Nigerian man caught at Survanabhumi with THB2 million of cocaine in stomach

[steelepulse]

Kilos are 4 million baht these days are they?

[tonypace02]

I do not take drugs but I agree with a couple of posters: the war on drugs is a complete and utter failure. Legalize it already, denying the kingpins the huge profit margins and filling the tax coffers.

While this chap got nailed, probably after a friendly tip-off from the drug barons, kilos of the staff came in elsewhere, I am sure.

Egg-Zackly. Sun Tzu is heavily read all over Asia and one of his most revered passages is the one dealing with creating a diversion. For example: in certain areas of the Amazon River, herdsmen who have to cross the river with their cattle will create a diversion by sending send an old cow or sick steer upstream to cross. While the Pyrrhana are feasting on that animal, the rest of the herd gets to cross the river further downstream. The drug mule, like the hapless bovine is sacrificed for the greater good. A professional courier who is adept at not bringing attention to himself may well have escorted in 20 times that amount while the airport police were patting each other on the back and picking the Nigerian's pockets in celebration for the latest bust .

[yougivemebaby]

Ok, I know I am asking for trouble but here goes anyway.

Sometimes I think of how much money and time is spent trying to arrest drug traffickers. Then I think of all the money and time in court/lawyer fees, prison meals, extra guards etc that needs to be spent. After all of this most of the people that are even caught are the mules so locking them up doesnt solve anything and means almost nothing. The "businessmen" are almost never caught in any country. Mean while the BIB are keeping supply low which artificially pushes prices higher. Drug addicts then must commit crimes to buy these expensive drugs.

Is all this really worth it? Is there not a better way?

I dont condone drug use, it is a very serious issue but i cant stop wondering.....

I totally agree with you. There is a better way. Make it all legal. If they commit crimes then they must suffer the consequences. For someone to tell another person what to put in their body is too much control. There are more responsible people in the world than irresponsible. If someone wants to destroy their lives. Up to you! At less decriminalize it and stop wasting money. It's all just a business to lock people up anyway.

[itchybum]

i suppose they were all wrapped in condoms? imagine laying all those? it would probably be best to wrap them like sausages, find the first one and then just pull............

Apparently there is a toy just like that...so I've been told.

Illegal in Thailand also.

[pacovl46]

Ok, I know I am asking for trouble but here goes anyway.

Sometimes I think of how much money and time is spent trying to arrest drug traffickers. Then I think of all the money and time in court/lawyer fees, prison meals, extra guards etc that needs to be spent. After all of this most of the people that are even caught are the mules so locking them up doesnt solve anything and means almost nothing. The "businessmen" are almost never caught in any country. Mean while the BIB are keeping supply low which artificially pushes prices higher. Drug addicts then must commit crimes to buy these expensive drugs.

Is all this really worth it? Is there not a better way?

I dont condone drug use, it is a very serious issue but i cant stop wondering.....

It's pretty simple really, legalize and tax them because war against drugs clearly doesn't work and it's a waste of money and lives. End of story.

[tragickingdom]

Why would anyone smuggle heroine into Thailand from Ethiopia over Europe, while the prices in Europe are multiple times higher and the sentences multiple tomes leaner than in Thailand. It is as with Japanese restaurants offering imported fish, the cheaper local stuff is better.

[MegaRanter]

A death sentence for this man seems likely.

Thais have never been shy to kill Nigerians convicted of drug trafficking.

Sent from my GT-I9100T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

5 years he will be back on the streets. Thailand has a treaty with Nigeria. They get oil cheap, we get our criminals shipped to us.

[paz]

Why would anyone smuggle heroine into Thailand from Ethiopia over Europe, while the prices in Europe are multiple times higher and the sentences multiple tomes leaner than in Thailand. It is as with Japanese restaurants offering imported fish, the cheaper local stuff is better.

Try reading before posting. For example, the title of this thread.

[MegaRanter]

That is not a Nigerian name, except he is using a fake passport with false name

[Doc46]

<deleted>,, The only way to fix this drug problem (But no government will allow to do this)is just shoot the bastards ,,,,start at the bottom and work their way up,, they will give up their suppliers,just to stay alive,,but still shoot them,.It is a very cheap solution. 100% guarantee .

[itchybum]

That is not a Nigerian name, except he is using a fake passport with false name

Have you ever sent out one of 'those' emails ?

[MegaRanter]

That is not a Nigerian name, except he is using a fake passport with false name

Have you ever sent out one of 'those' emails ?

More than my share I think.

How much are you worth, I hate stealing from poor folks.

[mok199]

the bad news is your busted dude...the good news is your having twins.....

