webfact Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Briton dies fleeing drug bust By The Nation A Briton, 60, was fatally injured while apparently speeding to escape being caught with drugs in Udon Thani on Thursday night, police said. Police said David John Sewell was fatally injured when his Honda Civic crashed into the rear of a trailer truck on the Udon Thani-Sakon Nakhon road in Ban Nong Kae village in Tambon Nongkham in Muang district at about 9pm. Sewell's car was spotted parked in Ban Nong Sai village by a patrol car led by Pol Lt Col Pattanawong Chanpol, deputy chief of the Muang Udon Thani. Pattanapong noticed that the driver's door was open so he approached but Sewell drove off and crashed into a truck. He died at Udon Thani provincial hospital. Police found a tiny bag of marijuana on the front passenger seat. Pattanawong said found four more small bags of marijuana, 80 methamphetamine pills, five bags of crystal meth and seven bags of cocaine. Police later found out that Sewell had been staying at the Ton Tal Resort in Ban Nong Bu village in Tambon Samprao for a few years. His Thai wife was there and was informed about the accident by the police. The wife, who came from Bangkok, claimed that she knew nothing about the drugs and she thought Sewell drove out every night to drink with friends in Udon Thani. Police found more marijuana hidden in the room and detained the wife for further questioning. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30348930 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-06-29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just1Voice Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 You would think that at his age he would know better. Guess not. 10 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post z42 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 What a fool. While i am a pro choice person when it comes to drugs, i am also of the opinion that when you do get busted you go quietly and take your punishment like a man. I guess the only saving grace here is that nobody else got hurt in this incident. Awful spectacle all round 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keith101 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 Looking at a long prison term for dealing and deportation , took his chances and lost . 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus123 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Goodness me.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 Very sad, though I guess he realised that caught with that lot, he would have been finishing his days in a Thai prison. It seems a lot for personal use, so I suspect he may have been supplementing his income with a bit of dealing. Not a clever thing to do in this country at all. 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post despicable alien Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 you have to ask yourself who would he be selling to? wouldnt be those degenerate thai youths so who left? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Odysseus123 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, despicable alien said: you have to ask yourself who would he be selling to? wouldnt be those degenerate thai youths so who left? It doesn't matter as he should have known better-why flout the laws of the country which is your host? 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Laza 45 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 Another candidate for the Darwin awards.. .. ferang selling drugs in Thailand! <deleted>... 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post swanny321 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) So he fleed at speed with the evil weed an ended up deed? Enough seed! Edited June 29, 2018 by swanny321 addendum 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maradona 10 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 One less loser around. Cheerio. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sanuk711 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 19 minutes ago, despicable alien said: keeping the thai wife in the manner she demands? Gosh its the Thai's fault again...........nicely worked D.A, for a moment there I thought they might just blame the farang dealer.... 12 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johnniey Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 19 minutes ago, Maradona 10 said: One less loser around. Cheerio. He was a friend of mine for many years. He was from Iceland. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeEyedRaven Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Probably too busy looking in the mirror at what was chasing him, to pay sufficient attention to the road in front of him. Very sad for a 60 year old man to be mixed up in drugs. Even sadder that it has cost him his life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 I am 2 years away from 60 and know better than to deal in drugs, let alone take them at this age. Sure in the younger days tried them all except the big H, never really did anything for me, although I did see a lot of school friends not make it to their 18th birthdays. To young to die, and not the way I would want to go, RIP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 Some pathetic people on this thread. Drug addiction is an illness and causes sufferers to do things they wouldn't normally do. Please show some compassion, this could happen to anyone. He was a resident in Khon Keen some years ago, and clean at the time. I believe he had recently had a baby. RIP. 6 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Maradona 10 said: One less loser around. Cheerio. Pathetic, you should be ashamed of yourself. 14 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Laza 45 said: Another candidate for the Darwin awards.. .. ferang selling drugs in Thailand! <deleted>... What on earth has the color of one's skin got to do with it? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vogie Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 2 hours ago, swanny321 said: So he fleed at speed with the evil weed an ended up deed? Enough seed! Indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rc2702 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 Strange how people are dishing out drug users are an illness. The chap was clearly much more than a user and a more accurate description is drug dealer. Drug dealers know the risks involved and the truth is they are scum and the likelist customers for this guy was probably his so called mates he pushes to. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, webfact said: Police said David John Sewell was fatally injured when his Honda Civic crashed into the rear of a trailer truck on the Udon Thani-Sakon Nakhon road in Ban Nong Kae village in Tambon Nongkham in Muang district at about 9pm. Sewell's car was spotted parked in Ban Nong Sai village by a patrol car led by Pol Lt Col Pattanawong Chanpol, deputy chief of the Muang Udon Thani. The two things that baffle me are the police being out at "9pm" and a "patrol car". Neither of those two seem to be a trait of the BIB. I've never seen the police patrolling anything, for months - years - let alone that time of night. They must have either been lost, or their car had broken down earlier. Edited June 29, 2018 by bluesofa misprit 1 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maradona 10 Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 4 hours ago, Neeranam said: Some pathetic people on this thread. Drug addiction is an illness and causes sufferers to do things they wouldn't normally do. Please show some compassion, this could happen to anyone. He was a resident in Khon Keen some years ago, and clean at the time. I believe he had recently had a baby. RIP. ''this could happen to anyone' Erh, no it couldn't. How many 60 year old drug dealers are there that are trying to escape from the police?? Pathetic. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post balo Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 6 hours ago, Johnniey said: He was a friend of mine for many years. He was from Iceland. And this is his facebook page : facebook.com/davidjohn.sewell I believe he is originally from Scotland but moved to Iceland at young age. R.I.P to your friend . He looks like a family man to me , was he addicted to drugs ? And why do it in Thailand when you know the risks here? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johnniey Posted June 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Maradona 10 said: Why, because a no mark like you says so?? Your pal was a loser. Get over it. You won't make any friends here with that lousy attitude, especially as some of his friends are members here and the deceased leaves a wife and young daughter. Grow up. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Sad. Get caught up in that, panic and there you go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
despicable alien Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) how could it be! they have left out the most important critical piece of information. we are never going to be able to determine now whether he was a real bad crim or just a casual panhandler! yes they didnt tell us whether he was on visa overstay or not, how inept. Edited June 29, 2018 by despicable alien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 15 hours ago, Just1Voice said: You would think that at his age he would know better. Guess not. He wouldn't be the first person involved with drugs over the age of 60 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cyberfarang Posted June 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2018 14 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Probably too busy looking in the mirror at what was chasing him, to pay sufficient attention to the road in front of him. Very sad for a 60 year old man to be mixed up in drugs. Even sadder that it has cost him his life. Right, and if he had been a Thai, posters would be calling him the scum of the Earth and claiming this is typical Thainess. Just another peddler of poison off the planet, he got his just desserts. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 16 hours ago, Just1Voice said: You would think that at his age he would know better. Guess not. desperate people do desperate things to stay in Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post catman20 Posted June 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Neeranam said: Some pathetic people on this thread. Drug addiction is an illness and causes sufferers to do things they wouldn't normally do. Please show some compassion, this could happen to anyone. He was a resident in Khon Keen some years ago, and clean at the time. I believe he had recently had a baby. RIP. I believe he had recently had a baby. sounds to me like he just could not get anything right with his life at his age ! people make choices in life, no excuses for taking or selling DRUGS, their toe rags. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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