Brit claims being abducted, Pattaya raid uncovers drugs, guns

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Now that's a group of real bona fide geniuses there!
True quality tourists.

[TheFishman1]

Did the police discover where they got their weapons from TIT

[smew]

a compilation of morons 

[Kerryd]

I guess it didn't occur to them that the proper way to do it (these days) is to set up a GoFundMe first, then have a "friend" contact the Mirror (or Sun, you know which ones) to "sell" their story - and get their GoFundMe link published.

Then sit back and watch the money pour in. And because your family isn't (directly) involved, no Police, no Interpol alerts and no visits from the local authorities.

Then, after your goal has been reached, announce that the "victim" has escaped and that the "authorities" have arrested the kidnappers - but don't give any actual details like locations, dates and names. Those kind of things can be checked after all. The key is to keep everything generic enough that no one can track down where you actually were, when you actually were there and who was actually involved.

That's why so many of those scams are set up by "a friend" and not an identifiable family member. And the incident happened "in Pattaya" during a trip "last fall" when you stayed at "a hotel" "near the beach" and went "to a bar".

(It's funny too, probably 95% of the GoFundMe scams that center around people in Thailand all seem to happen in Phuket. And the stories almost always first appear in a UK gossip rag (like the Mirror or Sun) - after a GoFundMe has already been set up.)

Why can't these scams happen more often in Pattaya so I can check them out easier ?

 

[alex8912]

4 hours ago, bbko said:

Another negative Pattaya story with Brits involved? Here's a question for you armchair experts, what's the breakdown by nationality (Brits, Aussie, German, Russian, etc) in Pattaya?

2024 for sure year of the Brits so far. 
pretty well behaved in 2023. Russians were 2023. 

[newbee2022]

So the financial and economic situation is much worse in UK than in Germany?? (See the story from the morning)

We're really on a downturn or declining culture and civilization, aren't we?🥴🙏

[sambum]

6 hours ago, stoner said:

might of been easier to just ask your family for money instead of extorting them. 

Maybe the family have given enough in the past and said "no more - get a job"!

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, DaveOhAust said:

what a bunch of complete fools. They will get some nice fish head soup now for a while

Only if someone takes it in for them.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Is this not yet again another regurgitated story from months ago?

Reported as happening yesterday.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, TheFishman1 said:

Did the police discover where they got their weapons from TIT

It only happened yesterday, give them a chance TIT

[bkk6060]

Terrible disgusting people giving British a bad name.

[Confuscious]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The investigation disclosed that the group, grappling with financial difficulties during their prolonged stay in Thailand,

So, how did they manage to get an extension of stay?
Or were they staying in the country on a very low budget which dried-up quickly?
Happy 3-year extension in jail.
 

[arick]

It's amazing they are not called foreigners. Brits  they are actually English. 

Edited January 27 by arick

[Mr Meeseeks]

5 hours ago, DaveOhAust said:

10 pound Pom’s, what a bunch of complete fools. They will get some nice fish head soup now for a while and I can’t see mum & dad helping out too much. Probably part of the breakfast club

 

Shame we can't send them to an island full of similar criminal types and flies. 🤔

[barrybike]

What a crowd of idiots , damn couldn’t make this up , free stay in the Bangkok Hilton for a few years I’d say 

[SAFETY FIRST]

7 hours ago, DaveOhAust said:

10 pound Pom’s, what a bunch of complete fools.

I'd say they're too young for 10 pound Pom's. 

 

Agree complete fools 

Edited January 27 by SAFETY FIRST

[MrJ2U]

Drugs and guns will bring at least one year of jail time.

 

Total morons. 

[Kinok Farang]

12 hours ago, jacko45k said:

If guilty, lock them up here for a few years, won't be missed back home.

Better to send them back to the UK.

That is a far worse punishment.

[Kinok Farang]

5 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Terrible disgusting people giving British a bad name.

Hahaha,fxxxxxg brilliant.

[Matrosen]

My first trip to Thailand before speaking the language and started to work & settle in Thailand, I was offered to smuggle gold gold from Nepal to Thailand. But I was not stupid enough!

[CartagenaWarlock]

11 minutes ago, Matrosen said:

My first trip to Thailand before speaking the language and started to work & settle in Thailand, I was offered to smuggle gold gold from Nepal to Thailand. But I was not stupid enough!

Why? Can one buy gold cheaper in Nepal? I know gold smuggling from Dubai to India is a big one because gold is cheaper in Dubai than in India.  

Edited January 27 by CartagenaWarlock

[roo860]

1 hour ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

Why? Can one buy gold cheaper in Nepal? I know gold smuggling from Dubai to India is a big one because gold is cheaper in Dubai than in India.  

Is it the tax that's involved?

[Paris333]

Congratulations to Royal Thai Police Department for solving this case. The British should be banned from entering the Kingdom of Thailand for life by Thai authorities.
1. They were in possession of drugs.
2. They were in possession of weapons in a foreign country.
Thailand is not Europe and America's paradigm of lawlessness, and Thai citizens are not second-class citizens.

Congratulations to Royal Thai Police Department!

[jacko45k]

14 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

So the financial and economic situation is much worse in UK than in Germany?? (See the story from the morning)

We're really on a downturn or declining culture and civilization, aren't we?🥴🙏

Absolutely, and Governments bicker amongst themselves over trivia.......

[jacko45k]

9 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Better to send them back to the UK.

That is a far worse punishment.

Not the jails, a boarding house in Rhyl, yes maybe!

[Sunmaster]

17 hours ago, NanLaew said:

It's always a Damien isn't it?

 

Or a Darren.

And Ian...lots of dumb Ians. 😄

[NightSky]

23 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

What a bunch of losers....

I was going to say ‘plonkers’ but what you said as well.  

[sirineou]

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Brit claims being abducted, Pattaya raid uncovers drugs, guns

Can't  understand how he run out of money. 

[gomangosteen]

12 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Better to send them back to the UK.

That is a far worse punishment.

All of them?

Two British.

One is French, one a New Zealander.

[DavidAlexander]

I wonder if alcohol played any part in that plan?