37-Year-Old African Man Arrested In Bangkok's Soi Nana For Drug Dealing

[ChrisY1]

<deleted>.....Finally an arrest....

These ars....s have been plying their business for years.....is it cops acting at last...or pressure from higher up?.....

[ginjag]

Dealing /Selling for a long time, do the police stutter???? he is one of countless. Because he is black and a big % are in that area selling, posters are using the racist term.

This is a load of rubbish, If majority are white seller,and the Black people shout about it then that is racist ???? The world is crazy when it comes to this racist stupidity.

I was on duty night shift manager at a posh hotel in London, an African was asleap behind a door, I warned him next time he would be sacked. The next time I caught him again and he complained I sacked him cause he was black, NO I said if you were white I would have sacked you on the first night.

How many posters have seen special offers for hotel/holidays here in Thailand--in newspapers-yes and openly say -only for Thai nationals.

As we have posted over the years this drugs business is big monies for big wigs, it will never stop until the brave get the big wigs.

[Rocking Robert]

Drugs destroys lives ,family's and Country's Thailand act now before it's to late

[transam]

Drugs destroys lives ,family's and Country's Thailand act now before it's to late

Sadly it won't happen, to many fingers in the pie.

[thequietman]

Because he was making and selling his own ya-ice, police said Mr. Philes sold the drug at a much cheaper price to his customers than the street market value, because he was eliminating the suppliers and lower-level dealers who want a big cut of the profits.

So now we have the reason for arrest. Unfair competition.

[Banzai99]

Lower Sukhumvit is a haven of pornographers, pimps, prostitutes, peddlars of drugs et. al. with a dildo seller every fifty metres.

And all do a roaring trade with Farangs that travel 1000's of KM's to Thailand to exploit the situation

[davejones]

"Because he was making and selling his own ya-ice, police said Mr. Philes sold the drug at a much cheaper price to his customers than the street market value, because he was eliminating the suppliers and lower-level dealers who want a big cut of the profits."

Sounds like basically he pissed of the other dealers and people with their fingers in the pie because they lost money. No surprises!

Obviously breaking the restricted industries law, by operating in a market in which the Thai's are apparently not ready to compete.

It astonds me sometimes how badly pooyais can put their foot in it. Why on earth explain that part of the reason to arrest him was that he was selling at below market price. Are the insinuating that by doing so he was making it more widely available, and that if the price is kept higher this is ok?

That's not the reason he was arrested. It's just background information.

[Pimay1]

Lower Sukhumvit is a haven of pornographers, pimps, prostitutes, peddlars of drugs et. al. with a dildo seller every fifty metres.

And all do a roaring trade with Farangs that travel 1000's of KM's to Thailand to exploit the situation

Are you inferring they don't have a roaring trade with the Thais who also exploit the situation? Edited February 5, 2013 by Pimay1

[Thai at Heart]

"Because he was making and selling his own ya-ice, police said Mr. Philes sold the drug at a much cheaper price to his customers than the street market value, because he was eliminating the suppliers and lower-level dealers who want a big cut of the profits."

Sounds like basically he pissed of the other dealers and people with their fingers in the pie because they lost money. No surprises!

Obviously breaking the restricted industries law, by operating in a market in which the Thai's are apparently not ready to compete.

It astonds me sometimes how badly pooyais can put their foot in it. Why on earth explain that part of the reason to arrest him was that he was selling at below market price. Are the insinuating that by doing so he was making it more widely available, and that if the price is kept higher this is ok?

That's not the reason he was arrested. It's just background information.

Why even say it then? Since the policeman is so knowledgeable about the middlemen pricing, i await a raft of more arrests.

Edited February 5, 2013 by Thai at Heart

[sirchai]

"When he brought the ya-ice and heroin to the uncercover agent at Soi Nana, he was arrested by police. The police then went to search his house in Plathong village, Amphur Bangphlee, Samut Prakan province. Mr. Philes had been staying at the house more than a year and paying rent of 12,000 THB per month."

