Apparently someone snatched a handbag near icon, pulling someone off their motorbike. Many police there now. I was searched, I had a receipt for a butcher shop that said "beef" in thai which I guess is the slang term for marijuana. Was an interesting few minutes

Nua is slang for weed in Thai ?? Never heard that before.

yes and "beef" also apparently, explained to me by thai person

so people give receipts for buying pot these days? haha

Is this in Rawai, in the middle of the day? Going by your posting time it would appear to be middle of the day.

I passed around 13.30 yesterday, and there were checks. They seemed to be checking mainly thais, i could pass unchecked.

I passed around 13.30 yesterday, and there were checks. They seemed to be checking mainly thais, i could pass unchecked.

I also heard about a bag snatch on the first turn right on sai yuan coming from Viset in the last few days.

Nua is slang for weed in Thai ?? Never heard that before.

Yes the Thais certainly called it "Nua" in Pattaya the whole time I was there

I passed around 13.30 yesterday, and there were checks. They seemed to be checking mainly thais, i could pass unchecked.

Thais always check me out. Know why? Because I am a very very hansum man.

On Phuket there may be a a high and low to tourist seasons, but bag snatching season is all year long.

I saw the police a few times around 15.00 in Nai Harn, 2 BIB stopped a few motorbikes with Thais and did a search of the guys and the bikes