Brit arrested in Phuket with ganja and ice

[ThailandLOS]

Another quality tourist

[kennypowers]

How has this in any way helped society?

Waste of money and resources.

Catch some real criminals.

[Bernard Flint]

Rot in jail khun lowlife

[hansgruber]

Toothless drawn in mouth.

Typical symptom of a life long drug/methadone addict.

[Nuddy]

The cops would know all those guys they arrested.

The boss probably said get some arrests so the cops went out and arrested all the guys they knew were using or selling.

Its such a load of hogwash and even the reporter knows it is what it is this time.

[Tanlic]

Wat and Wen?

Soulds like the Burmese version of the old British childrens tv program

Bill and Ben,,,,,,, the Flower POT Men

So I guess that makes him a LITTLE WEED

[maidee]

people need ya ice to enjoy loy kratong?

[maxtingtong]

From Wikipedia:

"As of October 2, 2013 the justice ministry of Thailand suggested removal of Kratom from the narcotic drug list relating to Category 5 of the Narcotic Drug Law of 1979, though still recommended regulating kratom in other ways due to its effects on the nervous system. This recommendation will be made to the Ministry of Public Health, which can move forward with the removal from the list or not.^[29]"

Yeah that's what I thought when reading. Hasn't been depenelized one year ago? I remember the news.

And why give intention to sell to the brit?

[Andrew65]

From Wikipedia:

"As of October 2, 2013 the justice ministry of Thailand suggested removal of Kratom from the narcotic drug list relating to Category 5 of the Narcotic Drug Law of 1979, though still recommended regulating kratom in other ways due to its effects on the nervous system. This recommendation will be made to the Ministry of Public Health, which can move forward with the removal from the list or not.^[29]"

Yeah that's what I thought when reading. Hasn't been depenelized one year ago? I remember the news.

And why give intention to sell to the brit?

The Brit in the photo looks like he's been chewing on something that he shouldn't have, for a very long time!!

[Krataiboy]

The Burmese kratom leaves cookers names are Wat and Wen

They will catch up with Ho and How later!!!

Yeah, but will they catch Bill and Ben who grew the plant in a flowerpot?

[mrfill]

0.66g = intent to supply?

Not quite in the big league..

[thaiguzzi]

Complete waste of time, effort and wages by the "authorities". Useless.

[Ace of Pop]

Wat and Wen?

Soulds like the Burmese version of the old British childrens tv program

Bill and Ben,,,,,,, the Flower POT Men

So I guess that makes him a LITTLE WEED

He Smoked the Little Weed.

[MILT]

Smedley? The tweaker/stoner

[rotary]

May all receive a extremely long term in the Bkk Hilton

[Torrens54]

Good...hope he gets to spend a very long time in a Thai Prison and then, whatever may be left of him can be sent back home to England or wherever he came from.

Don't need his type here peddling their junk to our kids.

[Emster23]

"Intent to sell"? Heck more would get stuck on razor dividing it up than would go to any customers. More publicity stunt and money squeeze than any crackdown on crime. I dare them to arrest a big fish. BTW does this mean after holidays people can go back to normal drug abuse?

[freedom4life]

and again !

no thai involved,

A thai never will trade with drugs !!

Do you hear ever they carch a Thai ??

Nah, this is how it works usually. Police give small amounts of drugs to Thais. Thais sell to Farang. Thai tells police who and where the Farang are. Police arrest Farang and give drugs back to Thai plus 200 baht "reward". Cycle begins again. Watched this happen with my own eyes on Lamai beach.

Mmmmmm...nothing like Thai corruption in the morning...

[OPG]

High as a kite. Look at the Brit in the picture...I think he's trying to also point at the hashish or maybe reaching for the pipe. The guy does not look 36, but I guess the affects of smoking ice over long periods of time will make anybody look like this guy.

Now seriously, the guy got caught with an illegal drug fine...he'll do his time for the amount found on him, but what I can't figure, is how they got him on intent to sell on a Class 1 drug (ice), which I understand holds a stronger sentence than the drug being used for personal use. It's not like the guy was found with a lot of ice; from this article, he had 2 bags; one consisted of powder and the other liquid and both added together brings it to just over 1 gram. What's he selling? As high as he looks in that picture, I'd imagine it was for personal use.

Anyhow, drugs are bad and he got caught...he'll do his time and more than likely will not learn his lesson since he looks like he's been on that stuff for too long.

Edited November 4, 2014 by OPG

[cocopops]

This thread demonstrates once again the correlation between literacy and progressive opinions on drug policy. This is purely an observation, I don't mean to disparage[1] those with hardline views.

[1] For those with hardline views on drug policy, "disparage" means to "have a go at".

Edited November 4, 2014 by cocopops

[mrtoad]

Drug policy around the world is a joke.

[Sviss Geez]

and again !

no thai involved,

A thai never will trade with drugs !!

Do you hear ever they carch a Thai ??

Apart from the Thai referred to in the OP and pictured with the Briton.

[Mot Dang]

He does not look like 36 to me. But then again, ice does that to a person.

Exactly, he looks like going on 50. That's what ya ice is, plus many others, a poison that destroys both mind and body (and morality). A time bomb. I grew up in the Age of Aquarius, ganja and LSD, thank God there was no Ice around then. The temptations of youth ! Although I'm not so happy about the LSD now. No damage, just guilt that there could have been.

[Strangebrew]

Was actually 100 grams but RTP needs product to sell on streets.

[Beng]

Why is the Brit handcuffed and the Thai not ??

[MILT]

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High as a kite. alt=blink.png> Look at the Brit in the picture...I think he's trying to also point at the hashish or maybe reaching for the pipe. alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20> The guy does not look 36, but I guess the affects of smoking ice over long periods of time will make anybody look like this guy.

Now seriously, the guy got caught with an illegal drug fine...he'll do his time for the amount found on him, but what I can't figure, is how they got him on intent to sell on a Class 1 drug (ice), which I understand holds a stronger sentence than the drug being used for personal use. It's not like the guy was found with a lot of ice; from this article, he had 2 bags; one consisted of powder and the other liquid and both added together brings it to just over 1 gram. What's he selling? As high as he looks in that picture, I'd imagine it was for personal use.

Anyhow, drugs are bad and he got caught...he'll do his time and more than likely will not learn his lesson since he looks like he's been on that stuff for too long.

That's a good question, in the states police will generally charge a suspect with all kinds of offenses and then let the DA sort it all out with a lawyer.

Drug abuse should be dealt with as a health issue (unless a violent crime is associated with the drug use) and not a criminal issue...but hey it keeps the police busy anyways with tards like Mr. Smedley...

[balo]

Why is the Brit handcuffed and the Thai not ?

Maybe they could not control him , so they had to handcuff him . The Thai in the picture seem calm .

[jabis]

Oh man - burst my coffee on the wall over the names again. "Wat and Wen and Who Were You cooking the leaves For"? Defendants: "Who?", "What?" "When?"

Edited November 5, 2014 by jabis