Popular Post webfact Posted July 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2023 On July 6, the Thonglor Police Station and the Metropolitan Police Bureau, in collaboration with the Provincial Police Region 5, embarked on the operation "Close The Box: Soi Cowboy", an initiative designed to crack down on various criminal activities including drug and human trafficking, as well as illegal possession of firearms. Two service establishments, Rainbow and Spice Girl, located on Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, were raided. Out of 85 individuals inspected in Rainbow, 19 were foreigners and 66 were employees, with one testing positive for methamphetamine, reported Siam Rath. Picture: Siam Rath Similarly, in Spice Girl, 38 people were inspected, including 10 foreigners and 28 employees, with one employee found positive for methamphetamine. This operation aligns with the directive from the National Police Chief to intensify checks on local service establishments for potential illegal activities, including covert prostitution, human trafficking, drug use, and gun violence. Top Picture: Siam Rath #news -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2023-07-07 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post flyingtlger Posted July 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2023 24 minutes ago, webfact said: "Close The Box: Soi Cowboy" LOL, what an inappropriate operational name.... 2 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2baht Posted July 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2023 32 minutes ago, webfact said: Out of 85 individuals inspected in Rainbow, 19 were foreigners and 66 were employees Something seriously wrong with this business! 2 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted July 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) Ahh soi Cowboy, brings back a lot of memories from the days that a bar was a bar, the girls were innocent, and beers were cheap, and who can forget Trink who used to walk by every now and than stopping for a chat for his next article. Edited July 6, 2023 by ezzra 6 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkenny Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 3 hours ago, webfact said: covert prostitution errrrrr ok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropicalevo Posted July 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2023 2 hours ago, ezzra said: Ahh soi Cowboy, brings back a lot of memories from the days that a bar was a bar, the girls were innocent, and beers were cheap, and who can forget Trink who used to walk by every now and than stopping for a chat for his next article. 'nuff said. ???? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 The Police shutting down the competition? Times must be tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 5 hours ago, ezzra said: Ahh soi Cowboy, brings back a lot of memories from the days that a bar was a bar, the girls were innocent, and beers were cheap, and who can forget Trink who used to walk by every now and than stopping for a chat for his next article. Used to be the late night expat hangout in the mid to late 90's and early 00's. I was down there nearly every night! Saw Trink many times on our travels! Some great bars down there; Pam's, Shark, Dollhouse, Cactus, Five Star, The Old Dutch, Penny Black upstairs etc... All turned into a bit of a tourist trap neon wonderland now. The charm has definitely been lost. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 In Rainbow, 19 were foreigners and 66 were employees, while in Spice Girl, 10 foreigners and 28 employees Together, 29 alien and 94 Thais. Could it be, that those zillions of tourists are no longer interested in the bar scenes of the Land or .... if those zillions have shrunk to a few millions only? Maybe the chicken are coming home to roost? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted July 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Not been at night time for over 20 years, if the pics of girls on Stickmans site are owt to go by have not missed much. Fat, tattoos, tooth braces, sky high prices and short time only seem to be too common today, mugs game now. Edited July 7, 2023 by proton 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppius Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 When did Rainbow open in Cowboy? Don't remember seeing it a month or two ago when I was there, which bar did it take over? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 9 hours ago, flyingtlger said: LOL, what an inappropriate operational name.... I wonder if they had the back-door covered.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Geez...sure are taking all the fun out of it......sigh..................................... /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokwit Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 10 hours ago, webfact said: crack down on various criminal activities including drug and human trafficking, as well as illegal possession of firearms. I would have thought there would have been richer pickings in Suthisthan, especially illegal possession of firearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Tropicalevo said: 'nuff said. ???? To say more would be superfluous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: Geez...sure are taking all the fun out of it......sigh..................................... /s TAT can spin it as a tourist attraction. Where else can you go out for an evening beer and be surrounded by police raiding the bar. Other times, they arrive and close them all down at midnight for no other reason than that they can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Seppius said: When did Rainbow open in Cowboy? Don't remember seeing it a month or two ago when I was there, which bar did it take over? Stickman can keep you up to date on stuff like that. It's only recently reopened but I've forgotten what was there before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swm59nj Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 This kind of activity will certainly have an adverse effect tourists and expats in Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said: Stickman can keep you up to date on stuff like that. It's only recently reopened but I've forgotten what was there before. The bloke who has lived in NZ for the past few years and a friend of murderers, pimps and blackmailers ???? