German Tourist Arrested for Drug Use and Overstaying in Thailand

[webfact]

 

Police in Patong, led by Police Colonel Chalermchai Hoernsawat and Deputy Police Superintendent Police Lieutenant Colonel Narubodin Phangleesen, arrested a 29-year-old German man at a hotel on Prachanukhro Road in Patong, Kathu District, Phuket. 

 

The arrest was conducted by a special task force headed by Police Lieutenant Colonel Sinchai Sukhi, who, along with the Patong Police investigation unit, detained the suspect. The man was found to have overstayed his visa in Thailand and was in possession of drug paraphernalia. 

Following the arrest, authorities conducted a urine test on the suspect at Patong Hospital, which tested positive for methamphetamine, a Class 1 controlled substance in Thailand. Consequently, he was charged with the illegal use of methamphetamine and for violating immigration regulations by overstaying his permitted time in the country. 

 

The suspect and evidence were subsequently handed over to Patong Police Station’s investigators for further legal proceedings. Local authorities in Phuket are continuing to monitor and address issues of drug use and overstaying foreign tourists in an effort to maintain safety and compliance with Thai law, reported Matichon Online.

 

Picture courtesy: Matichon online

 

-- 2024-10-15

 

 

[newbee2022]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Police in Patong, led by Police Colonel Chalermchai Hoernsawat and Deputy Police Superintendent Police Lieutenant Colonel Narubodin Phangleesen, arrested a 29-year-old German man at a hotel on Prachanukhro Road in Patong, Kathu District, Phuket. 

 

The arrest was conducted by a special task force headed by Police Lieutenant Colonel Sinchai Sukhi, who, along with the Patong Police investigation unit, detained the suspect. The man was found to have overstayed his visa in Thailand and was in possession of drug paraphernalia. 

 

Following the arrest, authorities conducted a urine test on the suspect at Patong Hospital, which tested positive for methamphetamine, a Class 1 controlled substance in Thailand. Consequently, he was charged with the illegal use of methamphetamine and for violating immigration regulations by overstaying his permitted time in the country. 

 

The suspect and evidence were subsequently handed over to Patong Police Station’s investigators for further legal proceedings. Local authorities in Phuket are continuing to monitor and address issues of drug use and overstaying foreign tourists in an effort to maintain safety and compliance with Thai law, reported Matichon Online.

 

Picture courtesy: Matichon online

 

-- 2024-10-15

 

 

Good Bye German. You get what you deserve! Well done RTP❤️

[Korat Kiwi]

Hmmmm

 

 

[Tropicalevo]

Looks like the German is still stoned.

Isn't he holding the pen upside down?

[ronster]

Auf wiedersehen 👋

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

Looks like the German is still stoned.

Isn't he holding the pen upside down?

Probably doesn't want to sign his life away... tad late though.

[ujayujay]

2 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Looks like the German is still stoned.

Isn't he holding the pen upside down?

Yes, he thought he had to blow into it as a drug test

[Brian Hull]

Why do Thai authorities take overstaying so seriously? A visa is only a rubber stamp that serves no real purpose other than getting foreign currency for the government. Applying for a visa should be for the sole purpose of vetting would-be visitors before letting them in to the country (Visas on arrival do not meet that requirement). While somebody is in Thailand they are still spending  their foreign money with local businesses whether or not they have a current visa..

[Letseng]

19 minutes ago, Brian Hull said:

Why do Thai authorities take overstaying so seriously? A visa is only a rubber stamp that serves no real purpose other than getting foreign currency for the government. Applying for a visa should be for the sole purpose of vetting would-be visitors before letting them in to the country (Visas on arrival do not meet that requirement). While somebody is in Thailand they are still spending  their foreign money with local businesses whether or not they have a current visa..

Go & overstay in Germany.

They boot you out too.

[NativeBob]

Neuter him and send to defend freedom loving people in UA.

 

Ok, Jokes aside: how did they force him to piss [at hospital]? Last time at Bangkok disco during police raid almost nobody did so. Except one german wimp and weirdo from that country south of AU.

And private Patong hospital is not CSI facility certified to perform such "testing". Don't you just love how things are "working"?

Edited October 15 by NativeBob

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Brian Hull said:

Why do Thai authorities take overstaying so seriously? A visa is only a rubber stamp that serves no real purpose other than getting foreign currency for the government. Applying for a visa should be for the sole purpose of vetting would-be visitors before letting them in to the country (Visas on arrival do not meet that requirement). While somebody is in Thailand they are still spending  their foreign money with local businesses whether or not they have a current visa..

Does your philosophy apply to your own country also?

[Liverpool Lou]

59 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

Ok, Jokes aside: how did they force him to piss [at hospital]?

He was forced to provide a specimen?   You really think that refusing to, or being unable to fill the bottle, absolves suspects from being tested?

[LukKrueng]

1 hour ago, Brian Hull said:

Why do Thai authorities take overstaying so seriously? A visa is only a rubber stamp that serves no real purpose other than getting foreign currency for the government. Applying for a visa should be for the sole purpose of vetting would-be visitors before letting them in to the country (Visas on arrival do not meet that requirement). While somebody is in Thailand they are still spending  their foreign money with local businesses whether or not they have a current visa..

You can ask that question about any immigration offices around the world. Search utube for Australian border force, and mind you, except for kiwis and Aussies EVERYBODY must apply for a visa before flying there

[BritScot]

43 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Does your philosophy apply to your own country also?

I'd does in the UK, over 1,000,000 illegal immigrants in the UK and never get deported. Current estimates are 1 in 10 people in the uk are illegally in the uk. Feeling the draw back to thailand growing. However there is a looming road block to this happening "Threat of beng Taxed".

[schlog]

5 hours ago, Letseng said:

Go & overstay in Germany.

They boot you out too.

Crazy germans no way boot you out. They give for lifetime gov money and free heathcare.

[Letseng]

On 10/15/2024 at 7:54 PM, schlog said:

Crazy germans no way boot you out. They give for lifetime gov money and free heathcare.

You missed the topic. 

It's about tourists & not about asylum seekers.