webfact Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Northeast Ohio man detained in Thailand after vacation By: Olivia Fecteau PHOTO: Michael Jones (center) is being detained in Thailand, where he traveled for his birthday. In this undated photo provided by his family, he's pictured with his son (left), who is 16 years old. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio — A University Heights couple is asking for help after their son was detained while traveling abroad. Michael Jones took a vacation to Thailand alone to celebrate his 37th birthday, according to his parents, Tanya Durden-Jones and Mike Jones. “He had a great time, said he had a great time in Thailand, and then when it was time for him to come home, that’s when the problem happened,” Durden-Jones said. Durden-Jones said security at the airport in Bangkok told her son they had found a single bullet in his bag, but she said her son wasn't traveling with any weapons or ammunition. “He had nothing, and when he tried to explain that to them, it’s like you really can’t challenge their authority there,” Durden-Jones said. Full story: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/northeast-ohio-man-detained-in-thailand-after-vacation -- NEWS 5 CLEVELAND 2019-12-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lemonjelly Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 Looks like that old scam is back again 20 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SoilSpoil Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 The infamous Manilla airport scam has arrived in Thailand. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rak sa_ngop Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 It will be interesting to see how this case pans out in comparison to the guy stopped last week near Pattaya with a live grenade in his possession. 6 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Quote “I also know, I’m not naive enough not to realize that we’re dealing with another country that think differently from us,” Durden-Jones said. And do they! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hans007 Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 Its realy sad that Thai people live here. They ruin everything. Hans 7 3 1 9 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) Asked and answered in two lines ........ '“We understand what happened, we just don’t understand why,” Durden-Jones said. Michael Jones was held at the airport and was only allowed to go free after his parents sent thousands of dollars through their bank to a law firm in Thailand to pay for an attorney and bail.' Edited December 30, 2019 by BritManToo 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Baerboxer Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 Now if he'd been a retired Thai cop he could've had a loaded gun in his hand luggage and no one would punish him. A little inconvenience, public slap on the wrist and all's well. Why would someone come to Thailand, and buy one bullet and take it home with them? Wonder if they realize that they are gonna look clowns for this done before elsewhere scam? 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Baerboxer said: Wonder if they realize that they are gonna look clowns for this done before elsewhere scam? Don't think they care as long as they get the money. Although the ones that grabbed that French guy in a 'stop and search' appear to be getting a spank. Edited December 30, 2019 by BritManToo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lemonjelly Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 Well, I guess anyone reading the Ohio news won’t want to come to Thailand.... ever. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dcnx Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 Exact same thing happened to a close friend in Manila a few years ago. Cost him a few thousand USD to make it go away. The guy is openly anti firearm which made it even more obvious it was a scam. 8 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thrilled Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 A few years ago I had a bullet necklace made out of gold. I wore it to Bkk airport. Security saw it. I had to go back down put it in A bag with luggage. A year later I went to Koh Samui on Bangkok airways.Everything was fine. Coming back to Bkk Koh Samui confiscated it. I mean it was jewelry. I talked to customs at Bkk. They said it shouldn’t have been taken. It wasn’t a bullet. It was jewelry. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew65 Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Hans007 said: Its realy sad that Thai people live here. They ruin everything. Hans A bit like France & the French then?!???? 1 2 1 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traubert Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Baerboxer said: Why would someone come to Thailand, and buy one bullet and take it home with them? Wonder if they realize that they are gonna look clowns for this done before elsewhere scam? Souvenir off a flea market or similar perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IAMHERE Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 This is scary. It is a scam that can be pulled on all of us. Scary. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew65 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) I wonder what wold happen if they found a live bullet in your bag at London or Paris etc airports?! After saying that, I think it's possible to legally have firearms in check-in bags in Thailand? Edited December 30, 2019 by Andrew65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 29 minutes ago, yogi100 said: If the world's press made a big enough issue of these scams things improve. A few years ago the UK's Daily Mail on Line printed an article that was an embarrassment to Thailand. I think it referred to a member of their Royal family. Nothing serious just a petty jibe. For more a year after you could not access the DM on line in the LOS so it shows what power the press has. A nation that is a tourist attraction cannot afford bad publicity. More people in the UK read the Mail on Line than any other on line newspaper. Yes you could access them .co.uk/sport I remember the story well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 27 minutes ago, IAMHERE said: This is scary. It is a scam that can be pulled on all of us. Scary. Somewhere out there is a bullet with your name on it 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibukid Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 shake down street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ParkerN Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 hours ago, Hans007 said: Its realy sad that Thai people live here. They ruin everything. Hans Not disagreeing with you, but Thais have chosen to be what they are. They get no sympathy and little accommodation from me. Most people make excuses for errant brothers and sisters. This usually continues until the folly of doing it dawns on them. It dawned on me a while ago. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nakmuay887 Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Andrew65 said: I wonder what wold happen if they found a live bullet in your bag at London or Paris etc airports?! After saying that, I think it's possible to legally have firearms in check-in bags in Thailand? I agree with this but what is the kid going to do with it? Build a gun out of Airplane food and utensils and then take over the entire airplane with his plastic homemade gun and single bullet? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dcnx Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Andrew65 said: I wonder what wold happen if they found a live bullet in your bag at London or Paris etc airports?! After saying that, I think it's possible to legally have firearms in check-in bags in Thailand? You can’t legally check what you don’t know is in your bag. This is an old scam that has unfortunately made its way here. Anyone is fair game for this one. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) Bullet planting scam was going on philipines airports as far as I remember. Just saying Edited December 30, 2019 by Xaos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brucec64 Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 hours ago, thrilled said: A few years ago I had a bullet necklace made out of gold. I wore it to Bkk airport. Security saw it. I had to go back down put it in A bag with luggage. A year later I went to Koh Samui on Bangkok airways.Everything was fine. Coming back to Bkk Koh Samui confiscated it. I mean it was jewelry. I talked to customs at Bkk. They said it shouldn’t have been taken. It wasn’t a bullet. It was jewelry. Seems like once you've had a problem with the bullet, you might learn to not wear it through security again. real or not, it will obviously attract attention at security. You kind of deserved to lose it... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 here we go again....manila now thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontang Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Who remembers, when people used to walk around with bullets filled with booger sugar? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 hours ago, thrilled said: A few years ago I had a bullet necklace made out of gold. I wore it to Bkk airport. Security saw it. I had to go back down put it in A bag with luggage. A year later I went to Koh Samui on Bangkok airways.Everything was fine. Coming back to Bkk Koh Samui confiscated it. I mean it was jewelry. I talked to customs at Bkk. They said shouldn’t have been taken. It wasn’t a bullet. It was jewelry. we sell what is called 'The Digger Pen' at the RAAF Museum; same as this one The Digger Pen made from actual .303 rounds each time handing it over, we warn (especially flying visitors) to pack it into luggage (or Mail it home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 6 hours ago, thrilled said: A few years ago I had a bullet necklace made out of gold. I wore it to Bkk airport. Security saw it. I had to go back down put it in A bag with luggage. A year later I went to Koh Samui on Bangkok airways.Everything was fine. Coming back to Bkk Koh Samui confiscated it. I mean it was jewelry. I talked to customs at Bkk. They said it shouldn’t have been taken. It wasn’t a bullet. It was jewelry. Don't consider going to Brunei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThomasThBKK Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) I remember reading a case like this weeks ago, does someone else have a link? same case? definitely going downhill here, i don't believe that guy had anything todo with this ezcept beeing a victim. and what chance has it that its exactly 1 bullet and nothing else... Edited December 30, 2019 by ThomasThBKK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbloggs Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 9 hours ago, yogi100 said: More people in the UK read the Mail on Line than any other on line newspaper. And that is how Brexit happened. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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