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

[tlandtday]

Obviously a low life sleazbag drug dealer likely selling to full moon partiers.  Lock em up or fry em.

[miketu]

11 hours ago, metempsychotic said:

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

That's called courage these days...

[Iron Tongue]

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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.

No mention of cash nor jewelry... 

When have you read of a bust without wads of cash being found with the drugs?  And jewelry, seems like heavy gold chains and expensive watches would be part of his "personna".

 

[CharlieK]

11 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

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

I wonder what will happen to all the cash he has in bank accounts and elsewhere maybe!

[Gandtee]

14 hours 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. 

Oiy vey! My life already!????????

[scorecard]

14 hours 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. 

And, it would seem that that he offered the $1million in front of all present, therefore the cops not much option than to decline.

 

But why isn't be charges with offering a bribe?  More background not revealed?

[noone223]

just gonna leave this here:

his instagram account...

@yohai.gild

 

a bit too flashy, but it hurts to see he has kids who'll never get to know their dad.

 

[Chongalulu]

17 hours ago, rayluttman said:

Throw the key away.

That’s a novel idea. How long to have thought that one up?

A split infinitive too...well done!

[BestB]

He is not very smart , 1 million is for a small bust, in his case he had to offer 3-5 million and all would have been a misunderstanding ????

 

PS. I am pretty sure they meant baht not bucks 

[Tops]

Just wiping out the competition !

[gk10002000]

Not exactly the way to keep a low profile flashing every thing around town.  But, not all crooks are smart and I have no problem with them having that short coming

[geriatrickid]

10 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

Apparently Israelis have the drugs business under their control in Goa.

LOL. Absolutely not germane to an arrest in Krabi, but you go girl.

[Geck0]

The Jerusalem Post:

"Yohai Gild, one of the pioneers of cannabis cultivation in Israel and founder of Better Cannabis, has been arrested in Thailand on suspicion of dealing different types of illicit drugs at parties on the Thai island of Ko Pha Ngan.

 

He was later released on bail."

Perhaps bail cost 1M$...

[ChipButty]

10 hours ago, philosphrstone said:

He should get the chair for wearing a Mink coat???  What the hell does that mean?

Electric one

[shafty]

32 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

LOL. Absolutely not germane to an arrest in Krabi, but you go girl.

LOL. Krabi is 250km+ from Koh Phangan but you go boy.

[tlandtday]

1 hour ago, gk10002000 said:

Not exactly the way to keep a low profile flashing every thing around town.  But, not all crooks are smart and I have no problem with them having that short coming

Not smart but mainly arrogant thinking he is untouchable.  Not unique among this type.

[bristolgeoff]

Find it hard  to believe they turned down that.alot of brown envelopes for sure.maybe it was all on camera and mics.they wished it was more private or no film.

[noone223]

3 hours ago, bristolgeoff said:

Find it hard  to believe they turned down that.alot of brown envelopes for sure.maybe it was all on camera and mics.they wished it was more private or no film.

Just because a coked up drug dealer says he's got 1 million usd doesn't mean he actually does.

All the locals in Phangan knew him as a poser. He is a showoff.
They didn't turn down any brown envelopes -> because there weren't any.

People that really have a cash flow of 1million dollars don't deal drugs in Thailand.

 

 

[mindfulness]

Obviously insulted at an offer of 1,000,000

 

15,000,000 may of made the chief to do some serious musing, plus future kickbacks.

 

Lets face it he was aiming at a 30,000,000 bt house 

[Vigilante]

On 2/18/2020 at 11:33 PM, philosphrstone said:

He should get the chair for wearing a Mink coat???  What the hell does that mean?

It's a crime against style.

 

[Penefattore]

I guess when he said "I will give you a million bucks" the IO thought "what the <deleted> am I going to do with a million buckets ?" , otherwise he would be free now.

[harriott456]

On 2/19/2020 at 12:49 AM, bander said:

The drug dealer goes to Bangkok Hilton for a very long time and somebody suddenly and unexpected get rich.

