Pattaya: Russian arrested for running illegal drugstore – “dangerous” slimming aids seized

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Pattaya: Russian arrested for running illegal drugstore – “dangerous” slimming aids seized

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police swooped as a Russian was walking out of a drugstore in Jomtien last night.

 

Officers armed with a search warrant from the Pattaya court arrested Yugari T., aged 46.

 

They search a three story premises called Dr Holland opened as a herbal and health drugstore.

 

The raid came after complaints were made to the Chonburi governor through the government’s Damrongtham watchdog.

 

On the first floor they found various ancient and herbal remedies, beauty and fitness products. 

 

The top two floors had been adapted to serve as a storage area for a whole range of pharmaceutical drugs sixty four of which were taken into evidence.

 

An officer said that the business had two other branches in the Pattaya area that had closed down but they were selling online at www.doctorholland.ru that had a domain and server in Russia. 

 

Drugs were sent through the Thai postal service and other delivery methods. It represented an international crime. 

 

Ratikorn Prasertthaicharoen, a Chonburi pharmacist with the department of health, said that there were slimming aids, blood pressure meds and other drugs. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The owner had a permit for natural remedies but not pharmaceuticals of any kind. 

 

What was most worrying were slimming aids that are so dangerous that they can affect the nervous system and cause death. The Russian was allegedly dispensing these illegally. 

 

The Russian has been charged with four offences including of illegally selling pharmaceuticals, selling drugs that could not be registered and inadequate labelling of drugs (in that they did not have the Thai language).

 

He is now in the hands of the Pattaya police.

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[robblok]

String that Ruskie up to the highest tree defaming the name of the best country in the world ????

[2 is 1]

So what kind is normal Thai pharmacy!? Pharmacy license holder never work in own shop! Normaly doctor who don't have time to work there! Have coverment duty and own practice! Some teenage or people from street's sell there what ever you want! And seller don't know nothing about medicine!

Edited September 3, 2020 by 2 is 1

[ThomasThBKK]

7 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

So what kind is normal Thai pharmacy!? Pharmacy license holder never work in own shop! Normaly doctor who don't have time to work there! Have coverment duty and own practice! Some teenage or people from street's sell there what ever you want! And seller don't know nothing about medicine!

 

 

My friends who work in medicine here get ask all the time if they can lend their license out to randoms who aren't doctors to open a clinic, they are then offered a kickback on the profit.... i guess its the same with pharmacies

 

[GeorgeCross]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

String that Ruskie up to the highest tree defaming the name of the best country in the world ????

 

and the cleanest most family friendly resort in the whole northern hemisphere!

 

 

[fdsa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

What was most worrying were slimming aids that are so dangerous that they can affect the nervous system and cause death.

May I know the name please?

[lazygourmet]

1 hour ago, fdsa said:

May I know the name please?

Dimethyl Benzeneethanamine Hydrochloride

[bander]

2 hours ago, lazygourmet said:

Dimethyl Benzeneethanamine Hydrochloride

Can I use that to get rid of my fat wife?.....Just kidding.

[bander]

This is just a fake razzia to get the usual brown envelope.

The BIB's are broke prior to closed gogo bars raids and catch 60 year old foreigners in short time rooms with pointing fingers and and camera to prove it.

[jacko45k]

14 minutes ago, bander said:

60 year old foreigners in short time rooms

Or playing darts or bridge..... it has all dried up.

[natway09]

Not really, if selling restricted medicine without the correct licence he should be deported

Same should go for alcohol, The annual licence fee is under 2,000 Bht 

[Matzzon]

Hangém high!

[american2]

where this IS Wrong, I remember before the first Taksin P M and his war on drugs one could buy almost any Pharmaceutical for the asking.  Now those items are only available from a Hospital Pharma.

This guy is busted for illegal suplements.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, robblok said:

String that Ruskie up to the highest tree defaming the name of the best country in the world ????

And taking business away from the illegal Thai trade.

[Nanaplaza666]

He will surely get a big fine and will be deported for selling TIFFY as well ????

[Pluto56]

At least those arrested were not discovered in scuba gear touching fish.

[Hi Tea]

1 hour ago, american2 said:

This guy is busted for illegal suplements.

You're not quite right...

"The Russian has been charged with four offences including of illegally selling pharmaceuticals, selling drugs that could not be registered and inadequate labelling of drugs (in that they did not have the Thai language)".

[jerolamo]

hey guys...

 

Depend of what you start to ask to foreigners to paid to have a life in Thailand, only these kind of scammers would be able to paid.

The rich one would just go an other place with better standard for same price, and normal people can not be stolen by your requested practices and will leave the country.

 

What do you, guys, are thinking / imagining ?

