British Man Arrested for Allegedly Selling LSD and Ecstasy on Turtle Island in Surat Thani

[NobbyClarke]

There is no reason for the insanity, let the locals sell it and he would not have been reported.

Yet another ruined life. The " "Bangkok Hilton" awaits all for a few extra baht.

[kidneyw]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

The police followed up on the suspect for five months before the arrest.

He must have been careful before.

[Kinok Farang]

9 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

British people are the same as people from any other Country and some of them do do wrong things, like people from anywhere else .

   Your claim is incorrect 

Where's your British sense of humour,it was only a fun comment.

Remember,stiff upper lip,What.

[The Old Bull]

4 hours ago, cowellandrew said:

Drugs are rampant in the uk !

But we can send 2.5 billion to the Ukraine 

 Foreign aid does not arrive in the form of cash. It goes to friends of the friends with a boot factory or a bomb factory . They get a rich contracts and the goods are shipped not cash. Also the military will get rid of worn out stuff like old F-18 s at a great price of course, that way they can buy new stuff and the government gets brownie points for helping the Ukers

[RT555]

Well, at least he made it out alive.........

[LivinLOS]

4 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

I like the ecstasy way back in the 80s

Currently its crazy strong again.. late 80s early 90s 120mg was 'good' now theres 300 350mg pills doing the rounds..

Cant imagine how messy someone whose never done it dropping one of those. 

[riverhigh]

I feel so old when I read the articles. I have so little interest in drugs which people significantly younger than me may have an interst in. My drug of choice is a cup of coffee at the Amazon Cafe. Sometimes I have a second cup. I live on the Edge!!!

Edited March 4 by riverhigh
grammar

[Paris333]

Nowadays it is a common phenomenon of selling drugs in all States such as Greece-Italy-Spain-Portugal etc.The Police Authorities arrest every day dealers with tons of cocaine boarded on ships hidden in fish and shrimp and bananas products.
Unfortunately, the black money of the cocaine trade has also hit the football federations where coaches of teams are the "importers" of cocaine from Colombia.
The Royal Thai Police did a blood test on him to see if he was not only a trafficker but also a user because in Europe we have the shame of arresting cocaine and heroin traffickers and the law does not touch them because they are arrested with 500 grams of cocaine each time and the Drug Trafficking Act cannot be applied to small amounts of cocaine.
Therefore the law in fact "guide" the criminals not to carry up to 500 grams of pure drug substance which is diluted by the "users" and reaches 2-3 kilos of drugs.

The drug trafficking route has been known for years to the authorities where from Colombia the drugs are trafficked by the terrorist organization Hezbollah and reach Lebanon.
From Lebanon the Western shipowners transport them by ships to the West and the drug money is distributed to the West by the governments in the form of subsidies in  "vulnerable groups" under the veil of leftist organizations.

Source:

Spain seizes 11 tons of cocaine in shipping containers. Most of the drugs found among frozen tuna

https://apnews.com/article/spain-cocaine-frozen-tuna-police-26a0143fe2822db3dce247db43a431fb

Source:

Five tonnes of cocaine worth £737m seized in Italy's biggest-ever drugs bust

https://news.sky.com/story/five-tonnes-of-cocaine-worth-737m-seized-in-italys-biggest-ever-drugs-bust-12924937

Source:

Cocaine seizures neared 60,000 kg last year; Criminals shifting away from Rotterdam port

https://nltimes.nl/2024/01/17/cocaine-seizures-neared-60000-kg-last-year-criminals-shifting-away-rotterdam-port

Source:

 According to the customs audit, out of a total of approximately 14.4 tonnes of cocaine seized across Germany in 2022, the Hamburg customs area

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2024-000430_EN.html

Edited March 4 by Paris333

[MangoKorat]

Oh good, the 'pointing' photos are back - saves any confusion as to what the subject is. Thanks BIB.

 

Do you get time off your sentence for pointing?

Edited March 4 by MangoKorat

[MangoKorat]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Police surveillance spanning over 5 months disclosed Brett's routine of leaving his accommodation at 8:00 PM daily to conduct drug transactions.

The speed the Thai police work at is amazing - just 5 months to discover that he left his room at 8pm each day - quite an achievment.

 

Take note all you drug dealers, change your routine every 4 months if you want to retain your liberty.

Edited March 4 by MangoKorat

[Lopburikid]

23 hours ago, retarius said:

Can't be true, he's British. British people do no wrong.

All societies in All nationalities have good, bad and downright evil with-in them. They watched him for 5 months before arresting him. How many buyers did they arrest? Was the owner of the establishment arrested? In 5 months did he not need to go to a supplier, or a supplier come to him.? In 5 months, you would have thought they would have more arrests than just him. Now there will be a Local dealer working this establishment/. TIT Don't step on the local's businesses.

[sambum]

On 3/4/2024 at 8:28 AM, Nick Carter icp said:

British people are the same as people from any other Country and some of them do do wrong things, like people from anywhere else .

   Your claim is incorrect 

 

Just another Brit Basher with too much spare time on his hands!

[sambum]

On 3/4/2024 at 9:38 AM, Keeps said:

Very half hearted bit of pointing by the accused. More of a finger 'flop'.

 

Maybe realises just how silly this finger pointing looks in a photo, and is only doing it because he has been told to?

[sambum]

On 3/4/2024 at 1:53 PM, cowellandrew said:

Drugs are rampant in the uk !

But we can send 2.5 billion to the Ukraine 

 

2.5 billion what? Ecstacy pills? LSD Tablets?

[sambum]

23 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Find his drug source(s), customers, etc.? Why such a long investigation. Were some police, other pushers, suppliers implicated? 

