Caught With Weed

[grizley]

my friend was caught with 35grams of weed. he has a buisness visa. is he going to make bail for this offence? is he going to serve a sentance or just a fine, or both? is he going to be deported?

[cooked]

If he hasn't been able to buy his way out by now, he is in trouble.

Repeat after me: I must not indulge in drugs in SE Asia.

[PomRakBKK]

35g is quite a lot.

Still not too late to buy your way out, its just getting a lot more expensive as soon as you get to the station and more people involved.

If he cant pay, be prepared for jail and deportation.

You know your friend doesnt require a business visa for selling dope

[Pormax]

What's the saying?

Don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime.

I think it will be jail followed by deportation and will never be allowed back in LOS.

No sympathy for your friend. Anyone caught with or use drugs are stupid.

[smokie36]

Bit of a lot that!

[theslime]

Tell him to pay what ever. If he acts scared they might charge double. my friend had a bit more grass. 200,000bt fine and 3 years. and he is a poor thai.

[cooked]

What's the saying?

Don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime.

I think it will be jail followed by deportation and will never be allowed back in LOS.

No sympathy for your friend. Anyone caught with or use drugs are stupid.

Great post. Even in England, the police plant it on the accused, or 2 gm becomes 200 gm (whoops) as in a recent case here in Thailand. Glad to see that you are not stupid, nor ever have been. I am, sometimes, have been and will be.

By the way, Bangkok? ฿50 000 by now and rising by the minute.

[rgs2001uk]

Bit of a lot that!

Nah, just a bit of personal, heavy smoker would burn his way through it in a couple of days.

When will these people ever learn?

[The Pundit]

If he hasn't been able to buy his way out by now, he is in trouble.

Repeat after me: I must not indulge in drugs in SE Asia.

Have to agree,once the paperwork gets done that's probably it,why didn't the fool pay the BiB off the same day/night?

[tinfoilhat]

it is a little more than 1.2 oz.

not a little, certainly not alot.

As has been said, the longer it drags on the more expensive and harder to make go away it will get

[Jonathan Fairfield]

That is quite a lot, especially for S.E Asia. I'd be interested to know what the punishment will be. I hope the OP keeps us updated!

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[transam]

A ''Business'' guy with dope in LOS.

Do not tell us his type of business, it might scare us. ...................................

[soundman]

Don't know why this was posted in the Bangkok forum.

Moved to General for more expert opinions.

[kurnell]

Very quiet??? Which police station is he in? Somebody with connections may be able to help

[notmyself]

Chap a few years back always kept 30k in crisp banknotes just in case and he had to use it a few times. One day he went missing leaving all his stuff in his house. Don't know if he done a runner or got banged up. Silly boy.

[toybits]

Another episode of "Locked Up Abroad" coming up soon. Don't they ever learn?

[Semper]

Very quiet??? Which police station is he in? Somebody with connections may be able to help

lol. "Somebody with connections". That would mean half of the members (or their wifes) here.

[Scully]

Bit of a lot that!

Nah, just a bit of personal, heavy smoker would burn his way through it in a couple of days.

When will these people ever learn?

Bob Marley couldn't smoke that much in two days.

[cheeryble]

What's the saying?

Don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime.

I think it will be jail followed by deportation and will never be allowed back in LOS.

No sympathy for your friend. Anyone caught with or use drugs are stupid.

When we need a sermon we can go to church....

[OZEMADE]

Your friend got caught with drugs which are illegal in Thailand and as a business man would have known this. On the other hand not a very smart business man getting caught, so he will now have to do the time and possibly be deported after that. What a dumb s**t. No sympathy here.

[grizley]

it was for personal use. i think the paper work is done. hes out of contact at moment as his phone has died. i will post results in near future.

[Honkie]

What's the saying?

Don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime.

I think it will be jail followed by deportation and will never be allowed back in LOS.

No sympathy for your friend. Anyone caught with or use drugs are stupid.

When we need a sermon we can go to church....

Here in the land of smiles, Temple.

[SteeleJoe]

Indeed it becomes much more expensive once it's in the books (and senior folks get involved); however sometimes "bail" is granted (and even charges revised to a lesser offense) with the unwritten understanding that the alleged perpetrator will leave the country (sometimes with his mysteriously returned passport or a new one)and never return (and a blacklisting in an attempt to ensure the latter).

[kurnell]

Very quiet??? Which police station is he in? Somebody with connections may be able to help

lol. "Somebody with connections". That would mean half of the members (or their wifes) here.

In fact there are people who have proven connections eg. the case of a <Snip!> that ran over a policeman once

[hookedondhamma]

For all reading in a similar situation (i bet there few lurkers checking this topic out), please be careful when dealing with 'illegal' substances and other plants while in this country.

OP, I am sorry about your friend and hope that things work out for the better with him. I also hope that this serves as a wake-up call for him. it is probably risky enough in his home country, less than some country in SE asia.

[Semper]

Very quiet??? Which police station is he in? Somebody with connections may be able to help

lol. "Somebody with connections". That would mean half of the members (or their wifes) here.

In fact there are people who have proven connections eg. the case of a <Snip!> that ran over a policeman once

Don't think he would use his influence to help the op's friend though.

[notmyself]

Indeed it becomes much more expensive once it's in the books (and senior folks get involved)

Spot on I would say. Fella I mentioned earlier said that 30k could get it sorted within 30 minutes in most cases. Once it got to an hour the cost would most likely be 300k. Maybe he didn't have the 300k?

[kurnell]

Very quiet??? Which police station is he in? Somebody with connections may be able to help

lol. "Somebody with connections". That would mean half of the members (or their wifes) here.

In fact there are people who have proven connections eg. the case of a <Snip!> that ran over a policeman once

Don't think he would use his influence to help the op's friend though.

Anybody can be bought

[Tolley]

Not much weed really a bit over an ounce. Silly getting caught thou. I doubt whether he will do any jail time. Cops dont really care that much about weed.

If the paperwork is done like others have said it will cost more for the whole thing to go away.

[bthai2012]

how did he get caught?