Pattaya: Thai man claims drug shakedown at hands of bogus police

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Pattaya: Thai man claims drug shakedown at hands of bogus police

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

A 56 year old Thai man went to the media with a police report after he said he was subjected to a drugs shakedown at the hands of 6 or 7 men who went to his room in the middle of the night.

 

Phachern said that at 3 am on Tuesday morning he was putting some things away outside his room on the second floor of a building in Soi Land Department, Soi 2. 

 

The men tried to search his room and when Phachern asked to see a warrant or identification none was forthcoming.

 

The men said they were looking for someone called "Boy".

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

They forced him to take a urine test for drugs that came back negative and took his phone. They left.

 

After consulting with relatives in the morning he decided to make a police report saying he was scared of what might happen.

 

He told Pattaya Update News  he recognised two of the men as former police volunteers called May and Man. 

 

Source: Pattaya Update News

 

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[ChrisY1]

No..no no....they were not bogus cops...they were real cops pretending to be bogus cops.....but then most cops are bogus cops??? Is there a difference!

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

No..no no....they were not bogus cops...they were real cops pretending to be bogus cops.....but then most cops are bogus cops??? Is there a difference!

Only in the size of he tip.

[mikebell]

Pattaya has a police force?

[brianthainess]

Surely, Shirley if they were bogus cops his urine sample would have been positive. Did they have that stupid haircut ? 

[tingtong]

First drug shakedown I read where no drugs were planted or urine test falsified to scare the victim.

 

Oh, wait, now thinking, there were intimidation claimed on that 1 billion dollar biggest ever drug bust just the other day too...

 

Conclusion of the story:

Cops ( or fake cops) work in mysterious ways.

 

[johng]

Lucky they didn't dress up as students or the would be hell to pay ????

[champers]

Do real cops work at 3 o'clock in the morning?

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, champers said:

Do real cops work at 3 o'clock in the morning?

Yes, especially if their 2am stint stopping traffic looking for DUI was not lucrative. 

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, mikebell said:

Pattaya has a police force?

Allegedly, it's a bit like prostitution, it's there but you never see it.