British drug dealer arrested after his suspicious behaviour in Phuket

[snoop1130]

Photo via Facebook/ สถานีตำรวจภูธรกมลา

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

Police arrested a British drug dealer in Phuket after observing him behaving suspiciously while meeting traffic officers on a road.

 

Traffic officers from Kamala Police Station stopped the British man, whose identity remains undisclosed, in the Kamala area of Phuket yesterday, January 8.

 

The officers reported that they were conducting routine patrols when they noticed the man, who appeared nervous and was behaving suspiciously upon seeing them. Police conducted a search of both the man and his motorcycle, discovering ketamine in his possession.

 

 

Photos shared on the police’s official Facebook page show the drugs packed into six separate plastic zip-lock bags, seemingly prepared for sale.

 

The quantity of ketamine led officers to conclude that the suspect was not merely a user but a dealer involved in distributing the drug. It is unclear whether the police carried out a drug test on the British suspect.

 

Following the arrest, the man was charged under Section 146 of the Narcotics Control Act for producing, importing, exporting, distributing, or possessing Category 2 narcotics. This offence carries a penalty of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine ranging from 200,000 to 1.5 million baht.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-09

 

 

[richard_smith237]

There are 3 forum members who I'm sure are going to pee a little bit with excitement when they read this this thread... 

 

 

Silly fool - carrying drugs in Thailand is ridiculously stupid.

[Gottfrid]

12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

This offence carries a penalty of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine ranging from 200,000 to 1.5 million baht.

Good luck with that! 😂

Some people are just dumb beyond belief!

[Dave0206]

Right out of luck if he was thai he would still be eligible to be a government minister 

[cr600john]

Well if he is found GUILTY, he will enjoy his stay at ''THE BANGKOK HILTON'' 

 

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

This offence carries a penalty of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine ranging from 200,000 to 1.5 million baht.

Was it worth it ?

[frank83628]

48 minutes ago, cr600john said:

Well if he is found GUILTY, he will enjoy his stay at ''THE BANGKOK HILTON'' 

 

There is a prison on phuket, if anything he will go there, depends on the amount of drugs nd if he get done for selling or possession 

[Tony Hatzi]

12 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Good luck with that! 😂

Some people are just dumb beyond belief!

Quite true 

[ronster]

Great way to start the new year 🙈

[newbee2022]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo via Facebook/ สถานีตำรวจภูธรกมลา

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

Police arrested a British drug dealer in Phuket after observing him behaving suspiciously while meeting traffic officers on a road.

 

Traffic officers from Kamala Police Station stopped the British man, whose identity remains undisclosed, in the Kamala area of Phuket yesterday, January 8.

 

The officers reported that they were conducting routine patrols when they noticed the man, who appeared nervous and was behaving suspiciously upon seeing them. Police conducted a search of both the man and his motorcycle, discovering ketamine in his possession.

 

 

 

Photos shared on the police’s official Facebook page show the drugs packed into six separate plastic zip-lock bags, seemingly prepared for sale.

 

The quantity of ketamine led officers to conclude that the suspect was not merely a user but a dealer involved in distributing the drug. It is unclear whether the police carried out a drug test on the British suspect.

 

Following the arrest, the man was charged under Section 146 of the Narcotics Control Act for producing, importing, exporting, distributing, or possessing Category 2 narcotics. This offence carries a penalty of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine ranging from 200,000 to 1.5 million baht.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-09

 

 

I hope he'll stay in prison a long time

[RickyJB]

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

There are 3 forum members who I'm sure are going to pee a little bit with excitement when they read this this thread... 

 

 

Silly fool - carrying drugs in Thailand is ridiculously stupid.

Kamala police known for taking bribes, just ask a swiss guy that used to own a bar down the square. Who is still seen in that area often out of his face. Was arrested with a lot of stuff, got his wealthy parents to pay 1.2 million baht get me out of jail fees.. on the day he was released was seen trying to do another deal at a bar down the beach. He was in business with the police bagman tea money collector. 

[soalbundy]

The only statement he made when arrested was "Life under Kier Starmer doesn't sound so bad now"

[Asquith Production]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

The officers reported that they were conducting routine patrols

Wow, That's the biggest surprise in this article.

[smew]

A newbie, a small fish, all the big dealing sharks sit in high rise offices and enjoy profits with protection 

[Polaky]

Drug dealers will be taking note, if you get pulled over, don't act suspicious 😀

[Ralf001]

33 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

 

 

Instead he was on cat tranquilizer like his hero Elon Musk likes to do before he attacks Democracy.

 

 

 

And yet is commonly used in Hospitals as an alternative to morphine.

[Andrew65]

2 hours ago, Pad Jon said:

Brits out!

The British are coming!😁

[twizzian]

14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

There are 3 forum members who I'm sure are going to pee a little bit with excitement when they read this this thread... 

 

 

Silly fool - carrying drugs in Thailand is ridiculously stupid.

I’m not one of the 3, but I I hope he gets the full 15

[Andrew65]

I've long thought that people who get busted for such things in Thailand were doing the same in their home countries. I believe that if you have a drugs conviction you can forget about getting a visa (or ESTA) for the USA?

[JoePai]

2 hours ago, Pad Jon said:

Brits out!

Agree, only let the English stay   🤣

[rckmc]

Hard to tell what "British man" means nowadays.

[josephbloggs]

5 minutes ago, rckmc said:

Hard to tell what "British man" means nowadays.

Is it?

You must be a little bit slow. There is help out there.

[SiSePuede419]

15 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

And yet is commonly used in Hospitals as an alternative to morphine.

As a general anesthesia by trained Anesthesiologists.

 

So is fentanyl.  I did some in a hospital when they wanted to shove a camera up my butt.

 

Just because doctors use medications in controlled settings with you hooked up to a monitor doesn't mean you should do it recreationally. 🙄

 

[PomPolo]

I know this is a very beautiful country but always amazes me the lengths people will go just to stay in the LOS, I guess he will be staying a little longer now, this is one way to avoid paying for visas, accommodation and fish head soup.

Also sure it is not only Brits doing this kind of daft stuff.

Hard to fix stupid!

[BarBoy]

15 years in jail for carrying a horse tranquilizer? You're having a larf!..

 

Hopefully he can bribe his way to bail and skip over the border where he will be safe from the barbaric clutches of the Thai legal system.

 

 

[freedomnow]

If it were weed, they could have rolled one while they arrived at the kerbside discount penalty for no helmet.

 

TITs

[Ironmike]

46 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Knowing Brits for many years, we know that most are pretty dim....but this guy takes the prize!

15-20 in Klong Prem for a few bob in sales!

Now come on Chris your forgetting the dumb brit that arrived with Cocain in his passport in Bangkok a few months ago that surely is the British prize winner. 

[freedomnow]

10 minutes ago, rckmc said:

Hard to tell what "British man" means nowadays.

Dress sense gone to the dogs is a good indicator.

[Ironmike]

Well great news for this British idiot,,,, he will get out prison speaking fluent Thai, lost all that fat around his gut and hopefully the guards will have beaten some brains into him,,,, Looser..... 

[PomPolo]

3 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

15 years in jail for carrying a horse tranquilizer? You're having a larf!..

 

Hopefully he can bribe his way to bail and skip over the border where he will be safe from the barbaric clutches of the Thai legal system.

 

 

Yeah agree - the penalties here are pretty harsh but he must have known that, its a class B in the UK so he'd probably have got some time there.  Should count himself lucky he never had anything heavier on him.  Reckon the baggies probably sealed it for him might have got away with a slap if it was personal.