Open till dawn! Raid at South Pattaya pub nets 15 for drug taking - governor set to shut it for good

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Daily News Thai Cap: Open until dawn!

 

Daily News reported on a raid by Region 2 and Muang Pattaya police on a club in South Pattaya this morning.

 

The Posh 69 Club in Soi Bongkot had been opening to dawn. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

At 4.30 am this morning the cops found many cars and motorbikes parked outside and loud music coming from the venue.

 

This was turned off and everyone present - more than 100 men and women - had urine tests for drugs. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

15 came back with purple or positive results. These people along with the manager were taken away to the Muang Police station.

 

Suspected drugs in ziplock bags were found in the toilets and by a fire exit.

 

Searches of vehicles in the parking lot found nothing illegal.

 

Electronic cigarette items were found in a room in the club.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The pub is being prosecuted for not having a license, having no license to serve alcohol, allowing drug taking on the premises and contravening regulations regarding e-cigarettes and shisha. 

 

The media further noted that despite not having a number the property was still attached to utilities such as water and electric.

 

Representations are being made to the governor of Chonburi to have the club shut down for good.

 

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[Will B Good]

Read a number of these cases recently.....dumb as rocks......

 

........turn the music down or even better, off...........Don't annoy the locals and make sure you pay the right amounts to the right people.

 

Job done.

[d4dang]

to be reopened in a new location with a new name in a couple of weeks by the same owners paying the same officials more.

[smedly]

and how many drove away drunk

[ozimoron]

49 minutes ago, d4dang said:

to be reopened in a new location with a new name in a couple of weeks by the same owners paying the same officials more.

That's a self limiting exercise.

[biervoormij]

I am surprised at all the mass drug testing. Do you have to submit to a drug test anytime the police ask for one?

 

Does everyone have to stand in line while a cop watches them pee on a stick or is there a different type of test?

[Lemsta69]

Google translate...????

 

"Nopp.Region 2 Join the Pattaya police. Invade to catch a barbarian pub. Violate open bracing during the mocking of the law. Meet hundreds of male and female travelers, 16 purple pee, taken aback, found the driganyan book every morning. Prepare to offer the governor a permanent shut Buri"

[Lemsta69]

11 minutes ago, biervoormij said:

I am surprised at all the mass drug testing. Do you have to submit to a drug test anytime the police ask for one?

 

Does everyone have to stand in line while a cop watches them pee on a stick or is there a different type of test?

Why are you surprised, it's been in the news for the last week or so. 

[biervoormij]

2 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

Why are you surprised, it's been in the news for the last week or so. 

I have been surprised each time I have seen if it the news.  If a cop asked you for a drug test would you pee on a stick for him?

 

Is it only required to submit to a drug test if you are in a club that is open after hours?

[blackshadow]

39 minutes ago, smedly said:

and how many drove away drunk

those who drove away crashed koz they saw ghosts on the road !!!

[Lemsta69]

9 minutes ago, biervoormij said:

I have been surprised each time I have seen if it the news.  If a cop asked you for a drug test would you pee on a stick for him?

 

Is it only required to submit to a drug test if you are in a club that is open after hours?

This has been happening in Thailand for ages mate, why are you surprised?

 

tbh I don't know how they pick their targets. Local police know what's what so when the big boss Pol Maj Gen from Region 2 comes in to "take over" does he tell the locals to cough up a few names for show or does he get his boys to do some actual legwork?

 

Clubs that flaunt closing times are a good target for drug raids. Once you get on the drugs you want to party all night so it makes sense that you'd find more drug takers at such places. As opposed to say, the Christian Science Reading Room.

 

I stopped taking illicit drugs a long time ago and even if I were to start again these Thai clubs don't float my boat. So I have no reason to try and figure out what the best tactic is if you're caught up in a raid. But from what I've picked up over the years you don't have much of a choice, especially in this case where the Regional police big boss is on some kind of holy mission.

[timendres]

41 minutes ago, biervoormij said:

I have been surprised each time I have seen if it the news.  If a cop asked you for a drug test would you pee on a stick for him?

