gotlost Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 American businessman arrested for drugs American Robert Houge was arrested by Immigration Police on the possession of drugs with the intent to sell. Nopiwat Krailerg Chiang Mai Immigration Police charged a long term American resident of Chiang Mai with the possession of drugs with the intent to sell after, acting on a tip-off they issued a search warrant and raided Spunky’s restaurant on Chang Moi road belonging to the suspect and his wife on February 9, 2011. U.S. citizen, Robert Wayne Houge, 48 and his wife, Thai citizen, Nathaya Wongdaeng, were arrested after the search yielded 10 kg of marijuana and 6.5kg of opium which was being made up into candies for sale for 500 baht each. The police found blocks of marijuana in the refrigerator, and in the counter and packed into boxes on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the shop. The estimated value of the drugs was at 500,000 baht. The suspect said he used to work for a private company that maintained missile weapons systems for the U.S. Army before moving to Thailand some 11 years ago when he married his wife. He said they sold the regular candy at 50 baht each while the candy with drugs was sold for 500 baht. Police estimate they sold about 100 of the drug filled candies a day. Immigration Investigative Police Pol. Lt. Col. Udom Suwannalekha believed the couple had been selling drugs to foreign tourists for quite some time. The suspect denied the charges and he has been detained at the Muang Chiang Mai Police Station for further questioning and legal action. After that, his permission to stay will be revoked and he would be blacklisted from entering the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokcitylimits Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) That's quite a lot 'After that, his permission to stay will be revoked and he would be blacklisted from entering the country.' <deleted> ??? no lethal injection ? Edited February 14, 2011 by bangkokcitylimits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Best of luck to the accused, and best of lawyers. The guy's got a nice baby face on him, maybe that will help in his defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhawk_usa Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Of course the usual contradictions in reporting.................... He (the suspect) said they sold the regular candy at 50 baht each while the candy with drugs was sold for 500 baht. Police estimate they sold about 100 of the drug filled candies a day. The suspect denied the charges and he has been detained at the Muang Chiang Mai Police Station for further questioning and legal action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 There is already a topic covering this so please update any news there. Previous topic here. //Closed// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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