Let me go and I'll give you a million bucks! Koh Phangan police not interested in UK/Israeli drug guy's bribe attempt

[webfact]

Let me go and I'll give you a million bucks! Koh Phangan police not interested in UK/Israeli drug guy's bribe attempt

 

Thai caption: Foreigner arrested....Koh Phangan mafia, selling drugs

Picture: Manager Online

 

Police in Koh Phangan have announced the arrest of a foreign man in what they say is a bust of a big drug dealer on the holiday island in southern Thailand.

 

Arrested at a luxury house in Ban Tai, Koh Phangan on Saturday was 44 year old Gild Yohai, a British national with Israeli heritage, said Manager.

 

Found in a bedroom at his house were ecstasy, ketamine, cocaine, two types of ganja, scales and plastic bags for distributing the drugs. He admitted at the police station that it was all his.

 

He then asked to see an officer in charge and offered to pay one million dollars in a bribe.

 

When the police refused, he started to show signs of stress and began to make trouble, said Manager, going on about a Mr Big who would be informed.

 

Police had investigated the suspect after he appeared to be living a flamboyant lifestyle - but didn't appear to have a job.

 

Pol Lt-Col Thanawat Sukhata said this was no ordinary suspect in a drugs case. He was a big player.

 

He said that the suspect has six Russian girlfriends and two children. He is in the process of purchasing a 30 million baht house of which 2 million has so far been paid.

 

He drives around Koh Phangan in a kind of army jeep.

 

Manager described him as a mafia poser.

 

He has been charged with possession of drugs with intent to sell and is in the custody of the Koh Phangan police.

 

Source: Manager Online

 

 

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[rayluttman]

Throw the key away.

[tubby johnson]

With the right connections he would have stayed out of trouble. Offering bribes after the arrest is too little, too late.

An un-kosher prison cell awaits. Farewell, amigo. 

[Intrepidman]

I'm guessing the million isn't currently available to stuff Into a brown envelope

[from the home of CC]

too bad this isn't Bali..

[Ventenio]

Why not take the 1 million and then say, "Sorry, we don't accept bribes!!  Lock him up!!!"

 

I'm sure they will take everything from his house......plus have him politely tell them his bank account information.   He's definitely not cash poor.......  

[NCC1701A]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He said that the suspect has six Russian girlfriends

he has me beat.

[doublezero]

Koh Phangan police not interested in UK/Israeli drug guy's bribe attempt ...

 

I bet, they are even very much interested in the money ????

[metempsychotic]

utter nonsense this is.

sure the guy was dealing, but the offer of a million bucks isn't realistic in any scenario.

1 million baht perhaps

[bkk6060]

Perfect example of what I have been saying, Thais are not all about the money.

[Just1Voice]

So you expect me to believe that a cop - a THAI cop - turned down a million dollars - roughly 30 million Thai baht?  Ok, I'll buy it, but also believe in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause, And that the moon is made out of green cheese, 

[metempsychotic]

30 minutes ago, tubby johnson said:

With the right connections he would have stayed out of trouble. Offering bribes after the arrest is too little, too late.

An un-kosher prison cell awaits. Farewell, amigo. 

Had to get the Israeli angle in there didnt ya tubby ole fella?

[Gecko123]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The suspect has six Russian girlfriends

I'm dark green with envy.

 

Edited February 18, 2020 by Gecko123

[metempsychotic]

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Perfect example of what I have been saying, Thais are not all about the money.

No, it just means we lack information regarding both the offer and police response.

[Crash999]

Crime in Thailand 101- Donate to the local police long before you’re arrested. 

[FritsSikkink]

18 minutes ago, metempsychotic said:

utter nonsense this is.

sure the guy was dealing, but the offer of a million bucks isn't realistic in any scenario.

1 million baht perhaps

He was buying a house of 30 million THB, so why not.

[TheFishman1]

What does his six girl friends has to do with it in thai be careful doing anything Thais do because you lose TIT

[transam]

13 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

So you expect me to believe that a cop - a THAI cop - turned down a million dollars - roughly 30 million Thai baht?  Ok, I'll buy it, but also believe in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause, And that the moon is made out of green cheese, 

What did Santa leave you.......????

[canopus1969]

He said 'Kip' not bucks - translation problem

[spidermike007]

Absolute fiction. The local franchisees on samui and phangan have never turned away a contribution. They are some of the most corrupt police in the nation, and anyone who has spent time there, or lived there will attest to this. My guess is that they asked him to come up with a portion of that, and he could not even do that. 

Edited February 18, 2020 by spidermike007

[transam]

Reads like the guy sold a lot of gear, may have trod on local toes. 

Weeeell, he's going to tread on a lot of toes in the cramped place he is going....????

[Redline]

If he was real mafia, they wouldn’t touch him

[tonysilly]

45 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Perfect example of what I have been saying, Thais are not all about the money.

Wrong!!! 

[Sakeopete]

I doubt this story, even if the cop was actually honest there is no way he would refuse the bribe his supervisors would furious. His next position would be as a traffic cop or maybe an inactive post.

[shafty]

https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Yohai-Gild-pioneer-of-cannabis-cultivation-arrested-in-Thailand-617827

[Emdog]

Offer a million bucks? Cops thinking "We'll take it anyway, if you've got it."

[nobodysfriend]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that the suspect has six Russian girlfriends and two children. He is in the process of purchasing a 30 million baht house of which 2 million has so far been paid.

 

He drives around Koh Phangan in a kind of army jeep.

 

Manager described him as a mafia poser.

 

He has been charged with possession of drugs with intent to sell and is in the custody of the Koh Phangan police.

If he was in the drug selling business , should better have kept a low profile ... anyway , he will stay now in another 30 million baht house ,

( I guess building a prison will cost about this ...? ) , and not alone . Have a good time ...

[FalangJaiDee]

he wasn't distributing enough brown envelopes 

[nobodysfriend]

55 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

So you expect me to believe that a cop - a THAI cop - turned down a million dollars - roughly 30 million Thai baht?  Ok, I'll buy it, but also believe in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause, And that the moon is made out of green cheese, 

If a criminal is arrested and this appeared in the news already , it is too late to bribe .

[zyphodb]

5 minutes ago, shafty said:

https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Yohai-Gild-pioneer-of-cannabis-cultivation-arrested-in-Thailand-617827

Well according to this he's been released on bail so he'll be long gone & the BIB will get the bail money, which won't be small, plus confiscating all his assets, so probably more than one million by the sound of it...