New Zealand man arrested for unlicensed business, drug possession

[Jonathan Fairfield]

New Zealand man arrested for unlicensed business, drug possession

By Suriya Patathayo
The Nation

 

 

Immigration Police chief Lt-General Sompong Chingduang on Tuesday announced the arrest of [name removed] a New Zealand national, on charges of opening a restaurant and bar without a licence, working without a work permit, and allegedly possessing narcotic substances.

 

[The man] was arrested at the Spades Bistro & Bar on Sam Lan Road in Chiang Mai’s Muang district.

 

Sompong said local police were called to inspect the bar “allegedly owned by an illegal alien”.

 

“We questioned [the man] and found that he entered Thailand on July 11 on a retirement visa. He is listed as a shareholder of the company which opened this bar, but has no licence under his name,” Sompong said.

 

While searching the second floor of the bar, police said they found drugs including 64 ecstasy pills, 9 grammes of cocaine and another 9 grammes of ketamine, which [the man] allegedly admitted buying from a foreign dealer for

Bt45,000. An initial urine test also revealed that [the man] had narcotics in his system, according to police.

 

[The man] was subsequently taken to Chiang Mai police station for prosecution.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377645

 

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[orchis]

the exact same news was published August 14.

[tabarin]

This is like old news, how does this pop up today? Word is that he upset some people ????

Edited October 22, 2019 by tabarin

[from the home of CC]

1 hour ago, orchis said:

the exact same news was published August 14.

recycling the news is environmentally savvy.. 

[Matzzon]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

on charges of opening a restaurant and bar without a licence, working without a work permit, and allegedly possessing narcotic substances.

At least this man did a good job. He saw to that he was breaking the law in 3 different ways, so that he was sure to get caught sooner than later.

[terminatorchiangmai]

13 hours ago, orchis said:

the exact same news was published August 14.

Slow news day and of course no editor reads or cares what's in the article.

[worgeordie]

Some  Zombie posts never die,there's even one from 2014 on

the main page,German man attacked....

regards Worgeordie

[bluesofa]

14 hours ago, orchis said:

the exact same news was published August 14.

Nah, it was his twin brother.

[lordblackader]

Thai Visa/The Nation - first with breaking news from August in October. 

[Burma Bill]

Quote:-

"allegedly owned by an illegal alien”.

Interesting, are Martians now visiting Earth? I wonder if a TM30 was completed.

 

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Quote:-

"allegedly owned by an illegal alien”.

Interesting, are Martians now visiting Earth? I wonder if a TM30 was completed.

We know who you are, earthlings. Take us to your leader.

[Lee4Life]

4 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Quote:-

"allegedly owned by an illegal alien”.

Interesting, are Martians now visiting Earth? I wonder if a TM30 was completed.

 

If the TM30 was completed they would have been a legal alien.