​Only 12,000 a month? What a cheap Charley he is. (was) Wouldn't a halfway intelligent dealer have the gear somewhere else? Not at the place where he was living. I'd call it stupidity and my tax money will have to be used to feed this guy now......

[scotto]

Lock the scumbag up and throw away the key but doubt that will happen

he will pay the cops off and then do it the correct way giving the cops a cut.

tit

[sirchai]

Lock the scumbag up and throw away the key but doubt that will happen

he will pay the cops off and then do it the correct way giving the cops a cut.

tit

A cut of uncut ice?--

[noitom]

Wow, these Thais!! They put together a powerful entrapment sting to nail this petty thief and his massive amount of illicit drugs. That's what I cll police work. Other nations should take not of the Thai model where a Mr. Big need not ever worry, the petty thief will flip and give up names, but the thief will be hauled off to Remand never to speak out again about his payoffs to operate for over a year.

[IrishIvan]

If African looking people are hanging around street corners for years on end its really not hard to work out what they are doing

yes but in Europe, the police must first check 2 white one hanging around on street corners, before they can check the black one.

Else the police would get punished for being racist. (no joke there is already a law that police checks based on race profiling is illegal. So the police stays at some places sees the black dealer and can't do anything)

Ah. So, you approve of racial profiling ?

What other racist policies do you approve of ?

I am really sickened that this type of threads provides the racists among the forum users to express their bigotry openly.

If a white guy is arrested for drug dealing, there are some bigoted comments, but very few. However, if a black guy gets arrested for it, there are maybe at least five times more of those bigoted comments.

I like this forum in general but the high no. of bigots really turns me off at times.

Surely, condemn drug dealing (I condemn it too) but for phuck's sake, leave your racism out of here !

Well these Nigerian tourists hanging around street corners arent exactly helping little old ladies across the road now are they?

[OzMick]

a few days ago one of my staff had to make a pee test while eating lunch.....if he would have been black it would have been very racist, or. Luckily he was just usual Thai so the police was political correct.

Couldn't he finish his lunch first?

[Mosha]

"Because he was making and selling his own ya-ice, police said Mr. Philes sold the drug at a much cheaper price to his customers than the street market value, because he was eliminating the suppliers and lower-level dealers who want a big cut of the profits."

Sounds like basically he pissed of the other dealers and people with their fingers in the pie because they lost money. No surprises!

Obviously breaking the restricted industries law, by operating in a market in which the Thai's are apparently not ready to compete.

It astonds me sometimes how badly pooyais can put their foot in it. Why on earth explain that part of the reason to arrest him was that he was selling at below market price. Are the insinuating that by doing so he was making it more widely available, and that if the price is kept higher this is ok?

That's not the reason he was arrested. It's just background information.

Why even say it then? Since the policeman is so knowledgeable about the middlemen pricing, i await a raft of more arrests.

Pull up a chair, it could be a long wait.

[sms747]

If African looking people are hanging around street corners for years on end its really not hard to work out what they are doing

yes but in Europe, the police must first check 2 white one hanging around on street corners, before they can check the black one.

Else the police would get punished for being racist. (no joke there is already a law that police checks based on race profiling is illegal. So the police stays at some places sees the black dealer and can't do anything)

Ah. So, you approve of racial profiling ?

What other racist policies do you approve of ?

I am really sickened that this type of threads provides the racists among the forum users to express their bigotry openly.

If a white guy is arrested for drug dealing, there are some bigoted comments, but very few. However, if a black guy gets arrested for it, there are maybe at least five times more of those bigoted comments.

I like this forum in general but the high no. of bigots really turns me off at times.

Surely, condemn drug dealing (I condemn it too) but for phuck's sake, leave your racism out of here !

Well these Nigerian tourists hanging around street corners arent exactly helping little old ladies across the road now are they?

