Pattaya: Russian meth dealer "got rich" selling drugs to tourists and bar girls

[webfact]

 

Siam Chon News reported that a sting by drugs suppression police at a condo in Moo 9, Pattaya, resulted in the arrest of a Russian methamphetamine dealer. 

 

The media said that Garanin K., 42, had got rich on selling drugs to tourists and bar girls - some of whom he exchanged drugs for sex - over the last six years.

 

He had a car and condo in the name of Thais. Five million in assets were seized.

 

He was caught in possession of two packets of "ice" (crystal meth) weighing 0.75 and 0.82 grams as well as drug taking equipment.

 

 

A sting to buy the smaller quantity was conducted and as soon as 1,000 baht was handed over and the drugs were given to the operative other officers swooped at the condo. 

 

Geranin K. is now in the custody of the Pattaya police charged with possession and dealing in a Class 1 drug and taking the drug and using marijuana (Class 5) also. 

 

 

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[nausea]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

The media said that Garanin K., 42, had got rich on selling drugs to tourists and bar girls

Ripe for the plucking, I guess

[GeorgeCross]

..and today's Darwin Award goes to Garanin K for..

 

"selling meth to bar girls"

 

what could possibly go wrong?!

 

 

[petermik]

Lock him up and throw away the keys....

[EVENKEEL]

 

[mikebell]

Why would some one smart put his condo in a Thai name? How did a 42 year old stay in Thailand - did he not do his 90 day reporting?

[Tingnongnoi]

"got rich" wouldn't exactly call 5 million baht in assets Rich

[trainman34014]

Obviously he wasn't greasing the right palms !

[redwood1]

A farang selling drugs to Thais?........That is a 100% of the time guaranteed way to get caught.....
 

HOW?

 

HOW?

 

HOW?

 

Could anyone think it could turn out any other way?

[gravity101]

1 hour ago, Tingnongnoi said:

"got rich" wouldn't exactly call 5 million baht in assets Rich

He wouldn't have got that knocking out 1.5g at a time either.

[RichardColeman]

42 my lily white..... Never known any man to deliberately dye his hair 'Old Grey'

[off road pat]

7 hours ago, nausea said:

Ripe for the plucking, I guess

I guess you have a point there, he had enough money to interest the cops !?!?

[herwin1234]

4 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Obviously he wasn't greasing the right palms !

 

dont you get tired of cynical remarks based on a misplaced superiority feeling?

 

meth is a big problem in Thailand and police are doing their best to control it, and actually doing a good job.

America with its current out of control fentanyl and other hard drug problem could learn from Thailand.

[billaaa777]

8 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

..and today's Darwin Award goes to Garanin K for..

 

"selling meth to bar girls"

 

what could possibly go wrong?!

 

 

 Good one. Very funny.

[Bruno123]

I don't think anyone living in that place could be classed as rich. 

 

64 sq. m. one bedroom condo advertised for 1.8 million. Half that size studio for 700k.

 

One thing to have a habit; quite another to be selling it and using it on bar girls. 

 

 

[SiSePuede419]

I'm surprised that there wasn't a Thai dealer who turned him in.

[nausea]

5 hours ago, off road pat said:

I guess you have a point there, he had enough money to interest the cops !?!?

Indeed, stay low profile and grease the right palms. I imagine that's the way to go. Selling to bar girls he must have been on their radar for some time. Times are hard, I suppose, time to call in the low hanging fruit. Whilst he's not rich, by any stretch of the imagination in a Western sense, 5 million baht is not to be sneezed at.

[Susco]

23 minutes ago, nausea said:

Selling to bar girls he must have been on their radar for some time. Times are hard, I suppose, time to call in the low hanging fruit.

 

Bar girls are probably 90% of the customer base for Meth, so you think he was the only seller?

 

25 minutes ago, nausea said:

Whilst he's not rich, by any stretch of the imagination in a Western sense, 5 million baht is not to be sneezed at.

 

That is what they were able to put their hands on, but do you know his real assets?

[Saraburi121]

10 hours ago, herwin1234 said:

 

dont you get tired of cynical remarks based on a misplaced superiority feeling?

 

meth is a big problem in Thailand and police are doing their best to control it, and actually doing a good job.

America with its current out of control fentanyl and other hard drug problem could learn from Thailand.

Maybe he just liked getting a greasy palm too much? Just saying. What does America have to do with this article "Russian Meth Dealers got rich" selling meth to tourists and bar girls?"  That is a leap. 

[DerbyDan]

Ok to come down hard on these guys.

 

Meth is a BIG problem in Cambo, it's all over there now, real nasty stuff to deal with in the nightlife scene.

[rcuthbert]

Good riddance! Laurie, my deceased friend, tried meth - and it stopped her heart.

 

 

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, Tingnongnoi said:

"got rich" wouldn't exactly call 5 million baht in assets Rich

The term "rich" is subjective.

[Tarteso]

5 million? 
 

Bah! Nigerians does better

[brianthainess]

23 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

..and today's Darwin Award goes to Garanin K for..

 

"selling meth to bar girls"

 

what could possibly go wrong?!

 

 

I too don't understand what went wrong, it's not like bar girls gossip is it.???? LMFO

[Joe Farang]

16 hours ago, Susco said:

 

Bar girls are probably 90% of the customer base for Meth, so you think he was the only seller?

 

 

That is what they were able to put their hands on, but do you know his real assets?

If he is personally selling .75 of a gram for 1,000 Baht at a time, then it's unlikely that he is some kind of high profile Drug Lord

[Leaver]

On 4/9/2021 at 8:34 AM, GeorgeCross said:

..and today's Darwin Award goes to Garanin K for..

 

"selling meth to bar girls"

 

what could possibly go wrong?!

 

 

 

Perhaps he thought, "my bar girls are different."  ????

[Leaver]

On 4/9/2021 at 11:02 AM, Tingnongnoi said:

"got rich" wouldn't exactly call 5 million baht in assets Rich

 

Maybe he moved the other 100 million baht offshore and what he kept in Thailand was "living expenses."  

[Leaver]

On 4/9/2021 at 7:30 AM, webfact said:

He had a car and condo in the name of Thais.

 

Will be interesting if the Thai's legal argument is he paid them good salary for translating and tour guiding.  ????