Popular Post webfact Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 There’s been a purge to arrest people working in Thailand without a work permit. Now, this… Police, acting on a tip-off that a foreign national was selling drugs to tourists in Chiang Mai, have arrested a 48 year old British man. Charly Garcia was arrested on Tuesday, March 12, according to a Nation Thailand report. He was detained during a sting operation at a shop selling cannabis products in the Mueang district of the northern province. By Peter Roche PHOTO: Thai Rath Full story: PhuketGO 2024-03-14 - Discover how Cigna Insurance can protect you with a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment. For more information on expat health insurance click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 1 1 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ikke1959 Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 It is illegal.. Drugs business only for Thais 1 3 4 2 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 Charly Garcia, sounds like German mafia, not British.........😂 3 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 Another bad news Brit. Hope everyone reads the link article guy is a disgusting major drug dealer. Good luck in Thai prison loser. "During the operation, undercover police officers “bought” 12.5 grams of cocaine, 14.7 grams of ketamine, 192 grams of magic mushrooms, 13 grams of LSD, and 9.8 grams of MDMA from Garcia, before promptly arresting him." 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick Carter icp Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, transam said: Charly Garcia, sounds like German mafia, not British.........😂 Sounds more like an Argentinean musician https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly_García 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chetzee Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 ..... quite the one stop shop .... !! 1 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FritsSikkink Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 (edited) 33 minutes ago, transam said: Charly Garcia, sounds like German mafia, not British.........😂 Both Charly and Garcia aren't German names. Edited March 14 by FritsSikkink 1 1 1 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 22 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: Another bad news Brit. Hope everyone reads the link article guy is a disgusting major drug dealer. Good luck in Thai prison loser. "During the operation, undercover police officers “bought” 12.5 grams of cocaine, 14.7 grams of ketamine, 192 grams of magic mushrooms, 13 grams of LSD, and 9.8 grams of MDMA from Garcia, before promptly arresting him." Even bigger: "A search of the suspect’s condo in the sub-district of Chang Phueak uncovered over 400 grams of cocaine, 595 grams of magic mushrooms, and 160 Valium and Xanax pills." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 13 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said: Both Charly and Garcia aren't German names. Google says Charly is German, as for Garcia, I can picture a mafia type...🤗 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, bkk6060 said: Another bad news Brit. Hope everyone reads the link article guy is a disgusting major drug dealer. Good luck in Thai prison loser. "During the operation, undercover police officers “bought” 12.5 grams of cocaine, 14.7 grams of ketamine, 192 grams of magic mushrooms, 13 grams of LSD, and 9.8 grams of MDMA from Garcia, before promptly arresting him." That sounds more like a good night out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jonclark Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 39 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said: Even bigger: "A search of the suspect’s condo in the sub-district of Chang Phueak uncovered over 400 grams of cocaine, 595 grams of magic mushrooms, and 160 Valium and Xanax pills." And this sounds like a good weekend for me and my mates. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Russians and Brits back on top. Those Swiss and Americans aren't on the same level. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 33 minutes ago, transam said: Google says Charly is German No, it says Charlie is a German name. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 4 minutes ago, Dolf said: Russians and Brits back on top. Those Swiss and Americans aren't on the same level. Where do you Australians come in your investigation......? .........🤠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said: No, it says Charlie is a German name. Is Google wrong....? 🤔 https://www.thebump.com/b/charly-baby-name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peabody Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, bkk6060 said: 13 grams of LSD Wow. That's at least 250,000 hits of LSD 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 20 minutes ago, transam said: Is Google wrong....? 🤔 https://www.thebump.com/b/charly-baby-name No, wrong interpretation It actually says it is a name used in the US originated from German but from another name. Edited March 14 by FritsSikkink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, bkk6060 said: Another bad news Brit. Hope everyone reads the link article guy is a disgusting major drug dealer. Good luck in Thai prison loser. "During the operation, undercover police officers “bought” 12.5 grams of cocaine, 14.7 grams of ketamine, 192 grams of magic mushrooms, 13 grams of LSD, and 9.8 grams of MDMA from Garcia, before promptly arresting him." I know we have all been conditioned that drugs are bad.. .war on drugs etc... Are those not recreational drugs ??... i.e. drugs people use to have a good time, much like drinking alcohol ? This is not Heroin or crack-cocaine... and this guy is hardly a major drug dealer pedalling heroin to children. I'm not defending this guy at all, he's broken the laws and he knew the law. What I am questioning is the attitude towards recreational drugs in the first place (not just Thailand, but world wide)... In another world with more objective attitudes this guy is no more guilty than someone serving a beer... I know, we are not in that world, but my point is, what authorities have labelled as 'terrible'... is it really that terrible ??? (Coke, LSD, Magic Mushrooms, Ecstasy)... any worse that going on a drinking binge ? 