[Steely Dan]

i suppose they were all wrapped in condoms? imagine laying all those? it would probably be best to wrap them like sausages, find the first one and then just pull............

.. and there was I, just about to cross the road to the 7/11 to buy a foot long spicy.

[GirlDrinkDrunk]

Kilos are 4 million baht these days are they?

2500 baht a gram street value x 1000 = 2.5 million and that is ostensibly pure

once stepped on you could hit the 4 mil mark easy

Edited October 3, 2013 by GirlDrinkDrunk

[metisdead]

A flame post has been removed as well as the replies. A post discussing the lack of availability of illegal drugs/substances has been removed as well as the replies.

[Dr Robert]

keep up the good work declaring your support for and continued use of illicit drugs, because you are making law enforcement easier and cheaper. of course drugs don't harm your brain, do they users?

[HerbalEd]

The price of for the coke listed in this article is very exaggerated.

[Saradoc1972]

Those of us who have not noticed; ahem . . take note.

Most governments, who set and make up the law, are made up of professionals who have studied the law. Or lawyers.

These lawyers have for years been creating business for themselves, day after day, law after law, regulation after regulation, year after year and so it goes. . . . on and on . . . .

There is nothing moral or sensible about it. It is business.

In the country I have spent most of my life, reputed to be one of the world's "great" democracies, it is now reaching the point where it is transgressing individual's common law rights.

Like they say.

The law is an ass.

You're barking up the wrong tree here. It's obviously lawyers who draft those bills, who else, but I very much doubt lawyers are making big money from this or would see drawing up those laws as a means for this.

It does mean some turnover, I suppose, but most addicts and low-down mules will not have the money for a lawyer or rather get one free on legal aid, with the occasional prominent actor or politician in between who can afford a legal team. Over here I'd be getting some 800 € for some two full days of work if it goes to court or some 200-400€ for counseling if it's your run-of-the-mill first-time consumer sentenced without a trial (where he could opt to have one). Deduct costs and taxes and you can make a living of that but you're not getting rich anytime soon.

If you've got a privatized prison system like in the US, those guys will make money on long term inmates serving ridiculously extended mandatory sentences or three-strikes life-imprisonment. Otherwise the big money is for the drug cartels getting paid for the risks they take and it probably keeps large parts of the police force and justice system in work.

The latter obviously draws funds from drug prevention schemes that have been proven to work better than sending people who already got their plate full of problems into an underfunded prison system with its built-in a revolving door.

[Torrens54]

Ok, I know I am asking for trouble but here goes anyway.

Sometimes I think of how much money and time is spent trying to arrest drug traffickers. Then I think of all the money and time in court/lawyer fees, prison meals, extra guards etc that needs to be spent. After all of this most of the people that are even caught are the mules so locking them up doesnt solve anything and means almost nothing. The "businessmen" are almost never caught in any country. Mean while the BIB are keeping supply low which artificially pushes prices higher. Drug addicts then must commit crimes to buy these expensive drugs.

Is all this really worth it? Is there not a better way?

I dont condone drug use, it is a very serious issue but i cant stop wondering.....

I agree, we need to nab the Big Shots in this business but meanwhile, give them a fair trial and then do what they do in Malaysia, HANG the Bastards.

Malaysia did that to two Australian drug runners a few years ago, and do you know what?

The two guys, Barlow and Chambers have NEVER Offended again, so think of how many innocent kids have been saved as a result.

[noitom]

There has to be a Thai Mr. Big on the other side of the Nigerian Mr. Big. Airport authorities must learn to let these mules go and tail them to the bigger fish - Keep tailing the fish until it ends up with a Thai Mr. Big, the money guy.

[quiuvo]

Ok, I know I am asking for trouble but here goes anyway.

Sometimes I think of how much money and time is spent trying to arrest drug traffickers. Then I think of all the money and time in court/lawyer fees, prison meals, extra guards etc that needs to be spent. After all of this most of the people that are even caught are the mules so locking them up doesnt solve anything and means almost nothing. The "businessmen" are almost never caught in any country. Mean while the BIB are keeping supply low which artificially pushes prices higher. Drug addicts then must commit crimes to buy these expensive drugs.

Is all this really worth it? Is there not a better way?

I dont condone drug use, it is a very serious issue but i cant stop wondering.....

You are not a asking for trouble but you are naive, very much so I must say. It is about supply and demand. Is there a demand for the drug you are talking about? Sure! Is there a supply? Sure! Ok, get rid of one and problem is solved. The government must have balls, especially if it is a country like Mexico, to send all of the troupes in. Send the army, navy air force etc, and ask for help from USA since it is one of the biggest digesters of the drug... Oh and call the expendables, which movie is to come out soon......