 

That people from very high level standard from (Europe and USA if not Hong Kong and Japan) countries come to Thailand for loose the same money than in their own country but for no infrastructures, lower level of life quality ? What do you imagine ? You should travel a bit to see the world (if you can understand what you see also...).

 

We love Thailand because we are ok with that low level standard for cheaper price and because it is what we can get from our money we win.... we are simple people and our knowledge enough to have this life easy. We, all of us i think, like also nice and humble people, respect and humans relations, but no one want to be stolen by any government, all over the world.

 

Thailand is not Singapore also... do not dream (and i will not go to leave in Singapore, i prefer Thailand if Thailand stay simple).

 

All of us respectful foreigners don't want mafia people and we like when you push them in jail. But please, go back to the reality, you can not ask us impossible requirement that only the people who win easy dirty money and the one you will put in jail can be able to paid...

 

So put these kind of scammers in jail and stop to try to scam foreigners with your incredible and very very expensive requirements.

stay friendly and correct please, respect yourself.

[Almer]

9 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

So what kind is normal Thai pharmacy!? Pharmacy license holder never work in own shop! Normaly doctor who don't have time to work there! Have coverment duty and own practice! Some teenage or people from street's sell there what ever you want! And seller don't know nothing about medicine!

Agreed, the girl of the street rings the doctor who asks her to explain why the customer is on the floor with his chest pounding and prescribes over the phone, avoid these sham shops

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, bander said:

This is just a fake razzia to get the usual brown envelope.

The BIB's are broke prior to closed gogo bars raids and catch 60 year old foreigners in short time rooms with pointing fingers and and camera to prove it.

You think so? A cousin of my wife - someone she hasn't mixed with in years to the extent that when she spotted her in the local supermarket they didn't speak - was last year jailed for 35 years for selling fake slimming aids. She's fat, so either they didn't work or she knew they were too dangerous to take herself. The alarm was raised when one of her customers died.

[jerolamo]

15 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

You think so? A cousin of my wife - someone she hasn't mixed with in years to the extent that when she spotted her in the local supermarket they didn't speak - was last year jailed for 35 years for selling fake slimming aids. She's fat, so either they didn't work or she knew they were too dangerous to take herself. The alarm was raised when one of her customers died.

ho... it should be something like methamphetamine drug. It was legal in USA long times ago and stop due to the same problem... people die and can not stop to eat this sh...t. But they were more slim.

The problem about the big city population to start to be fat in Thailand for some of them is that young people start to eat the same bad food as USA people do (and what they see learn in TV show commercial efficient propaganda)... fat dirty burger, sugar pizza, hormonal-fed chicken, sausages, colored food and drinks, lot of sugar every where (because sugar is very addictive as a drug, if you can not have it, you feel unhappy next), etc... it is as if they assimilated by copying the worst of what they see happening elsewhere. Very strange, but i do understand some big bad food companies how much money they do by the image they provide to be so... cool and to make their products so easily accessible (even if very expensive) while making believe that they are luxury products enhancing their image (which is quite easy with gullible people who have no level of study to understand and worry about what they are eating). It's so cool the world of Disney... it is not like it is new now... but for some country it is new and an idea of modern life to go with (and for Thailand it is very not good because they have a so good national food... maybe the best of Asian food).

 

I think, because of now they start to make Thailand forbidden to access for normal and respectful foreigners people due to scammer business with 5 stars hotel 2 weeks jail and 2 times expensive Thai insurance for half service you can find other places (at price they will never paid for and will make them leave Thailand), it should have soon more and more scammers people to try to survive by sale strange magic killer products then the jail will be full.

 

They will, soon, have to paid Laosian cheap workers for new jail to build.

[Bkktodd]

Hey, but he was covid free...the real plague infested slime is waiting to get in.  The lonely good expats 

[Razek]

Tiffy as evidence ha ha ha

You find it in every shop.

Thai are closing the business of Farang to work alone

[ThomasThBKK]

6 minutes ago, Razek said:

Tiffy as evidence ha ha ha

You find it in every shop.

Thai are closing the business of Farang to work alone

 

According to another newspaper thats all he did, resold thai herbs and slimming stuff u can freely buy without license on the internet to customers in russia.

 

Guess the real crime was he was too poor and needed moneys :d 

[NightSky]

So, he was operating an illegal pharmacy and from the photo it looks like he is selling tiffy (paracetamol) and anapril (blood pressure meds)

 

Does this mean that all the illegal stalls on Sukhumvit in BKK selling pharmaceuticals will be arrested next?

 

I saw them all sprawled out along Sukhumvit road the other day, no police in sight.

