Swiss man high on drugs arrested after going berserk at Koh Chang homestay

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Koh Chang station chief Pol Col Apisak Kamnert sent in his men after being alerted by a homestay owner on the holiday island that a foreigner was going berserk smashing up his room.

 

Amid much noise and damaged items in the room a 58 year old Swiss man was taken into custody.

 

A stash of marijuana weighing 29.79 grams was found hidden in a dental floss box.

 

He admitted buying the drugs for 500 baht.

 

An initial urine test at the station came back purple indicating drug use, reported Daily News yesterday.

 

Further tests at Koh Chang Hospital confirmed the presence of marijuana and methamphetamine in the man's system.

 

He was detained at the police station and charged with possession of a Class 5 (ganja) restricted narcotic. 

 

Neither the name of the man, the homestay or the reason for the upset was given in the article, notes ASEAN NOW. 

 

Thailand's tourism authorities have said in recent days that they are trying to attract quality tourists to the kingdom post pandemic. 

 

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[ezzra]

What a lovely looking lad, a picture of a model tourists...Thailand need more affluent tourists like this guy...

[varun]

Probably lost it because he didn't pass the Thailand Pass application.

[Dmaxdan]

It's difficult to see where his shirt finishes and his tattoos begin...

[Geoffggi]

Obviously the methamphetamines causing the problems, the marijuana would normally make him relaxed .....

[SAFETY FIRST]

It's starting, the crazys are arriving.

Good old days are back. 

[robblok]

3 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

Obviously the methamphetamines causing the problems, the marijuana would normally make him relaxed .....

Yes bit strange to think that marijauna caused this there are almost no cases of it causing violence unlike methamphetamines and alcohol for instance. Anyway looks like an idiot. 

[Skytrain2hell]

Wait, how does one fit 30 grams of weed in a dental floss box? Was it dental floss for horses?!

[Gsxrnz]

12 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

It's difficult to see where his shirt finishes and his tattoos begin...

I didn't even notice the T-shirt.

 

And I'm deducting points from him for not having enough fashion sense to wear a black facemask.  Some people just have no style.

[soi3eddie]

8 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

It's starting, the crazys are arriving.

Good old days are back. 

No mention in either the Daily News or Asean Now article as to whether he was a "tourist" rather than a long time expat. Either way, I suspect there will be more cases like this as "crazy" tourists arrive under relaxed entry rules. So much for the "quality tourists" desired by the Thai government.

 

[lazygourmet]

5 minutes ago, Skytrain2hell said:

Wait, how does one fit 30 grams of weed in a dental floss box? Was it dental floss for horses?!

Catnip

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

All he needed were a few beers. Open the bars NOW. ????

[James105]

That image reminds me of a time when (whilst intoxicated) I foolishly fell asleep at a friends house party and my "friends" went to town with a magic marker on my face whilst I slept.   

[The Cipher]

40 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Thailand need more affluent tourists like this guy...

When you see stories about foreigners like this is it any surprise that the gov wants to try and move upmarket? I mean, can you blame them?

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, The Cipher said:

When you see stories about foreigners like this is it any surprise that the gov wants to try and move upmarket? I mean, can you blame them?

Is there any nationality more up market than the Swiss?

[BritManToo]

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

A stash of marijuana weighing 29.79 grams was found hidden in a dental floss box.

He admitted buying the drugs for 500 baht.

An ounce for 500bht is a bit of a bargain .......... that would cost $200 in the USA.

[GeorgeCross]

22 minutes ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

All he needed were a few beers. Open the bars NOW. ????

i'm thinking i don't want to be around this guy after a few anything ????

[RafPinto]

Swiss nationals are usually well behaved and I have never seen a swiss person, looking like that.

 

Is he swiss or did they need something "swiss" after the health minister's stunt?

[Chris.B]

Good guys out, bad guys in! ????

[Tarteso]

25 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Is there any nationality more up market than the Swiss?

Nigeria ? ????

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A stash of marijuana weighing 29.79 grams was found hidden in a dental floss box.

 

He admitted buying the drugs for 500 baht.

What he lacks in presentability, he clearly makes up for in negotiation skills.

[tonray]

I'm just confused as to why he came here instead of dating one of the Kardashian sisters.

[Walker88]

We all make choices as to how we behave and what we put in or on our bodies.

 

This Swiss fellow took a different path than I would take, and no doubt neither of us could understand the other's choices. Given his current predicament, I guess at least some of my choices work out better in the long run.

 

 

[toofarnorth]

I think the tat on his forehead is a tank so it may be a military tatoo.

[steven100]

I'm waiting for the all the drug apologists to appear .....

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 hour ago, RafPinto said:

Swiss nationals are usually well behaved

There's good and bad in every nationality. 

 

[Denim]

Going berserk ..................... present continuous tense.

 

went beserk ................. past tense.

 

Looks like he went berserk a long long time ago.

 

 

[Dambuster]

Anutin now has someone he can throw the book at for being refused entry into Switzerland ????

[Mac Mickmanus]

2 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Obviously the methamphetamines causing the problems, the marijuana would normally make him relaxed .....

Smoking weed can cause long term mental problems , psychosis and other things 

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand's tourism authorities have said in recent days that they are trying to attract quality tourists to the kingdom post pandemic.

Hmmm... Not to worry! Just another failure in the row of many. Just play Goosie Gander and the water will run straight off.

Edited November 15, 2021 by Gottfrid