[shaurene]

Ok, I know I am asking for trouble but here goes anyway.

Sometimes I think of how much money and time is spent trying to arrest drug traffickers. Then I think of all the money and time in court/lawyer fees, prison meals, extra guards etc that needs to be spent. After all of this most of the people that are even caught are the mules so locking them up doesnt solve anything and means almost nothing. The "businessmen" are almost never caught in any country. Mean while the BIB are keeping supply low which artificially pushes prices higher. Drug addicts then must commit crimes to buy these expensive drugs.

Is all this really worth it? Is there not a better way?

I dont condone drug use, it is a very serious issue but i cant stop wondering.....

There is no common sense in your thinking, so your way, save money and let them go through flood the streets so the people can afford to buy more and the very young can afford to buy some. You need to check your haircut place could be bad stuff they are rubbing on your hair affecting your brain

[Fullstop]

He was asked to go through security checks because officials thought he was acting suspiciously.

Read ... "He was black"

Tip: Want to smuggle stuff into Thailand? Be white and dress nice.

[siampolee]

There has to be a Thai Mr. Big on the other side of the Nigerian Mr. Big. Airport authorities must learn to let these mules go and tail them to the bigger fish - Keep tailing the fish until it ends up with a Thai Mr. Big, the money guy.

That is how it should work.

However you can be sure that the ''Mr. Big '' here will be in position that is protected by his or her status socially, politically , military or police wise hence there can nor ever will be any repercussions on these detestable scum masqueradingi as people as money makes the world go round.

[sirchai]

What a sad post. We'll never see him walking around at Sukhumvit, selling some snowdreams.

Thai students will never experience such a great Nigerian teacher.Feel really sad about this dude.-

[canman]

Ok, I know I am asking for trouble but here goes anyway.

Sometimes I think of how much money and time is spent trying to arrest drug traffickers. Then I think of all the money and time in court/lawyer fees, prison meals, extra guards etc that needs to be spent. After all of this most of the people that are even caught are the mules so locking them up doesnt solve anything and means almost nothing. The "businessmen" are almost never caught in any country. Mean while the BIB are keeping supply low which artificially pushes prices higher. Drug addicts then must commit crimes to buy these expensive drugs.

Is all this really worth it? Is there not a better way?

I dont condone drug use, it is a very serious issue but i cant stop wondering.....

The war on drugs is a joke. there have been recent articles showing that prices have been steadily dropping while purity has been increasing, a clear sign that the supply chain is functioning better then ever and the war is being lost.

Alcohol and prescription pills cause far more misery and death then do the illicit drugs. I don't know what the answer is but clearly what ever is being done now is not working.

Difficult for sure ..... But you have to stop and think why some countries don't have much if a problem. Singapore I believe has it under control and the Saudis provide a fast solution to cutting the head off the snake quickly.

You can get what ever you want in Singapore, it's all very low key and behind closed doors but it's all there. As for the Saudis; they're just a pac of savages, period.

Edited October 4, 2013 by canman

[sirchai]

He was asked to go through security checks because officials thought he was acting suspiciously.

Read ... "He was black"

Tip: Want to smuggle stuff into Thailand? Be white and dress nice.

If he was black, he must be white by now. Are you a Nivea salesman? How can you advertise your skin whitener here? Insanity at its best.-

Edited October 4, 2013 by sirchai

[canman]

A Nigerian NOT caught with dope- now THAT would be news!

Here's how it works. Send several mules on a run. Finger one for the authorities by well established networks. The authorities get to make an arrest and show they are doing they're job, the drug kingpins get there product through..

[canman]

Ok, I know I am asking for trouble but here goes anyway.

Sometimes I think of how much money and time is spent trying to arrest drug traffickers. Then I think of all the money and time in court/lawyer fees, prison meals, extra guards etc that needs to be spent. After all of this most of the people that are even caught are the mules so locking them up doesnt solve anything and means almost nothing. The "businessmen" are almost never caught in any country. Mean while the BIB are keeping supply low which artificially pushes prices higher. Drug addicts then must commit crimes to buy these expensive drugs.

Is all this really worth it? Is there not a better way?

I dont condone drug use, it is a very serious issue but i cant stop wondering.....

I agree, we need to nab the Big Shots in this business but meanwhile, give them a fair trial and then do what they do in Malaysia, HANG the Bastards.

Malaysia did that to two Australian drug runners a few years ago, and do you know what?

The two guys, Barlow and Chambers have NEVER Offended again, so think of how many innocent kids have been saved as a result.

" so think of how many innocent kids have been saved as a result."

Easy answer; Zero were saved