Cannabis crooks caught on camera: Foreigners caught stealing from Phuket pharmacy

[Andrew65]

56 minutes ago, wealthychef said:

Not the good stuff.  Right now good weed is 600 ฿/g, which is probably what they were stealing. 

600 ฿/g! You gotta be kiddin me! I'll stick with the booze!????

[paddypower]

59 minutes ago, wealthychef said:

Not the good stuff.  Right now good weed is 600 ฿/g, which is probably what they were stealing. 

The shops in the tourist frequented areas are soooo overpriced. not in rural Thailand. ''high class'' shops (with a fancy decorated interior) sell for 250-350. if you know how to connect to the locals excellent bud can be had for 100baht/gm.

[wealthychef]

9 minutes ago, paddypower said:

The shops in the tourist frequented areas are soooo overpriced. not in rural Thailand. ''high class'' shops (with a fancy decorated interior) sell for 250-350. if you know how to connect to the locals excellent bud can be had for 100baht/gm.

Yeah, sure, that's for local thai weed, not the good stuff from California or other imports.  Thai weed is still significantly less powerful than the imports.  I can get weed here for like 100฿ per ounce if I want crappy stuff, I'm talking about what they are selling at pharmacies, since that's what's being discussed here.  

[Bday Prang]

5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The hazy days on Rat U Thit 200 Years Road and by coincidence 200 years will be the length of their sentence????

200 years for shoplifting ??  for god's sake let's be reasonable

[Andrew65]

10 minutes ago, paddypower said:

The shops in the tourist frequented areas are soooo overpriced. not in rural Thailand. ''high class'' shops (with a fancy decorated interior) sell for 250-350. if you know how to connect to the locals excellent bud can be had for 100baht/gm.

Is that expensive compared to Europe/US?

[wealthychef]

Just now, Bday Prang said:

 for god's sake let's be reasonable

You must be new here.  ???? 

[richard_smith237]

16 hours ago, Neeranam said:

How do they know they are foreginers?

You mean they could look foreign but have a Thai Passport just like you ????? 

 

 

Another great way to ‘shoe-horn’ in your Thai nationality.... but you don’t really need to do that anymore, everyone already knows by now !!!!  ????

 

 

 

[Bday Prang]

4 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

Is that expensive compared to Europe/US?

around 300 bt/ gram equivalent in the UK, (its still illegal there) although one can pay more if daft enough

Edited May 6, 2023 by Bday Prang

[wealthychef]

Just now, Andrew65 said:

Is that expensive compared to Europe/US?

Yes, if you consider quality.  I can get 7g of premium weed "shake" in the USA for 1000 ฿ , or 140฿/g which is better than most of the local weed of far lesser quality I see here being sold for 250++ ฿/g

 

[wealthychef]

17 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

600 ฿/g! You gotta be kiddin me! I'll stick with the booze!????

OK just bolt down your refrigerator then!  LOL

[Bday Prang]

2 minutes ago, wealthychef said:

You must be new here.  ???? 

Well not exactly, but 200 years for petty theft is taking things to a whole new level,  even for the TVF hang 'em high squad

[n00dle]

jesus, reduced to stealing a bag of weed.

I could understand something expensive and addictive, but weed?

[Jonathan Swift]

17 hours ago, Neeranam said:

How do they know they are foreginers?

Ummmm, because maybe their passports and their names? 

[wealthychef]

14 minutes ago, n00dle said:

jesus, reduced to stealing a bag of weed.

I could understand something expensive and addictive, but weed?

As a heavy user, let me assure you, weed can be addictive.  https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive. And as I've pointed out above, the weed these guys are stealing is expensive.  So there you go.  

[dingdongrb]

3 hours ago, Jackbenimble said:

you're a funny guy

Yeah, I should be on television.

[Kalasin Jo]

7 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

IMO, this chap was not stealing actual Cannabis flower but rather some non-pyschoactive (THC less than 0.2%) Cannabis-infused product, of which there are hundreds.

 

I support this opinion based on the video.

 

He should obviously be prosecuted as he appears to have committed a crime. He is not however a raving marahuana junkie jonesing for his next fix. (I'm assuming he's not a meth head.)

 

 

 

He might just be stupid and not recognise the difference.

[Andrew65]

1 hour ago, n00dle said:

jesus, reduced to stealing a bag of weed.

I could understand something expensive and addictive, but weed?

Anything's expensive if you have no money. Addictive? Open to debate.????

[kingstonkid]

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What makes you think that they'll get the boot from here?  The pharmacy got the stuff out of his bag and didn't inform the police.

my bad I thought they were charged

[paddypower]

upcoming election.... I vote for Gollum for PM.

[paddypower]

2 hours ago, wealthychef said:

Yeah, sure, that's for local thai weed, not the good stuff from California or other imports.  Thai weed is still significantly less powerful than the imports.  I can get weed here for like 100฿ per ounce if I want crappy stuff, I'm talking about what they are selling at pharmacies, since that's what's being discussed here.  

what 'pharmacies' ? all I see in Patong is ''Organic Weed'' shops fronts - half of them closed.   when you mention Calif imports, i thought that's illegal.

[wealthychef]

Just now, paddypower said:

what 'pharmacies' ? all I see in Patong is ''Organic Weed'' shops fronts - half of them closed.  

OK, I haven't seen weed in any pharmacies, truthfully.  But the article says a pharmacy was the scene of the crime, so I'm extrapolating prices based on the weed shops here.  Maybe I'm off base. 

 

2 minutes ago, paddypower said:

when you mention Calif imports, i thought that's illegal.

I am not aware of any such law, where did you hear that?  Many Bangkok weed shops I've been to are selling foreign strains explicitly, which of course doesn't mean it's legal.  ????.  I saw the same thing in Pattaya.  Not sure about the islands,  I only saw local weed on Ko Phi Phi. 

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

22 hours ago, Neeranam said:

How do they know they are foreginers?

Ummmm, because maybe their passports and their names? 

Where were their names disclosed and what makes you think that they showed their passports before nicking the weed?

[Neeranam]

5 hours ago, Kalasin Jo said:

He might just be stupid and not recognise the difference.

Or stoned

[gjoo888]

On 5/6/2023 at 5:08 AM, Jack james said:

It's so stupid, weed is so cheap!

Not cheap for the good stuff, 800-1200 Baht per gram ain't cheap.

[roo860]

23 minutes ago, gjoo888 said:

Not cheap for the good stuff, 800-1200 Baht per gram ain't cheap.

Must be desperate to pay that price.