 

Is it only required to submit to a drug test if you are in a club that is open after hours?

A drug test can be requested for any suspicion of drug use. Being in an illegal club during banned hours, I suspect, constitutes enough suspicion. That said, I believe you are within your rights to insist the test be performed at the police station.

[JimTripper]

2 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Read a number of these cases recently.....dumb as rocks......

 

........turn the music down or even better, off...........Don't annoy the locals and make sure you pay the right amounts to the right people.

 

Job done.

Thanks for the Good Bj, Will.

Edited November 28, 2022 by JimTripper

[ozimoron]

Just now, timendres said:

A drug test can be requested for any suspicion of drug use. Being in an illegal club during banned hours, I suspect, constitutes enough suspicion. That said, I believe you are within your rights to insist the test be performed at the police station.

The club doesn't need to be open after hours either. Random drug tests have been carried out in WS bars for years.

[ikke1959]

Pattaya more drugs than Phuket??? In Phuket there were only 2 people positive last week

[vivananahuahin]

Bad for the tourism.

[AhFarangJa]

Pre Covid days the plod in Hua Hin used to set up a road block between soi 94, and 102. They would then test everyone they stopped for drugs. Nowadays they are still there nearly every night but only check for alcohol.

[jimn]

Its a Thai club, nothing to do with Tourism or farangs. These clubs are everywhere in Pattaya in non tourist areas.

[Catoni]

2 hours ago, blackshadow said:

those who drove away crashed koz they saw ghosts on the road !!!

NEVER annoy ghosts.  Respect them. They’re waiting for us.

   555 ????????

[phantom51red]

That's what they get for naming it such a <deleted> name.

[Lucky Bones]

Maybe some people are hoping the govenor will indeed "shut it".

We should be so lucky in Pattaya with our governor or whatever he is called.????????

 

[Tarteso]

More P&iss Thais,  please.

Edited November 28, 2022 by Tarteso

[Jonathan Swift]

3 hours ago, biervoormij said:

I have been surprised each time I have seen if it the news.  If a cop asked you for a drug test would you pee on a stick for him?

 

Is it only required to submit to a drug test if you are in a club that is open after hours?

These among the questions you should know the answers to before you set foot in Thailand

[Classic Ray]

Ironic that this anti-drug activity should be taking place against the backdrop of liberalisation of cannabis consumption (maybe temporary).

 

A nation of mixed and uncoordinated messages.

[Bangkok Barry]

4 hours ago, biervoormij said:

I have been surprised each time I have seen if it the news.  If a cop asked you for a drug test would you pee on a stick for him?

 

Is it only required to submit to a drug test if you are in a club that is open after hours?

The law and rules are whatever the cop says they are at the time. Try arguing about it and see what happens.

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, Lucky Bones said:

Maybe some people are hoping the govenor will indeed "shut it".

We should be so lucky in Pattaya with our governor or whatever he is called.????????

 

Yes, shut it you tart, Rodney!

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Swift said:

These among the questions you should know the answers to before you set foot in Thailand

Like due diligence? You may have a point there!

[kingstonkid]

6 hours ago, d4dang said:

to be reopened in a new location with a new name in a couple of weeks by the same owners paying the same officials more.

Nope you got it wrong.  

 

Watch for the grand opening of ไม่ธรรมดา 96 owned by different owners with different names but funded by the current owners.

 

The new owners willget all the licences that is why it will not open right away.

[kingstonkid]

5 hours ago, smedly said:

and how many drove away drunk

If the cops were watching it I would say very few just before the raid.

[kingstonkid]

47 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

Ironic that this anti-drug activity should be taking place against the backdrop of liberalisation of cannabis consumption (maybe temporary).

 

A nation of mixed and uncoordinated messages.

Not really a mixed message.  The drugs that they are testing for are YABA and it's friends I think that more tourists and foreingers use cannabis than Thais.  The drug of choice of youg Thais is YABA.