[The Deerhunter]

4 hours ago, jerolamo said:

ho... it should be something like methamphetamine drug. It was legal in USA long times ago and stop due to the same problem... people die and can not stop to eat this sh...t. But they were more slim.

The problem about the big city population to start to be fat in Thailand for some of them is that young people start to eat the same bad food as USA people do (and what they see learn in TV show commercial efficient propaganda)... fat dirty burger, sugar pizza, hormonal-fed chicken, sausages, colored food and drinks, lot of sugar every where (because sugar is very addictive as a drug, if you can not have it, you feel unhappy next), etc... it is as if they assimilated by copying the worst of what they see happening elsewhere. Very strange, but i do understand some big bad food companies how much money they do by the image they provide to be so... cool and to make their products so easily accessible (even if very expensive) while making believe that they are luxury products enhancing their image (which is quite easy with gullible people who have no level of study to understand and worry about what they are eating). It's so cool the world of Disney... it is not like it is new now... but for some country it is new and an idea of modern life to go with (and for Thailand it is very not good because they have a so good national food... maybe the best of Asian food).

 

I think, because of now they start to make Thailand forbidden to access for normal and respectful foreigners people due to scammer business with 5 stars hotel 2 weeks jail and 2 times expensive Thai insurance for half service you can find other places (at price they will never paid for and will make them leave Thailand), it should have soon more and more scammers people to try to survive by sale strange magic killer products then the jail will be full.

 

They will, soon, have to paid Laosian cheap workers for new jail to build.

I am not so sure that traditional Thai food is that healthy. Lots and lots of sugar even in the spicy foods and lots of deep fried food frequently fried in less than suitable oils.

[LiamB80]

The safest place to buy drugs in pattaya operate in the open with protection from the police. They do it in broad daylight without a care in the world because they’re protected. Thai cops are the biggest criminals in this wasteland.

[JJNThailand]

8 hours ago, jerolamo said:

ho... it should be something like methamphetamine drug. It was legal in USA long times ago and stop due to the same problem... people die and can not stop to eat this sh...t. But they were more slim.

The problem about the big city population to start to be fat in Thailand for some of them is that young people start to eat the same bad food as USA people do (and what they see learn in TV show commercial efficient propaganda)... fat dirty burger, sugar pizza, hormonal-fed chicken, sausages, colored food and drinks, lot of sugar every where (because sugar is very addictive as a drug, if you can not have it, you feel unhappy next), etc... it is as if they assimilated by copying the worst of what they see happening elsewhere. Very strange, but i do understand some big bad food companies how much money they do by the image they provide to be so... cool and to make their products so easily accessible (even if very expensive) while making believe that they are luxury products enhancing their image (which is quite easy with gullible people who have no level of study to understand and worry about what they are eating). It's so cool the world of Disney... it is not like it is new now... but for some country it is new and an idea of modern life to go with (and for Thailand it is very not good because they have a so good national food... maybe the best of Asian food).

 

I think, because of now they start to make Thailand forbidden to access for normal and respectful foreigners people due to scammer business with 5 stars hotel 2 weeks jail and 2 times expensive Thai insurance for half service you can find other places (at price they will never paid for and will make them leave Thailand), it should have soon more and more scammers people to try to survive by sale strange magic killer products then the jail will be full.

 

They will, soon, have to paid Laosian cheap workers for new jail to build.

 

The US is ranked 12th in obesity/BMI in the world. Need education about foods and dont be lazy about eating and cooking proper foods. Top 10:

 

 

1. Nauru (Average BMI: 32.5)
2. Tonga (Average BMI: 31.9)
3. Samoa (Average BMI: 31.7)
4. Kuwait (Average BMI: 30)
5. Saint Kitts and Nevis (Average BMI: 29.7)
6. Saint Lucia (Average BMI: 29.6)
7. Kiribati (Average BMI: 29.6)
8. Palau (Average BMI: 29.4)
9. Micronesia (Average BMI: 29.4)
10. Tuvalu (Average BMI: 29.3)

[Dart12]

This man was trying to keep women thin.  he's a saint.  Time to start a go fund me page to free him!

[ThomasThBKK]

13 hours ago, NightSky said:

So, he was operating an illegal pharmacy and from the photo it looks like he is selling tiffy (paracetamol) and anapril (blood pressure meds)

 

Does this mean that all the illegal stalls on Sukhumvit in BKK selling pharmaceuticals will be arrested next?

 

I saw them all sprawled out along Sukhumvit road the other day, no police in sight.

Paracetamol doesn't need any license, we used to have a 7 11 and sold all of that stuff, only license we had was for food/beverages.

 

So the crime here is proll something along the lines of "working without work permit" or having an "unregistered business".