District Bailiff Organizes Central Pattaya Drug Checkpoint

[Rimmer]

District Bailiff organizes Central Pattaya Drug Checkpoint

PATTAYA:--On Friday evening officers from the civil defense force along with Banglamung District Officials organized a checkpoint just outside of the offices of Sophon Cable TV in Central Pattaya.

They were in search of drivers and passengers who were consuming or possessing class 1 drugs.

Over 30 officers were involved and randomly pulled-over mainly motorbikes who, they thought, contained individuals who were likely to be somehow involved in illegal drugs.

Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/77172/district-bailiff-organizes-central-pattaya-drug-checkpoint/

-- Pattaya One 2013-03-02

[LeCharivari]

Without police authority and presence it begs the question of what authority these local militias have, with even more potential for extortion and corruption.

[sharecropper]

It's pathetic. How many of these idiot militias have this scam power, and who can decide if they are empowered to organise these checkpoints?

Also, it's a waste of time - who can recall any major drug bust and subsequent conviction of a big name drug dealer in the last decade in Pattaya?

[LeCharivari]

None of them are "authorised" - even the regular police checkpoints are not authorised unless they have a uniformed, on duty inspector present, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.

Edited March 4, 2013 by LeCharivari