Youth faces years in jail after 2,000 Ecstasy pills from the Netherlands seized at airport

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Picture: Siam Rath

 

Secretary general of the Office of the Narcotics Bureau Wichai Chaimongkhol spoke to Siam Rath after the Airport Interdiction Task Force at Suvarnabhumi seized 2,000 Ecstasy pills in a package from the Netherlands earlier this month.

 

The AITF followed up on the case when a mother came to claim the package and said that her son's name was on it as the recipient.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

The drugs were hidden in two electric kettles.

 

The youth was arrested at his house.

 

He had 4.5 grams of broken Ecstasy pills hidden in a phone in his bedroom.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Ziplock bags were taken into evidence along with a phone and computer.

 

It is believed that the youth - who was unnamed - was planning on selling the drugs.

 

He faces up to 20 years in jail and a fine of up to 2 million baht.

 

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[lujanit]

Idiot.  Does he not know you can easily buy the stuff here.

[HuskerDo2]

Congratulations. You just lost the best years of your life.

[PJ71]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It is believed that the youth - who was unnamed - was planning on selling the drugs.

lol - really?

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, lujanit said:

Idiot.  Does he not know you can easily buy the stuff here.

Serves him right. Just how stupid can some people get??

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, lujanit said:

Idiot.  Does he not know you can easily buy the stuff here.

But somebody has to bring it into Thailand, so why not him?

[Will B Good]

Jeez............you work hard to satisfy a demand in your community and this all the thanks you get.......makes you want to give up.

[South]

Drugs are for mugs.

[Photoguy21]

22 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

But somebody has to bring it into Thailand, so why not him?

If they know who brought them in then they should also get jail time at least 20 years.

[Captain Monday]

Maybe try to conceal it better. Who would ship a cheap "waterkoker" to Thailand that probably costs minimum 20 Euros in Rotterdam when you could get same from Lazada for 200 baht?

Edited December 15, 2022 by Captain Monday

[Lemsta69]

33 minutes ago, South said:

Drugs are for mugs.

Sobriety is for saps.

[Peterphuket]

3 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Maybe try to conceal it better. Who would ship a cheap "waterkoker" to Thailand that probably costs minimum 20 Euros in Rotterdam when you could get same from Lazada for 200 baht?

Ha, ha, and how much in Amsterdam or the Hague?

[JoseThailand]

4 hours ago, HuskerDo2 said:

Congratulations. You just lost the best years of your life.

Why do you think it's the best years? When you're young, broke, have no gf or wife, no social standing, no job, no education?

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

If they know who brought them in then they should also get jail time at least 20 years.

They do, he did and they got him.

[bkk6060]

Book the punk hope he enjoys prison life.

[Taboo2]

Ouch!!!!

 

Poor kid.....

[steven100]

if you do the drugs then you have to take the thugs or bugs  ....  or something like that  !

[Slip]

7 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Maybe try to conceal it better. Who would ship a cheap "waterkoker" to Thailand that probably costs minimum 20 Euros in Rotterdam when you could get same from Lazada for 200 baht?

You refer to a very common problem with minor criminals.  To commit  a crime you must be in control of most (if not all) factors, else you will be consigned to the slammer.

[fdsa]

we definitely need the "crying" reaction back.

[CanadaSam]

He doesn't look like he can afford to buy that much ecstacy from the Netherlands, where it is not as cheap, as far as I know.

 

There was obviously a fairly big time dealer involved in Europe who financed the drugs, and just shipped it across to him.

 

Poor kid, feel really sad about his future.

[CanadaSam]

I have often wondered what would happen, if an enemy of somebody, just dropped some drugs into a box and shipped it to an unknowing person.

 

Probably the same as what is gonna happen to this kid?

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

He faces up to 20 years in jail and a fine of up to 2 million baht.

Jeez that's harsh...

[Freddy42OZ]

22 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

If they know who brought them in then they should also get jail time at least 20 years.

Yes, arrest everyone at the post office!  Arrest the pilot of the plane that flew the package here and all the passengers! 
All drugs are bad because some people abuse them. Ban them all!!!  

Ban all cars because people have accidents

Ban alcohol

Ban having fun in case someone hurts themselves!!

In case you can't guess I think adults should be able to choose if they want to take a recreational drug like E.
 

[Photoguy21]

5 hours ago, Freddy42OZ said:

Yes, arrest everyone at the post office!  Arrest the pilot of the plane that flew the package here and all the passengers! 
All drugs are bad because some people abuse them. Ban them all!!!  

Ban all cars because people have accidents

Ban alcohol

Ban having fun in case someone hurts themselves!!

In case you can't guess I think adults should be able to choose if they want to take a recreational drug like E.
 

You are entitled to your opinion but what you dont seem to have considered are the people who will take a drug then jump in a car or on a motorbike.

What you do at home is your choice but many people will not keep it at home.

[Harsh Jones]

On 12/14/2022 at 8:40 PM, HuskerDo2 said:

Congratulations. You just lost the best years of your life.

He could have been rich. 

[still kicking]

On 12/15/2022 at 1:28 PM, South said:

Drugs are for mugs.

Not according to some posters here

[jacko45k]

So he got his mother to attempt the pick-up of the drugs... what a little shxt!

[PomChopMakNomYai]

On 12/15/2022 at 3:40 AM, lujanit said:

Idiot.  Does he not know you can easily buy the stuff here.

Produced in Indonesia using the native Sassafras plant in huge numbers!

[PomChopMakNomYai]

I know a British guy got caught in Bangkok with 4,000 pills sewn into the lining of his shorts,not a bad guy at all just stupid and naive he got 50 years in the Bangkok Hilton he's still there now.

Alan from Southampton go and visit the poor guy if you feel like making merit,he could sure do with the company and some home comforts of any sort?