 

Sounds like they had to make sure they were all singing from the same hymnsheet! 

[webfact]

Drug dealing British backpacker celebrated wedding days before arrest
by Puntid Tantivangphaisal

 

Photo courtesy of Viral Press via Daily Mail

 

Andrew Brett, the British backpacker arrested for drug dealing in Koh Tao was reported to have just celebrated his wedding to a Thai-born wife just days before he was apprehended.

 

The British man’s distraught parents, John and Ann, expressed profound disbelief as news of their son’s arrest shattered the blissful memories of the recently concluded nuptials.

 

“We haven’t been told anything… Everything seemed perfect. It just doesn’t make sense.”

Hailing from Worcester Park, Surrey, Brett had been residing on Koh Tao, where he aspired to carve out a new life with his family and stake a claim in the local hospitality scene. However, his aspirations took a stark turn as he faced allegations of peddling narcotics to tourists at a popular island bar.

Amidst the anguish, Brett’s social media presence remains active, yet devoid of any mention of his predicament, leaving loved ones grappling with uncertainty regarding his fate. The absence of official communication from authorities only compounds the family’s distress, as they navigate a legal system known for its severity, reported UK Daily Mail.

 

As the Brett family awaits clarity on Andrew’s situation, the Foreign Office has been approached for insight into the ongoing ordeal.

 

ORIGINAL STORY: Thai cop spills beans on bid to hush British backpacker’s drugs dealing bust (video)

An unnamed Thai police officer revealed that his superiors attempted to suppress a story about the arrest of a British backpacker for selling Category 1 drugs on a notorious island in Thailand.

 

Andrew Brett was arrested on Thursday, February 29, for allegedly selling ecstasy and LSD to other foreign tourists at the Ecco Bar on Koh Tao island in the southern province of Surat Thani. The Thai officer, who wished to remain anonymous, informed a reporter that the police had been monitoring the drug dealer for several months before they swooped to nab him.

 

The Thai cop made known they wanted to conceal the crime because the drug dealing took place on the notorious Koh Tao island, widely known as Death Island.

Following a tip-off from a concerned patron, police initiated an investigation into allegations that the British man was distributing drugs at the bar. After monitoring his activities for five months, officers finally apprehended him on his way to the establishment on February 29. Among his belongings, officers allegedly discovered 0.54 grammes of ecstasy in a plastic bag, along with 25 ecstasy pills and 75 LSD sheets, locally known as magic paper.

 

According to police reports, Brett would leave his apartment daily at 8pm to sell drugs to customers at the Ecco Bar, a short distance from Sairee Beach where British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were tragically killed in 2014.

 

The police officer revealed that the case had been kept confidential for several months. Subsequently, they stated that orders had been given to “suppress the case”’to safeguard the island’s notorious mafia-like reputation.

 

“The suspect admitted that all the narcotics found belonged to him. He said he sold ecstasy pills to tourists for 1,000 baht each, while the LSD paper was sold at 100 baht each.”

 

Brett has been charged with possession of Category I narcotics for distribution and now faces a potential punishment of up to life imprisonment or even the death penalty, depending on the severity of the case.

 

Koh Tao earned the nickname Death Island following the tragic murders of British backpackers Witheridge and Miller in 2014. Subsequent incidents of tourist deaths have raised concerns, with several cases remaining unexplained.

 

Authors, documentary makers, and researchers have attributed these incidents to corrupt Thai police and a powerful group of local families controlling the island, accused of covering up the murders, reported The Daily Mail.

 

Witheridge and Miller lost their lives on Koh Tao on September 15, 2014. They are believed to have been fatally attacked by the son of a prominent local family on the supposedly idyllic island, after which corrupt Thai police allegedly framed two innocent Burmese workers, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo.

 

Following these events, numerous other unexplained tourist deaths on the island have come to light, leading to the chilling moniker Death Island.

 

Local police have endeavoured to suppress any negative incidents emerging from the picturesque island, while a select few local families, who have resided there for decades, profit financially from its appeal to backpackers and scuba divers worldwide.

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-03-07

 

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[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“We haven’t been told anything… Everything seemed perfect. It just doesn’t make sense.”

 

Your beloved son is a drug peddler...  what do you not understand.

[cncltd1973]

interesting, the cops allowed him to peddle for 5 months until an island boss decided he shouldn't be allowed to? Brett wasn't generous enough with his proceeds or did he marry the wrong girl?

[bristolgeoff]

He learn,t the hard way,for sure someone else doing this took out his competition.Selling drugs here will only get you the bangkok hilton treatment.Now he will have lots time thinking what he done

Edited March 8 by bristolgeoff

[sambum]

"In a startling development on Koh Tao, authorities have apprehended a 36-year-old English man for clandestinely peddling 'Magic Paper' drugs, a highly dangerous form of narcotics, to unsuspecting tourists.

 

According to reports on March 1st, Deputy Superintendent Thanawat Sukhakata, along with investigative teams from Koh Tao Police Station, successfully captured Andrew John Brett, 36, a British national. Brett stands accused of distributing Category 1 narcotics (Ecstasy and Magic Paper) with the intent to sell, reported Daily News."

 

".... clandestinely peddling 'Magic Paper' drugs, a highly dangerous form of narcotics, to unsuspecting tourists.

I am pretty sure that if he was "clandestinely peddling" the tourists were certainly not "unsuspecting"!!!

 

And "distributing with the intention to sell"? Absolute gobbledegook!

 

And why did it take "5 months of surveillance"? A couple of days would probably have been enough - maybe the RTP in question got to like the place? 

 

P.S "Startling development"? Nothing is "startling" on Koh Tao given its recent  history!!!

 

 

Edited March 8 by sambum