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 24 minutes ago, proton said: The bloke who has lived in NZ for the past few years and a friend of murderers, pimps and blackmailers ???? Care to explain the latter part of your allegation? Or is your post yet another of the pathetic and pointless posts I've read today. Examples please. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I bet they would test more positives for meth at the Whitehouse. Less than 2% isn't bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: Care to explain the latter part of your allegation? Or is your post yet another of the pathetic and pointless posts I've read today. Examples please. Stick was a friend of Marc, the Eden club pimp and blackmailer who shot dead his ex girlfriend and then shot his business partner in a Sukhumvit soi last April. Thankfully the business partner survived and shot Marc dead. Stickman was always rather afraid of him but buttered the low life up no end when alive and promoted his brothel. You might have thought once he was gone he would have had a more objective view of him, but no he just made excuses for him and claimed if he was owed money he had only done what a Thai would have, after consulting the Thai GF on the matter. Some things are indeed 'pathetic' here like finding out you have terminal cancer, and instead of making amends deciding to go out and gun people down. The nightlife here is riddled with criminal scum, Marc was just one of them. I was only disappointed Marc did not survive to live out his life in a Thai prison as that is what he deserved. Any negative comments on the matter were never published on his website. But he did admit Marc had been in a Japanese prison for drugs. offences and owned guns. Edited July 7, 2023 by proton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, proton said: I was only disappointed Marc did not survive to live out his life in a Thai prison as that is what he deserved. I met the guy once a couple of decades ago (don't ask). IIRC he had a scar from ear to ear, I always wondered how he survived whatever gave him that scar. It always has me scratching my head when people get involved with the Bangkok nightlife 'back office' and then wonder why they're not meeting fine upstanding citizens. Edited July 7, 2023 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said: I met the guy once (don't ask). IIRC he had a scar from ear to ear, I always wondered how he survived whatever gave him that scar. It always has me scratching my head when people get involved with the Bangkok nightlife 'back office' and then wonder why they're not meeting fine upstanding citizens. I think he claimed a scar was from a bike accident, he said he was a race competitor, no doubt BS. I dont think anyone expects them to be fine upstanding citizens, but not blackmailers, murderers and drug dealers! Amazing the amount of people who fell for his greasy charm, just because he was selling them over priced sex with less than attractive burned out women. Edited July 7, 2023 by proton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 15 hours ago, ezzra said: Ahh soi Cowboy, brings back a lot of memories from the days that a bar was a bar, the girls were innocent, and beers were cheap, and who can forget Trink who used to walk by every now and than stopping for a chat for his next article. A different, but better time in my opinion.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 49 minutes ago, proton said: Stick was a friend of Marc, the Eden club pimp and blackmailer who shot dead his ex girlfriend and then shot his business partner in a Sukhumvit soi last April. Thankfully the business partner survived and shot Marc dead. Stickman was always rather afraid of him but buttered the low life up no end when alive and promoted his brothel. You might have thought once he was gone he would have had a more objective view of him, but no he just made excuses for him and claimed if he was owed money he had only done what a Thai would have, after consulting the Thai GF on the matter. Some things are indeed 'pathetic' here like finding out you have terminal cancer, and instead of making amends deciding to go out and gun people down. The nightlife here is riddled with criminal scum, Marc was just one of them. I was only disappointed Marc did not survive to live out his life in a Thai prison as that is what he deserved. Any negative comments on the matter were never published on his website. But he did admit Marc had been in a Japanese prison for drugs. offences and owned guns. Thanks. I'll ask Stick to comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedomnow Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 The Thong Lor shakedown crew out for a kickback. If they are looks for criminals...look in the mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowellandrew Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Ah how many on drugs then? ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
save the frogs Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 5 hours ago, proton said: His eulogy from last year who reads these things or even cares about or remembers the bar owners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deserted Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Nice place for a white wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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