Pattaya: Five provincial cops transferred to inactive posts after two women shaken down in drugs busts

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Picture: Siam Rath

 

Two ladies with similar stories to tell went to the Nong Prue police in the Pattaya area yesterday.

 

One was 60 year old Rewadee and the other 18 year old Anna.

 

Rewadee told how 6-7 drugs police chasing her grandson had come to her house.

 

They found a little "ice" that she kept for her personal use.

 

She was taken to a safe house and held overnight before one of the cops - they were not in uniform, she didn't believe they were real - demanded 50,000 baht for her release.

 

She bargained this down to 31,000 vowing she would never do drugs again.

 

Anna said that it was her boyfriend who was mixed up in drugs, she had nothing to do with it.

 

The burly men demanded 100,000 baht which was bargained down to 60,000.

 

But in the end the media got involved and the men got wise and left so she didn't have to pay at all.

 

Provincial commander Pol Maj-Gen Kamphon Leelapraphaporn said that an investigative committee has been set up to investigate the five men, reported Siam Rath.

 

They have been stripped of their regular duties and will be shuffling paper at HQ as the investigation runs its course.

 

Rewadee said she remembered all the men's faces including one she named as "Korn".

 

Her and Anna sought police protection from police in the case.

 

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[phetphet]

A 60 y.o grandma doing ice? 

[Skipalongcassidy]

Restricted duty... they should be in prison

[2baht]

15 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Restricted duty... they should be in prison

It does'nt work that way! Cops capable of grafting 100,000 baht are well skilled, an asset to the force! 

 

 

[Mad mick]

???????????? The norm transfer or inactive post still job different area to extort from ! How's granny ratting everyone was hers then boyfriend this that typical ???? BBQ crew  

[Polaky]

So moral of the story is...if you get into strife don't call the police, call the police who control the police and monitor the integrity of the police, so what's that number again?.....

[Neeranam]

4 hours ago, phetphet said:

A 60 y.o grandma doing ice? 

Only in Pattaya, horrible place. 

[ignore it]

Somewhere in Pattaya a cop is helping to return a bag of gold to a tourist.

[shackleton]

It never ends police and corruption rampant in Pattaya ????

[Asquith Production]

Members of a countries Police Force are a cross section of its population. That is its morals honesty etc. This, along with previous cases can reflect badly on all Thais

[soalbundy]

Someone has left a can of worms open, they seem to be breeding all over the place.

[4MyEgo]

This is all over Thailand.

 

You can't clean these corrupt cops unless your prepared to sack the lot of them IMO.

[phitsanulokjohn]

They simply can't help themselves.Asking them to be honest is akin to asking a bear,not to sh*t in the woods.

If found guilty sack the 5 of them,none of this nambi pambi moving them on to  pen pushing or paperwork shuffling nonsense. 

[digger70]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

They have been stripped of their regular duties and will be shuffling paper at HQ as the investigation runs its course.

Then after that go back to their old jobs/ways.

[Reigntax]

I hope the “shuffling paper” doesn’t refer to opening of the incoming brown envelopes 

[Gknrd]

Probably costs upwards of a million baht to buy into a position on the force. What do you expect?

[kingstonkid]

6 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Restricted duty... they should be in prison

They can not be put into prison until they go to court.  They can not go to court until there is an investigation to prove that they did wrong.

 

Putting them in a mickey mouse position and twiddling their thumbs is the best you can do until the investigation is over.  

once completed, they can then be discharged and arrested.

 

Are they guilty probably but probably is not Good enough in court.

[Jonathan Swift]

7 hours ago, phetphet said:

A 60 y.o grandma doing ice? 

remember that even old farts like us were young once. My indulgences were in the 60s and 70s and if I hadn't wised up I might be an old drug addled grandpa right now. Undoubtedly this is a case of drug use being passed down through the family. I feel sorry for these people, the real bad guys and criminals are the Chinese gangs who traffic in drugs and human beings, taking advantage of the addicted. I know nothing of the subject, but I suspect drug rehab treatment is not a thing in Thailand, but I hope I'm wrong. My brother died of an OD at age 42 in  2002. 

[BritScot]

10 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

remember that even old farts like us were young once. My indulgences were in the 60s and 70s and if I hadn't wised up I might be an old drug addled grandpa right now. Undoubtedly this is a case of drug use being passed down through the family. I feel sorry for these people, the real bad guys and criminals are the Chinese gangs who traffic in drugs and human beings, taking advantage of the addicted. I know nothing of the subject, but I suspect drug rehab treatment is not a thing in Thailand, but I hope I'm wrong. My brother died of an OD at age 42 in  2002. 

I believe it is very good in Thailand.  From what I've read there is/are temples that use a drug that's banned in the west which ends addiction almost immediately.  Then the persons system is flushed.  

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Restricted duty... they should be in prison

Should be found guilty first...

"...the investigation runs its course".

[kimamey]

8 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Restricted duty... they should be in prison

They have to be convicted first. If they are guilty then yes prison and sacked from the police. I'm not sure how often that happens though.

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Restricted duty... they should be in prison

Using your logic of no legal process, the granny should also be in prison, then.

[mrfill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Her and Anna sought police protection from police in the case.

Is that the best place to go for protection?

Sounds like protecting yourself against a dangerous lion by getting in the same cage...

[freedomnow]

1 hour ago, BritScot said:

I believe it is very good in Thailand.  From what I've read there is/are temples that use a drug that's banned in the west which ends addiction almost immediately.  Then the persons system is flushed.  

and what would that be ? Doubt its ibogiane in Thai temples.

[swerve]

The sweet ole granny has her own stash of "ice".  

[BangkokKnights]

4 hours ago, ignore it said:

Somewhere in Pattaya a cop is helping to return a bag of gold to a tourist.

yep,and a taxi driver is driving around all day desperately trying to find a farang who left 2m baht in the back seat,

[LALes]

When I grow up I want to be transfered to an inactive post.

[PingRoundTheWorld]

12 hours ago, 2baht said:

It does'nt work that way! Cops capable of grafting 100,000 baht are well skilled, an asset to the force! 

In this case it sounds like the money was going into their own pockets rather than kicked back upwards. One of the first <deleted> moments in Thailand was when a guy who was a drugie himself and a pimp, had a brother who was a cop. My gf (mistake) at the time one night said he's leaving (a bar) to go with his brother to shake down a guy they caught with drugs. This guy was not a police officer yet he went on the "bust"...

[JimmyJ]

Extortion and Kidnapping, both under color of authority.

 

Result - Switch job location.

 

[SmokeandIce]

9 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Only in Pattaya, horrible place. 

Not just Pattaya...corruption is rife throughout Thailand