Also Kudos for the RTP the 4th person they have arrested after the EDC concert in Phuket that 300,000 people attended where a couple of 'foreign' people died (they needed to show they were doing something about it) and the possession charges haven't reached 5 yet  looking at the media reports which should be fairly accurate as we all know how much those RTP love to get in a photograph of a good 'catch'

On 1/25/2025 at 6:14 PM, pacovl46 said:

Let me clarify, it's not a cop selling it to you, it's civilians that earn their money by working with the cops. I've seen it happen several times on Khao San Road and I've been warned about that specific guy by several people as well. He sells them some weed and 50 meters down the road they get busted by the cops. He approached me once as I was passing by and asked me, if I wanted some. 

yes. 

 

I understood you loud and clear and I'm telling you that while it may have been something that happened a long time ago in a Thailand far away, it does make sense now for either the dealers or the cops.

the dealers would be taking repeat customers out of circulation and the cops would be doing it for extortion money. the fact that this case made the media means it was a genuine bust. 

 

if you saw it happen on Khaosan Road it certainly wasn't in this decade, and I highly doubt it involved cocaine. 

 

in other words, you are perpetuating a tired old myth.

 

 

On 1/24/2025 at 10:14 PM, frank83628 said:

A thread full of decrepit ol' gits that have no grasp on reality, still living in the 50's  after watching referb madness  propaganda... 

You absolute  whoppers.

Even Thai government put cocaine in a class 2, unless you're caught selling  the penalty is a fine... no  Bangkok hilton, which is its all you know from your naïve 50 yrs out of touch opinion.

 

correct -- they revised the policy. jail time is a possibility, but certainly not for first time offenders, the idea is to limit the people going to jail and move toward rehabilitation 

 

1. Possession for personal use (of category I, II and V substances) is liable for a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years and/or a fine not exceeding THB40,000. Under the previous legal provision, possession of category I narcotics could lead to 1 - 10 years imprisonment or fine of THB20,000 - 200,000.

https://idpc.net/blog/2021/12/thailand-reforms-drug-laws-to-reduce-impacts-of-criminal-justice-system

if he's a drug user / seller / or whatever ....  especially cocaine ... he needs jail time. 

 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 3:45 PM, bfc1980 said:

"Police declined to provide details about the arrest."

Sounds suspicious. Either they planted the drugs on him as a way to extort him but as he's only 20, he's not likely to have much and therefore they had to follow through with the arrest. 

 

Or they were informed by their dealer" friend" that he had just bought some and arrested him in the hope of extorting him but as he's only 20...

 

What a load of complete rubbish. 

8 hours ago, steven100 said:

if he's a drug user / seller / or whatever ....  especially cocaine ... he needs jail time. 

 

 

sure he does. because drugs are bad mmkay.

one can only imagine what global prison systems would look like and the sheer number of lives ruined if every recreational drug user were jailed 

On 1/24/2025 at 12:14 AM, bkk6060 said:

Good they got him while he is young before he destroys or kills people with his destructive drugs.

 

It was cocain not heroin or methamphetamine.

On 1/24/2025 at 8:53 AM, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

 

I have nothing to do with this stuff - have never tried it, but believe it should be legalised - when taken in a controlled manner this drug Cocaine is no more harmful that getting drunk.

 

 

 

Alcohol is much more harmful you got that right but how can you know that without never tried cocaine. Alcohol is the worst drug invented but it's legal for some obvious reason: The love of money

 

On 1/25/2025 at 8:21 AM, SS1 said:

 

People should have a free choice what they put in their own bodies. 

 

As long as you don't disturb other people.

On 1/24/2025 at 4:18 PM, Kaopad999 said:

What dýa rekon it was, sherbet powder?

Custard ?

23 hours ago, madone said:

yes. 

 

I understood you loud and clear and I'm telling you that while it may have been something that happened a long time ago in a Thailand far away, it does make sense now for either the dealers or the cops.

the dealers would be taking repeat customers out of circulation and the cops would be doing it for extortion money. the fact that this case made the media means it was a genuine bust. 

 

if you saw it happen on Khaosan Road it certainly wasn't in this decade, and I highly doubt it involved cocaine. 

 

in other words, you are perpetuating a tired old myth.

 

Just because you don't get it doesn't mean it's not happening. The guy at Khao San Road sells weed...

23 hours ago, madone said:

 

18 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

 

Just because you don't get it doesn't mean it's not happening. The guy at Khao San Road sells weed...

 

yes indeed.

the fact that weed has been legal since Jun of 2022 doesn't really do much to support your assertions that this is a current danger. 

It's a myth, there is nothing to get.

Talk about something you know.

 

On 1/28/2025 at 7:16 AM, watchcat said:

 

Alcohol is much more harmful you got that right but how can you know that without never tried cocaine. Alcohol is the worst drug invented but it's legal for some obvious reason: The love of money

 

 

alcohol and cocaine together combine in the bloodstream to create a third substance;

 

Quote

Cocaine is taken frequently together with ethanol and this combination produces a psychoactive metabolite called cocaethylene which has similar properties to the parent drug and may be more cardiotoxic. Cocaethylene has a longer half-life than cocaine, so that people who combine cocaine and ethanol may experience a longer-lasting, as well as more intense, psychoactive effect. Cocaethylene is the only known instance where a new psychoactive substance is formed entirely within the body.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8956485/

 

5 hours ago, madone said:

 

yes indeed.

the fact that weed has been legal since Jun of 2022 doesn't really do much to support your assertions that this is a current danger. 

It's a myth, there is nothing to get.

Talk about something you know.

 

😂😂😂 like weed is the only drug in Thailand. Also, how can it be a myth when it clearly happens. You're just ignorant about it! But that's fine. No skin off my nose! 

17 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

😂😂😂 like weed is the only drug in Thailand. Also, how can it be a myth when it clearly happens. You're just ignorant about it! But that's fine. No skin off my nose! 

provide one example of a street deal that has occurred in the last decade, hell, just make it the last 5 years. you could also address the police plant drugs myth while you are at it,

On 1/27/2025 at 11:40 PM, Harsh Jones said:

 

What a load of complete rubbish. 

Riiiight. Because the RTP conduct themselves with absolute professionalism and have a high standard of morals. They would never dream of doing something so corrupt and unethical. 

Unfortunately that reality is from some other multiverse. 

On 1/23/2025 at 10:26 AM, snoop1130 said:

The arrest is part of a broader campaign by Patong Police to clamp down on narcotics inbustlinf=gthe bustling tourist district.

 

Without narcotics this place would not be " a bustling" district of Phuket