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 23 minutes ago, Peabody said: 1 hour ago, bkk6060 said: 13 grams of LSD Wow. That's at least 250,000 hits of LSD Or its just the usual standard of accuracy of reporting here.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gargamon Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 2 hours ago, webfact said: Police, acting on a tip-off that a foreign national was selling drugs Russians getting rid of the competition... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKBike09 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 hours ago, webfact said: Police, acting on a tip-off that a foreign national was selling drugs to tourists in Chiang Mai, have arrested a 48 year old British man. From the linked article: "According to the report, Garcia has admitted selling the drugs to foreign tourists using the Telegram app. He says he purchased all the drugs, with the exception of the magic mushrooms, from a Black man in Chiang Mai, for 800,000 baht." Hmmm. Let's have a stab at who gave the tip-off. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said: No, wrong interpretation It actually says it is a name used in the US originated from German but from another name. ......................Gawd, wish I hadn't bothered now............ https://charlies-names.com/en/charly/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Double pointing. Cool. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Carter icp Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, BKKBike09 said: From the linked article: "According to the report, Garcia has admitted selling the drugs to foreign tourists using the Telegram app. He says he purchased all the drugs, with the exception of the magic mushrooms, from a Black man in Chiang Mai, for 800,000 baht." Hmmm. Let's have a stab at who gave the tip-off. Do you think that it might be the Black man ? (Have you had a Black girlfriend before ?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: I know, we are not in that world, but my point is, what authorities have labelled as 'terrible'... is it really that terrible ??? (Coke, LSD, Magic Mushrooms, Ecstasy)... any worse that going on a drinking binge ? Around these parts it's worse than murder, he will be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison which will be reduced to 20 years as it's the maximum sentence allowed. You could go out into the street and start lopping heads off and it's not as serious as this guys charges. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 1 minute ago, ukrules said: Around these parts it's worse than murder, he will be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison which will be reduced to 20 years as it's the maximum sentence allowed. You could go out into the street and start lopping heads off and it's not as serious as this guys charges. Agreed... Everyone knows... stay well away from drugs due to the extreme, harsh and barbaric penalties such 'offences' attract. In the UK a Brit was sentenced to 25 years in prison for having a friends Vape Pen in his car (which contained THC oil)... the penalty is clearly excessive from very angle... As are the penalties towards many drugs offenses in Thailand. How many guys were serving decades for dealing Marijuana which is now suddenly legally and socially acceptable... Of course - don't do the crime etc etc.. but my point again, is how out of 'balance' the penalties seem with the actual offence committed. 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed strong Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Agreed... Everyone knows... stay well away from drugs due to the extreme, harsh and barbaric penalties such 'offences' attract. In the UK a Brit was sentenced to 25 years in prison for having a friends Vape Pen in his car (which contained THC oil)... the penalty is clearly excessive from very angle... As are the penalties towards many drugs offenses in Thailand. How many guys were serving decades for dealing Marijuana which is now suddenly legally and socially acceptable... Of course - don't do the crime etc etc.. but my point again, is how out of 'balance' the penalties seem with the actual offence committed. What are you talking about, you dont get 25 years in the UK for a vape pen with THC lol. Source please!?? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed strong Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 How are you supposed to take laws seriously when the people in charge don't even know what the laws are. There's many thing illegal in Thailand that everyone seems to do, yet do the wrong one of those and you are in prison for 20 years! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gottfrid Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 So much BS here. Name irrelevant. British national by evidence of passport. He broke the law, that seems to be par for British people in Thailand, so now he pay the price. Good for him! 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still kicking Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 9 hours ago, transam said: Charly Garcia, sounds like German mafia, not British.........😂 Garcia is Spanish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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