They are not teaching English either, not on retirement or marriage extensions and not exactly interested in Thai culture. I lived at a condo not far from where this African scumbag lived, there were many Africans there who came and went. Police quite often arrested one or two but never saw it in the papers. Every single one of them was dealing drugs or involved in internet scams, The only Thai women they could get were very ugly or fat ones. They really are a blight and should be rounded up and thrown out.

[dudeinthailand]

Amazing how many of you guys are saying "kill him" or lock him away for life! How short-sighted. The only people that he sells to are people that choose themselves to buy the drugs! Whether you agree or disagree with drug use/selling why would you think the correct punishment is life imprisonment or death?

[Semper]

Can't he ask for a royal pardon, seems to be popular nowadays?

[watcharacters]

The biggest mistake he made was !!

Paying the right police officers !!!!!!!!

It is 100% sure that big police are involved in drug trade in that area, how else can normal people see one after another who sell drugs ?

Are the Bangkok police blind ??

Or just been blindfolded by money !!!!!

CORRUPTION CORRUPTION

Do you mean NOT "Paying the right police officers !!!!!!!!?

[geriatrickid]

I find it odd that the newspaer emphasizes the term "African" as opposed to stating Mozambique national.

The don't use a general term when refering to other foreigners arrested for serious offenses do they?

Ok, so an African was arrested. A day doesn't go by when a Thai is not arrested for dealing and yet the newspaper doesn't report on all the Thai nationals nicked.

Forgive me, but I see an undercurrent of racist tone in this report. If the newspaper is of the view that "Africans" present a problem, then it should come out and say that.

[Thailand1977]

Amazing how many of you guys are saying "kill him" or lock him away for life! How short-sighted. The only people that he sells to are people that choose themselves to buy the drugs! Whether you agree or disagree with drug use/selling why would you think the correct punishment is life imprisonment or death?

Too many people buying into the war on drugs nonsense.

Thailand has some of the harshest penalties for drug dealing/taking on the planet yet its rife.

[belg]

i always wonder, when at immigration of these delightfull people meet the criteria to stay in the country and on what visa ?

[CrisRMenumate]

Simple fact is that a large proportion of people from a certain part of the world frequent a certain part of lower Sukhumvit to ply their illicit trade of dealing in drugs, pandering prostitutes or other illegal activities, therefore it is a truthful observation that their nationality or origin is included in discussion to highlight the ever worsening situation. However, all drug dealers no matter whether they are white, red, black or yellow, or just slightly tanned or are using skin whitening creams - are scum by definition. The people who cover for them through bribes, ignorance, turning a blind eye, don't want to get involved are merely helping them to destroy our society, although in that particular part of town not much help is needed, its pretty much the last place any respectable person would want to be seen.

[transam]

Amazing how many of you guys are saying "kill him" or lock him away for life! How short-sighted. The only people that he sells to are people that choose themselves to buy the drugs! Whether you agree or disagree with drug use/selling why would you think the correct punishment is life imprisonment or death?

Too many people buying into the war on drugs nonsense.

Thailand has some of the harshest penalties for drug dealing/taking on the planet yet its rife.

Yes, but most who deal in the stuff brains are a sandwich short of a picnic.

[IrishIvan]

I imagine people would be a bit wary of a white drug dealer, thus they wouldnt be too successful. It seems people are much more comfortable buying off the Africans that hang around Sukhumvit.

[quiksilva]

On February 2, a police team arranged to make an entrapment “sting” purchase of 10 grams of ya-ice from Mr. Philes.

Hmmm...

[TackyToo]

I'm definately not a racist! However, fact is there are many streetcorner dealers from Africa around. These scumbags come here on Business Visa while honest retirees have to deal with a lot of crap for living here spending theit hard earned money. Who do they have to bribe for not dealing drugs?

[KuhnPaen]

What's he got to lose? Thai prison or life in Lagos (assuming he is Nigerian that is). As long as Thai prison is one step above street life in Africa, these guys will just keep coming.

[KRS1]

So the cops nabbed 1 dealer out of like 100 + in the Nana area, why is this news?