Crime Brit Caught with Cocaine Stash While Overstaying Visa on Samui

[Andrew65]

19 hours ago, wildpuppet72 said:

4000 baht for 0.6 gram that sounds like Hella expensive 😂 

...not to be sniffed-at!😁

[Andrew65]

11 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

 

pretty obvious, he was likely to be selling it on. But yet another bullet proof idiot selling coke with no visa and making an obstacle of himself, probably dobbed in by GF or someone he upset

Many years ago a friend was busted when his cannabis stash was discovered at a hotel in Bangkok. We suspected that his lady friends dobbed him in. He got 18 months probation. Luckily his wealthy friend was around (on holiday from the UK), to stump-up the 100,000 Baht needed.

[Andrew65]

2 hours ago, ronster said:

Wonder what traffic law he was flouting ,  as unless he was trying to just ride through a checkpoint I don't see them bothering much .

As for his fairytale about the drugs , if he bought them outside a bar then go check that bar CCTV as most businesses in chaweng on beach road will have them .

If he also paid 4000 per bag for 0.6g a bag then he either knows nothing about drugs or has money to burn. Which would then raise the question why he didn't get a new visa if had money to burn .

Seems more than likely to me he was the one selling it and was ripping off buyers to fund his stay . Somehow the police believed his story 🤔

People who get busted for drugs in Thailand are probably involved in drugs/have drugs convictions in their home countries.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

A British man has been arrested on the idyllic island of Koh Samui after police discovered him in possession of cocaine and an expired visa.

A double whammy.... what a plonker

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, Dr B said:

I think there is one other major factor that you have missed Richard, and that is language. Most of the reports of British bad behaviour, whether in the media or social media, can be derived in the English language and they are what searching in English will find. Media and social media reports in Chinese, Russian, German, Italian, Swedish of Hindi are much less likely to catch the eye of the ThaiTiger and AN searchers are they not?

 

Indeed, the language factor is perhaps one of the key reasons, in my view, that the British are so frequently covered in reports here.

 

It’s likely that this perceived ‘Britain-centric’ focus rankles many of the habitual Brit-bashers - those who find it irksome that a small island nation commands such disproportionate attention. For some, that prominence clearly grates.

[khunPer]

21 hours ago, wildpuppet72 said:

4000 baht for 0.6 gram that sounds like Hella expensive 😂 

Samui is generally expensive, so why not also cocaine...

[khunPer]

20 hours ago, Purdey said:

His family will be so proud of him. Anyone who has visited a Thai prison will know how bad they are. 25 to a cell? Yurgh.

C'mon, "always look on the bright side of life", it's Samui and the prison has a great sea-view to cheer you up...👍

[BusyB]

20 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Looks in bad shape for only 28 maybe lose some weight eating Thai prison slop.

 

My thought exactly. More like 58.

[Gottfrid]

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

You said idiots overstay...  so given your posts, naturally I thought.. ...  ... .. ... erm   

 

.....ok, doesn't matter now anyway...

 

 

 

 

 

You natural thoughts are really weird.

[ThailandGuy]

How stupid can one be?  I thought only the USA had such person.... 😉 

[sambum]

"Brit"? Named and shamed again. Why not "foreigner" as is frequently the case when "farangs" are involved?

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Flouting traffic regulations on a beach?

[bluemoon58]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

idyllic island of Koh Samui

Yeah right! 

[Tropicalevo]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Don't know anyone that can afford cocaine, it's not widely popular in Thailand.

 

I blame the rich tourists in The White Lotus.

[ChipButty]

Could have been the dealer he bought the stuff from who grassed him up, it happens, 

 

I knew of a guy in Pattaya where is G/F grassed him up over some weed in the house, poor guy got 5 years, 

[VBF]

4 hours ago, goldenbrwn1 said:

Algorithmic and the fact that ASEANNow get their news from English language news outlets. I won’t also say what I spoke of the other day , but it  does seem to always have the nationality in the headline when it’s a Brit, even for petty crime.  Why not just foreigner like most others??

      Yes there’s a lot more idiot Brits here over the last few years and this is because the herb is still illegal in the UK . And with the man bag crew comes the market for other substances.  I get laughed at a lot on here when I mention the legalisation of weed is bringing the “riffraff “ from the UK but it’s facts , many come here for a cheap holiday covering expenses by posting weed back to the UK, some come here on a free holiday to be used as mules to bring weed back to the Uk and some stay and make a lot of money sending back to the UK.    
   They aren’t hard to spot either  , sliders and socks, man bag and usually shirtless.  As a Brit myself (ex SAS of course)  who likes a drink it’s plainly obvious to see.  Also now with  laxed visa rules it’s no wonder the usual Magaluf lot are now hitting Thailand.

As a Brit, I agree with that and also with @richard_smith237  posts above.

 

You mentioned language and I think it's worth pointing out that because this is an English-language forum there is always likely to be a bias, conscious or otherwise to issues involving Brits.

I'd  add that, as a Brit, I'm frequently ashamed of my fellow countrymen's action in Thailand and often just avoid them.  As I can speak a little Thai, I can usually get away with pretending I don't speak English when in bars etc. 

 

And, as for this Martin idiot,  involvement with drugs, whilst on an expired visa, he deserves whatever the Thais do with him (IMO, of course)

[818Pilot]

On 4/24/2025 at 3:20 PM, webfact said:

Despite attempting to evade capture, officers caught up with him

Look at him, I'm sure he wasn't too hard to catch

 

[Reddavy]

23 hours ago, Hellfire said:

 

Quite an opposite, I expressed my view of his perspectives and those are horrible.

 

Of course you did didums. 

[JulesMad]

On 4/24/2025 at 3:20 PM, webfact said:

idyllic island of Koh Samui