Thai officials raid 'aphrodisiac', sex-toy vendors

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Officials raid 'aphrodisiac', sex-toy vendors
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- Items touted as aphrodisiacs, along with sex toys and possibly fake Viagra pills, were seized yesterday during two raids at Khlong Thom wholesale market and another area nearby.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which conducted the raid with the Department of Special Investiga-tion, said it was checking if the aphrodisiacs contained any illicit drugs.

Five vendors selling the items were arrested and charged with selling drugs without permission and with selling obscene objects.

DSI agents said the pills being sold as Viagra were of low quality and could lead to heart attacks or death for those with chronic ailments or allergies, while the FDA agents said the purported aphrodisiacs had no labels with dosage or usage information, which could be a legal offence.

Vendors of sex toys and other goods were heard complaining about the seizures and the parading of the five suspects in the middle of a closed intersection. The raids prompted the operators of other stalls offering sex toys to shut down before DSI agents could approach them.




-- The Nation 2013-09-20

[notmyself]

Vendors blamed it on a shortage of brown envelopes in the area and demanded action on the shortage.

[Pimay1]

with selling obscene objects.

I wonder if this is truely a law or something made up by the thought police.

[Gsxrnz]

There aren't too many places in the world where a public official is happy to have his photo taken while holding a dildo.....classic!!!.

[kurnell]

There aren't too many places in the world where a public official is happy to have his photo taken while holding a dildo.....classic!!!.

2 artificial knobs

[lee b]

Emm well only another 65 billion places to raid

[rkidlad]

I feel a lot safer now.

[NongKhaiKid]

There aren't too many places in the world where a public official is happy to have his photo taken while holding a dildo.....classic!!!.

He probably has plenty of practice as most Thai public officials are dildos.

[arthurboy]

I guess these knobs will be in lower Sukhumvit later on today, then.

Plenty of photo ops., to be had there.

sent from my hippo phone

[Patje]

What??? I see no knife for penis enlargement !!!

[LuckyLew]

Only 5 people arrested?

If they actually wanted to cut out this activity ... arrests should have been more like 500

I guess they only received 495 fat envelopes this week

[billbenbob]

Ah take this home to the wife.

[retell]

DSI agents said the pills being sold as Viagra were of low quality and could lead to heart attacks or death

wonder how they knew they were fake, bad without a labtest

they tried them ??

[jmccarty]

There aren't too many places in the world where a public official is happy to have his photo taken while holding a dildo.....classic!!!.

2 artificial knobs

Frame that one and hang it on the dining room wall!

[BMF1960]

This is a joke! There are at least 5 of these same vendors along lower Sukhumvit and each seems to have its own local police men protecting them! How about a bit of consistency!

[Lobo4819]

Relatives of the police will have the items for resale later this evening on Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza.

[monkey4u]

If dildo's are illeagal toys ?

What about all the wooden penises that are sold as key rings?

[laurentbkk]

Very strange in a country where you can find 3 "bar girls" per m2 to forbid sex toy ..... oh that's maybe the point ....

[Crazy chef 1]

did i got his correct?they raided "sex toys" does it mean Nana and Cowboy are closed tonight?

[Morakot]

selling obscene objects.

Utterly absurd.

[Dararasmi]

I've bought some of those possibly fake Viagra pills before. They gave me a possibly fake erection.

[noitom]

Very strange in a country where you can find 3 "bar girls" per m2 to forbid sex toy ..... oh that's maybe the point ....

Correct, that's the point. The sex toy trade is small potatoes for Thais compared to the prostitution industry which is encouraged to flourish.

[jbrain]

I've bought some of those possibly fake Viagra pills before. They gave me a possibly fake erection.

Most erection problems are not between the legs, but between the ears, so sugar candy's work in many cases.

[WitawatWatawit]

If dildo's are illeagal toys ?

What about all the wooden penises that are sold as key rings?

Indeed. There might be a case for penis envy there.

[Minnehaha]

What I find offensive is that these dildos and stuff are on sale on the street - apparently in Klong Thom but also lower Sukumvit. I don't take my 11 year old daughter or visiting friends out for Lebanese food in soi 3/1 anymore because of this crap being sold everywhere. Or, if I do go, I approach and leave from Soi 3.

Why can't they just move this crap into shops? Answer: the usual reasons.

[ezzra]

City official to his wife at the dinner table : sorry dear, didn't confiscate any money or luxury items today,

but we sure gonna have fun tonight with what we caught today...

[chooka]

This is a joke! There are at least 5 of these same vendors along lower Sukhumvit and each seems to have its own local police men protecting them! How about a bit of consistency!

It's about competition not consistency

[StrandedBusinessPerson]

What I find offensive is that these dildos and stuff are on sale on the street - apparently in Klong Thom but also lower Sukumvit. I don't take my 11 year old daughter or visiting friends out for Lebanese food in soi 3/1 anymore because of this crap being sold everywhere. Or, if I do go, I approach and leave from Soi 3.

Why can't they just move this crap into shops? Answer: the usual reasons.

i just hate it when my 9-year old niece asks me "what's that for?"

[soi41]

If dildo's are illeagal toys ?

What about all the wooden penises that are sold as key rings?

They are Thai size, and that makes it legal !

[belg]

the police were low on their stock, so they deceided to take everything for free

guess the 5 vendors "forgot" the pay the weekly bribe to the BIB