Drug dealers don't deposit money in banks or keep it in the house, they stash it somewhere on the island.

Slightly out of touch

 

On 2/18/2020 at 9:20 PM, Jacobi Barnes said:

This is why you NEVER EVER flaunt your wealth. NEVER. You only flaunt your wealth if you've earned your money legitimately ( which is 100% never the case if you're driving around in Lamborghinis). Even some of my friends that are legit Silicon Valley billionaires drive Hondas and Toyotas. In Silicon Valley, people actually look down on you if you're too flashy. It's consider low-status / thuggish / trashy to drive around in a Ferraris and Lambos. You get labeled as a "tool" or "douche bag". In Thailand, people are still heavily under the influence of materialism and actually look up to people that "seem rich" but those days are long gone in America. 

 

The most successful international crime lords live a very simple life, they live completely underneath the radar. You would never know they're wealthy.

 

One of America's most notorious crime lords, Frank Lucas, got caught because he went out partying one night and wore a fancy mink coat to a night club. Paparazzi caught his image and the FEEB was like "Who is this guy in the mink coat?" and started looking into him. Boom, game over. He would live to forever regret the night he let his model wife pressure him into wearing that mink coat. RULE OF THUMB: Always pretend to be poor, even when you're fabulously rich.

Writing from zero experience, 

[harriott456]

On 2/19/2020 at 1:36 AM, Iron Tongue said:

No mention of cash nor jewelry... 

When have you read of a bust without wads of cash being found with the drugs?  And jewelry, seems like heavy gold chains and expensive watches would be part of his "personna".

 

Youve been watching too many rap videos

[Huckenfell]

Of course they caught him, we all know how and why the Thai police hate Farang drug dealers.  ????

[Huckenfell]

On 2/18/2020 at 2:03 PM, Ventenio said:

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.......  

He should have offered the money before he was caught...........its different you know !

[Huckenfell]

On 2/18/2020 at 3:19 PM, FalangJaiDee said:

he wasn't distributing enough brown envelopes 

Without a work visa, he should'nt be doing something that a Thai national can do.

[Huckenfell]

On 2/18/2020 at 4:13 PM, Vigilante said:

 

He is set free on [insert number here] mil baht bail.

Gets the heck out of dodge never to be seen again.

Sets up shop in another tropical paradise

Tell him to try Malaysia ......please.

[Huckenfell]

On 2/18/2020 at 4:47 PM, nightfox said:

Silly sod, Everyone knows you try to bribe the police before you reach the police station, as once your there your toast.

"your toast" means the toast belongs to you !             "you are toast" means just that, you are toast.

[Huckenfell]

On 2/18/2020 at 9:20 PM, Jacobi Barnes said:

This is why you NEVER EVER flaunt your wealth. NEVER. You only flaunt your wealth if you've earned your money legitimately ( which is 100% never the case if you're driving around in Lamborghinis). Even some of my friends that are legit Silicon Valley billionaires drive Hondas and Toyotas. In Silicon Valley, people actually look down on you if you're too flashy. It's consider low-status / thuggish / trashy to drive around in a Ferraris and Lambos. You get labeled as a "tool" or "douche bag". In Thailand, people are still heavily under the influence of materialism and actually look up to people that "seem rich" but those days are long gone in America. 

 

The most successful international crime lords live a very simple life, they live completely underneath the radar. You would never know they're wealthy.

 

One of America's most notorious crime lords, Frank Lucas, got caught because he went out partying one night and wore a fancy mink coat to a night club. Paparazzi caught his image and the FEEB was like "Who is this guy in the mink coat?" and started looking into him. Boom, game over. He would live to forever regret the night he let his model wife pressure him into wearing that mink coat. RULE OF THUMB: Always pretend to be poor, even when you're fabulously rich.

I can assure you, the other way does not work, not for long anyhow.

[overherebc]

On 2/18/2020 at 2:26 PM, Gecko123 said:

I'm dark green with envy.

 

What part of you is dark green?? .

Doctors visit on the cards??