Lite Beer Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 PHUKET: Man with iguana arrested in PatongDarawan Naknakhon Public Nuisances: Surasak Targnam and iguana (name withheld) after their arrest in Patong PHUKET: Police yesterday (Dec 6) arrested a man with an iguana in Patong after receiving complaints that he was hassling tourists to have their picture taken with the reptile. Patong resident Surasak Targnam, 25, was arrested around 5pm, standing in front of the OTOP market on Rasauthit Road, holding the iguana and a Polaroid camera. He admitted to charging tourists 200 baht each to take a photograph of them with the iguana.Surasak was charged with public nuisance offences. Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/man-iguana-arrested-in-patong-50009.php -- Phuket News 2014-12-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 What about stealing it from the wild as well? Is there no charge for that offence? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Unless he's cutting the iguana in for 80%, he should also be charged with unfair business practices and iguana trafficking. Edited December 7, 2014 by zaphod reborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmitch Posted December 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2014 What about stealing it from the wild as well? Is there no charge for that offence? Don't think he'd have stolen it from the wild as these reptiles are native to South and Central America. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KonKorat Posted December 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2014 hahahaha,the police only arrested him so they can get their picture taken with the iguana for free 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 iguana (name withheld) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon022 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 How about taking on the army of aggressive South Asian suit dealers you encounter at every tourist destination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 How about taking on the army of aggressive South Asian suit dealers you encounter at every tourist destination? Even though they're not an endangered species, you're not allowed to take Indian tailors out of their natural habitat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon022 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 How about taking on the army of aggressive South Asian suit dealers you encounter at every tourist destination? Even though they're not an endangered species, you're not allowed to take Indian tailors out of their natural habitat. Well, hopefully they sent them back then where they came from, or at least half of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon022 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Wasn't it because the beast terrified the heck out of many a foreign female tourist rather than the photograph pitch, that prompted some of them to complain? My and perhaps others' complaints about the aggressive tailor vendors on Kao Sarn with the local TAT seems to have had some effect, but none of them have ever been taken into custody as far as it seems although the Chanasongkram police station is just a stone throw away. They're still out in full force, but at least they're not jumping in front of you any longer with their catalogues pushed in your face every ten meters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil2407 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Love how they name the man- but name of iguana (withheld) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 hahahaha,the police only arrested him so they can get their picture taken with the iguana for free Hard to see clearly, but I think the iguana is point at the perp with his right forearm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) What about stealing it from the wild as well? Is there no charge for that offence? Well, aside from the "reporter" thinking Thailand is a city and that forests are lined with streets, if this 1997 report is to be believed, iguanas in "the wild" of Thailand don't do very well. 3000 a week seems a bit hyperbolic as well, but maybe this was what preceded the Furby craze. http://www.anapsid.org/igpets.html THAILAND: City of Dead Iguanas Joanna G. Lownestein, World Press Review, February 1997 Bangkok's middle-class citizens are not paving their city with gold these days, reports Cimi Suchontaon in the independent Bangkok Post. Instead, they are lining the streets with dead iguanas. People buy the Western pets to impress their friends but don't have the foggiest notion of how to take care of them. "When the pets cease to amuse their owners, they dump them in the forest," says Secretary-General Pisit Na Patalung of the Wildlife Fund of Thailand. But the South American iguanas perish because they do not know how to survive in the Thai habitat. Some 3,000 iguanas are sold each week in Bangkok. Small ones sell for about $30; bigger ones cost up to $400. Edited December 7, 2014 by Suradit69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 don't they look proud of themselves, or to quote Bruce Forsyth,'' didn't they do well'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabis Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Poor iguana :/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBF Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 How about taking on the army of aggressive South Asian suit dealers you encounter at every tourist destination? Even though they're not an endangered species, you're not allowed to take Indian tailors out of their natural habitat. The gutter, you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunMoo Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Jesus XXXXXXX christ - how on earth does this qualify as "news" worthy?And yeah, that points to TV as well, just because PG reports this crap, does not mean that others have to forward it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhappyniceguy Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I saw him put the Iguana on a female Aussie tourist. She flipped out and dropped the Iguana on the pavement - about a 5 1/2 foot drop. The Iguana needs to be in its' environment, not on the street. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loptr Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) The iguana should be pointing at the perp... The touts on Bangla Road are more than a nuisance... Especially the katoeys around soi Crocodile... Edited December 7, 2014 by Loptr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon022 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 The iguana should be pointing at the perp... The touts on Bangla Road are more than a nuisance... Especially the katoeys around soi Crocodile... So that's where you spend your free time, you naughtly little possum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmeurett Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Looks like a major crime has been solved. No more crime in Phuket it is now safe for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 How about taking on the army of aggressive South Asian suit dealers you encounter at every tourist destination? Haven't learned to ignore them yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I saw him put the Iguana on a female Aussie tourist. She flipped out and dropped the Iguana on the pavement - about a 5 1/2 foot drop. The Iguana needs to be in its' environment, not on the street. Put him in Jail for a long period, they will soon get the message, as for the Iguana put it back where it belongs.... Poor Animal... , mistreated due to ignorance of a Human Being... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I saw him put the Iguana on a female Aussie tourist. She flipped out and dropped the Iguana on the pavement - about a 5 1/2 foot drop. The Iguana needs to be in its' environment, not on the street. Put him in Jail for a long period, they will soon get the message, as for the Iguana put it back where it belongs.... Poor Animal... , mistreated due to ignorance of a Human Being... I bet it was sexually mistreated as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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