Danish man missing in Thailand since 2015

[webfact]

 

by Gregers Møller

 

Carl Drewsen a Danish citizen and Phuket resident has been missing for about 6 years. Ever since the day he disappeared in December 2015, neither family, friends nor colleagues have heard from him. There is no indication if he is still alive.

 

Carl is a butcher of trade and used to work in Denmark on “Grøntorvet” (The green square), a wet market in central Copenhagen. He would often visit Thailand with a close friend and coworker. The two would usually stay in Phuket at the now closed “Big A Resort” in Rawai, Phuket. Carl and his friend enjoyed their time in Thailand very much and wanted to move there permanently.  When the owner of the Big A Resort, Thomas Flindt, offered them a job at his restaurant “Rundetaarn” in Patong, they both accepted the offer, pulled up stakes and moved to Phuket in 2014.

 

In Phuket, Carl was working in the kitchen of the Rundetaarn restaurant a popular hangout place for the Danish community in Phuket. In the beginning, all was going well but the temptations of the close by Bangla Road party street started affecting the work. 

 

Full story: https://scandasia.com/danish-man-missing-in-thailand-since-2015/

 

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[Gold Star]

Would that make him a Scammedinasian?

[ChrisP24]

Great.  Danes.

[scubascuba3]

I went past a cement mixer yesterday pouring cement into a deep hole in the middle of nowhere, i thought there could be a dumped person at the bottom of that

[CANSIAM]

Looks like Bangla road can destroy people, one must play smartly......... 

[OneMoreFarang]

Sounds like the beginning of Private Dancer, this time in Phuket.

Someone should find Joy and asked her what happened next.

[StayinThailand2much]

Hope, he didn't travel to Ko Tao...

[steven100]

another one who suddenly just vanished into thin air,    this happens to many who come to Thailand and get mixed up with the wrong crowd. 

[vandeventer]

57 minutes ago, steven100 said:

another one who suddenly just vanished into thin air,    this happens to many who come to Thailand and get mixed up with the wrong crowd. 

It makes you wonder if he could vanish without a trace how about us??? Will the police really look for us? Do are wives or GF's really care? Do they have your pin number or keep asking for it? Hard questions?

[mikebell]

Why the sudden urgency after six years?

[tonray]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

all was going well but the temptations of the close by Bangla Road party street started affecting the work. 

Hmmm....no job, gambling and in debt to multiple people...

Edited December 22, 2021 by tonray

[ExpatOilWorker]

1 hour ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Hope, he didn't travel to Ko Tao...

With the rape/murder of the Swiss women, flattening of the Swiss motorcycle driver, the dead GM and now this missing Dane Phuket just took the murder island title and ran with it.

Phuket also had a head start when the Norwegian choked the poor Indian father to death.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Would that make him a Scammedinasian?

Lostinasia more like.

[mvdf]

30 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Why the sudden urgency after six years?

Pressure from embassy perhaps? Danish court might want to see an active investigation before formally declaring him dead? A recently discovered life insurance policy that might have gotten someone very excited? A long overdue warrant of arrest from the Danish Rigspolitiet? 

[H1w4yR1da]

22 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

With the rape/murder of the Swiss women, flattening of the Swiss motorcycle driver, the dead GM and now this missing Dane Phuket just took the murder island title and ran with it.

Phuket also had a head start when the Norwegian choked the poor Indian father to death.

Still got a long way to go before approaching Death Island's tally.

And why the sudden interest after six years. The missus needs the pin number? He's probably balls deep in ladyboy somewhere.

[mtls2005]

Hopefully he's alive, and going for a record overstay.

 

 

[Xonax]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Why the sudden urgency after six years?

What urgency?? Do you think, that it should just be forgotten, that foreign people have gone missing in Thailand?

[wombat]

This is a job for the smart cars

[shackleton]

The Thai authorities can't be that  interested if its now being brought up after 6 years ????

[Jimbo in Thailand]

OH MY BUDDHA!  As soon as I saw this photo I thought that looks like the Big A Resort, a wonderful little hideaway between Rwai and Ao Chalong bay.   I used to head down from Isaan and stay there often when I first began this crazy expat sojourn back in 2004.  And young Thomas, the manager, was a really nice fella.  Shocked to learn that he had bought it from the crusty old German owner (hence the name Big A... Resort) at some point.

 

So last year my Thai gf and I drove down to Phuket in late September and had planned to stay at The Big A, but sadly upon arrival we were greeted with a closed gate covered in Chinese writing.   It's now a private Chinese-owned property.  That's just sad as it was a great little resort nestled in a coconut grove.  And also sad that this poor Danish fellow has been missing since 2015 and we're just now reading about it.

[MasterBaker]

Cherchez la femme

[cheapcanuck]

He’s been missing for six years and they are just now searching for him?

[Bangkok Barry]

12 minutes ago, cheapcanuck said:

He’s been missing for six years and they are just now searching for him?

Where does it say that?

[Almer]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

another one who suddenly just vanished into thin air,    this happens to many who come to Thailand and get mixed up with the wrong crowd. 

Or wish to disappear for which ever reason

[ExpatOilWorker]

1 hour ago, H1w4yR1da said:

Still got a long way to go before approaching Death Island's tally.

And why the sudden interest after six years. The missus needs the pin number? He's probably balls deep in ladyboy somewhere.

Phuket seems to be doing well in the mysterious death category and with 250 souls lost in the 2004 tsunami they have cement their lead for a long time.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Sounds like the beginning of Private Dancer, this time in Phuket.

Someone should find Joy and asked her what happened next.

Based on semi-fictitious events from Jools Bar, Soi Nana, Bangkok. Sadly relocated under new management over to Ari, on the other side of the city.

 

I never got big glassed, but I knew several of the characters who were featured in the book. 

[chuang]

Or not wanted to be found....

[Jimbo2014]

Was it the smokes, the booze, the women or the <insert nationality> mafia.  We may never know.  RIP Carl.  ????

[Harveyboy]

3 hours ago, vandeventer said:

It makes you wonder if he could vanish without a trace how about us??? Will the police really look for us? Do are wives or GF's really care? Do they have your pin number or keep asking for it? Hard questions?

keep your pin number and hide your card and cash from the wife ....dont worry if you go missing she'll find you .. 

[tomacht8]

Parties + Booze + gambling + girls = hedonistic lifestyle. Until the money runs out. Then follow debts + depression + loneliness + social misery. There are many who get broke this way if they don't get home in time.

Edited December 22, 2021 by tomacht8