijuana. In the absence of this damning evidence I wonder how long they would have searched until they found a Pack of Playing Cards or a Dart-board etc... something, anything....  

 

This does seem somewhat whiffy...  I wonder how many neighbouring Thai run companies openly selling this stuff?

As far as I am concerned ,Good bye to the scum. Go back to Lebanon. Who knows what else he was up too? End of story

[someonelovesyou]

3 hours ago, dotpoom said:

Don't understand  the many posts supporting this hostel? If it was not opperating legally should it not be closed or forced to get legal. Thete must be others who are opperating legally despite what the cynics say.

 

This isn't about stopping illegal activity.  It's about keeping the proceeds off all the illegal activity to themselves.    The money the authorities get for allowing places like Mellow Mountain to sell this stuff I'm sure is no joke.  I'd estimate that bar alone grosses close to 2,000,000 Baht/night in mushroom shakes alone during full moon period nights.    They make decent coin of joints too.    No way the police are letting the Burmese that run that place keep all those proceeds to themselves.   They are just their dirty cop enforcers, cracking down on the competition, and publishing the stories to make it look like they are doing their job so they can keep taking all the dirty money.

[snowgard]

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

It seems that someone with the right connections didn't want this Guest House competing with theirs !!

 

No Search Warrant was offered by the Police who simply circumnavigated the law and called up their Military colleagues to force the search... Surely this is not legal and any evidence found is also not legal/permissible?

 

Disappointed they found a little bit of Marijuana. In the absence of this damning evidence I wonder how long they would have searched until they found a Pack of Playing Cards or a Dart-board etc... something, anything....  

 

This does seem somewhat whiffy...  I wonder how many neighbouring Thai run companies openly selling this stuff?

This is LEGAL this days!!! The military have now police rights!!!

There was a rule change in 03/2016 under Section 44:
 

Soldiers from the rank of sub-lieutenant up have been given police powers to summon, arrest and detain suspects by an order under Section 44 of the interimcharter. 

They are also authorised to conduct searches, seize assets, suspend financialtransactions and ban suspects from travelling. 
 

Soldiers can search any property they believe is linked to suspects or their assets. The searches can be conducted on individuals and vehicles. 
 

Searches can also be conducted without warrants when there are grounds to believe that suspects could flee before a warrant is obtained. 
 

All officers from the three armed services with the rank of sub-lieutenant and higher become crime suppression officers with lower ranks acting as assistants.

[RickTik]

6 hours ago, Get Real said:

Good! Get rid of the junkie or pusher. What ever he might be. He break the law and should be deported or jailed. Gives more room for the real people that wants to do things the right way.

 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

hmmmm .....  seems like he stood on someone's toes ...  !!   

You don't have to step on anyone's toes.. just being a farang operating a business is enough to get you moved-on!

Thais just can't stand any competition...

[mrfill]

Drugs?

 

On Koh Phangan????

 

Surely not...

 

I guess they found the 11 grams by scraping the barrel very thoroughly...

[catman20]

6 hours ago, Get Real said:

Good! Get rid of the junkie or pusher. What ever he might be. He break the law and should be deported or jailed. Gives more room for the real people that wants to do things the right way.

fantastic post a man after my own heart.

[jenny2017]

6 hours ago, Get Real said:

Good! Get rid of the junkie or pusher. What ever he might be. He break the law and should be deported or jailed. Gives more room for the real people that wants to do things the right way.

Using junkie is insane. You do not seem to be okay with the fact that he's from Lebanon, right? Since when should "pushers' be deported or jailed? Who are the real people, you?

 

       And that in a time where many countries legislated it because they found out that it's nothing that kills. Exactly the opposite.  Sad that you don't see the trees, standing in the middle of a forest. 

[catman20]

15 minutes ago, RickTik said:

 

ive never met any descent people who smoke this crap they all seem to be lazy , laid back no ambition and basically a waste of space. 

[CGW]

41 minutes ago, wavemanwww said:

As far as I am concerned ,Good bye to the scum. Go back to Lebanon. Who knows what else he was up too? End of story

Least you don't have any preconceived ideas about people! well done! Good to keep an open mind and always think well of people until they prove different :)

So people that sell legal drugs, are they "scum" also?

[metisdead]

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[CGW]

2 hours ago, SymS said:

Is that the standard practice for the police to call the military to search for business premises?
Why couldn't they do it themselves?

Good point I wondered also, maybe? the police need a search warrant, the military being the military and the "official rulers" of the Kingdom can do what the hell they want! ?

[giddyup]

There's a bottomless pit of Yaba and Ice coming across the border from Myanmar, literally tons of it, and it's either creating or supplying thousands of addicts, yet the police seem more intent on busting someone with a miniscule quantity of a relatively harmless drug. TIT!