Dutch tourist drug and abuse claims all a misunderstanding - he was blind drunk

[webfact]

Dutch tourist drug and abuse claims all a misunderstanding - he was blind drunk

 

 

A Dutch tourist has apologized to the Pattaya police after he claimed he had drugs planted on him, was abused and was extorted out of 40,000 baht. 

 

He also claimed a French volunteer cop was involved in the extortion.

 

He told the cops in Pattaya yesterday that he had found his money in his wardrobe.

 

He thought he had put it in his hotel room safe but he was mistaken. His ATM cards were also in place. 

 

After he realized his mistake he went back to the Pattaya police fearing he might be charged with something like wasting police time. But it was all smiles when he apologized. 

 

He said that he was very drunk and got it all completely wrong. 

 

It was accepted that he had been released without harm after no drugs were found on him during a search when his motorbike was stopped in the early hours of Monday morning. 

 

The tourist has now left the area and is continuing with his holiday in Thailand, reported ONB News who published a picture of a smiling Pattaya station chief Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch. 

 

Source: ONB News

 

 

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[mikebell]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

He said that he was very drunk and got it all completely wrong. 

 

It was accepted that he had been released without harm after no drugs were found on him during a search when his motorbike was stopped in the early hours of Monday morning. 

A bit of a climbdown!  So was he charged with driving drunk or released with a 'warning fine'?

[jacko45k]

5 minutes ago, mikebell said:

A bit of a climbdown!  So was he charged with driving drunk or released with a 'warning fine'?

The original report said he was on a M/C taxi. 

[KittenKong]

One man's climb-down is another man's cover-up.

[darksidedog]

Were this anywhere but Thailand you would say fair enough and move on. With the amount of corruption here though, you cant help but wonder what else might have been going on behind the scenes here and if his revelation that none of what he alleged happened has been orchestrated?

[LomSak27]

Just now, mikebell said:

Just now, webfact said:

He said that he was very drunk and got it all completely wrong. 

 

It was accepted that he had been released without harm after no drugs were found on him during a search when his motorbike was stopped in the early hours of Monday morning. 

A bit of a climbdown!  So was he charged with driving drunk or released with a 'warning fine'?

Looks like it was all a "misunderstanding"    

 

Good deal that the Dutch tourist got it pubilicized so fast ... otherwise there might not have been a "misunderstanding"   

 

 

[fruitman]

I don't know what to believe of this story.....

[NCC1701A]

shakedown + social media equals misunderstanding.

[Chang_paarp]

Interesting that he "found" his missing 40K Baht. 

[mok199]

What ever happened to ''I was drunk and I am an idiot'', why so quick to blame ,and alert social media for justice....TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS...

Edited January 23, 2019 by mok199

[Jai Dee]

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[SammyT]

12 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

One man's climb-down is another man's cover-up.

Exactly.

One only needs to have a read of stuff about a French volunteer cop to understand the background of this situation

[RotBenz8888]

 

34 minutes ago, webfact said:

The tourist has now left the area and is continuing with his holiday in Thailand,

Tomorrow there will be a new twist in this story, when the mysterious French collaborator appears again. This time in Phuket.

[ThreeEyedRaven]

37 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Were this anywhere but Thailand you would say fair enough and move on. With the amount of corruption here though, you cant help but wonder what else might have been going on behind the scenes here and if his revelation that none of what he alleged happened has been orchestrated?

I share your suspicions and the devil as they say is in the details. There was a lot of detail in his original story, including a certain french person, who has figured in many a dark tale coming out of Pattaya police. I am wondering how all of that detail has suddenly been found to be spurious? 40K refund and a pep talk perhaps?

[BigBadGeordie]

1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

 

Tomorrow there will be a new twist in this story, when the mysterious French collaborator appears again. This time in Phuket.

They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That demned elusive Pimpernel

[300sd]

Another foreigner who just doesn't understand!

 

No sorry I take it back...he understood very well.

 

He beat the vermin at their own game.

Edited January 23, 2019 by 300sd

[Nyezhov]

So was the tourist lying then...or lying now?

 

As to what it all means, guess it depends on how you view things here, Read my signature.

 

Glad it all "worked out" for the dude

[Rimmer]

A troll post has been removed

[DoctorG]

How drunk would you need to be to believe that it had actually happened to you? Are we now supposed to believe that he just has a vivid imagination?

[mickymouse1]

How sweet!!????????

[sammieuk1]

A misspent youth in the coffee shops of Amsterdam payback maybe?????

[madmen]

Some tv posters gone very quite with egg [emoji505] on face
Same as the the BS rape girl

[Crash999]

If this is true then the last story is very bizarre. There’s a pic of the guy looking very sober the next day holding the police record of the incident. If he was sober enough then to recount his story to the press how can he suddenly remember it differently another day later? 

[Prince77]

28 minutes ago, madmen said:

Some tv posters gone very quite with egg on face
Same as the the BS rape girl
 

well, maybe some TV users rest their case and consider this twist as "happy end" for all involved?

[NextStationBangkok]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that he was very drunk and got it all completely wrong. 

 

It was accepted that he had been released without harm after no drugs were found on him during a search when his motorbike was stopped in the early hours of Monday morning. 

 I suppose his first statement in French is wrongly translated in Thai, and now it is properly translated ?

Good that he got self deportation approval finally. Hahaha.....????

[Just Weird]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

A bit of a climbdown!  So was he charged with driving drunk or released with a 'warning fine'?

Being an enebriated passenger on a bike taxi is not an offence.

[madmen]

well, maybe some TV users rest their case and consider this twist as "happy end" for all involved?

Awwe that's sweet. You must be new here [emoji16]

[anthobkk]

Hard to believe....seems that behind the scene someone told him to give this version to the cops.

 

Usually when there's defamation here, they are not all "smiles and happy about it".

 

Also, what about the "french man" statement ? That guy is on Holidays and out of nowhere he feels like " yeah, gonna add a French man tourist police in my story to make it better". ...that "french man" guy was on the news for long for trying to extort money to people here and this tourist just bring it up and then say " i was drunk i don't remeber it"

[soalbundy]

5 hours ago, KittenKong said:

One man's climb-down is another man's cover-up.

The RTP have had a discussion with him, they have explained that there are strict laws in place concerning defamation and that they are innocent of any wrongdoing, after two hours of the BIB explaining about the joys of a Thai prison and how he has made a mistake that's exactly the way the Dutch guy saw it.

[PEE TEE]

Ban Alcohol. one of the worst drugs yeaaa