New Zealand man charged for drug dealing in Phuket

[Strangebrew]

Look if you need to get high fly to Amsterdam at least safer to do there.

[swissbie]

95 grams of cocaine is definitely not a small amount. Kratom is still illegal, but police don't care about it everywhere. Otherwise, the days before newyear is traditionally the time where policemen are looking for en extra income, they have generally lots of obligations and need it for various purposes.

[Neeranam]

Lock um up and throw away the key. Scum

Bit heavy and heartless - have you never taken drugs? Alcohol?

He had minuscule amounts of these drugs - have some compassion - can't know what a Thai jail is like.

As for kratom - class 5 says it all.

Pathetic of the police when they deal the tings themselves, ruining the life of one foreigner for such a small amount. Do you think the'd arrest and charge a Thai for the same amount? No way.

[ALFREDO]

95 grams of cocaine is definitely not a small amount

Its, .95 grams of cocaine, realize the small point in the front of .95 = 0.95 or 0,95 Gram of Cocaine.

Written in this way also in the Linked article.

[Oziex1]

Small fish are easily caught how about arresting those further up the supply chain, or are they to connected to face Thai Law.

The big fish seem to remain in business everywhere, what's the answer to the worlds drug problem?

[Baerboxer]

What a joke, obviously didn't have 20k to go home.

What they should be doing and the know it, is looking in to how easy it is to get hold of it.

It's everywhere, and readily you get asked " Hey brother " from a random Norwegian dude on the street all the time, in facet I can;t even walk down sukhumvit post terminal wiht out been asked if Im looking for something.

Why is it so easy... Makes me want to punch police officers in the face. Blatant Corruption is just to over the top.

This would directly relate to Koh Tao mafia and strong men right at it's core.

Interesting. I've never been approached for anything other than the Thai touts promoting soapies and porn shows, freelancers and the ubiquitous Indians around Asoke with dodgy fake watches.

Guess it must be something to with age, appearance demeanor? Had the same experience in a couple of other places too, so must be something like that.

[EmptyHead]

They made him point. Priceless.

[Si Thea01]

The Guy obviously have a sense of humor, he is pointing at the bags!

The officers should point at him just to make it clear that he is the perk.

And why do they always put the phone among the evidence?

Maybe it's evidence. Maybe the phone has the contact numbers of buyers and or sellers, who knows? Why the concern?

[Sviss Geez]

I just don't get these people. Now if they start busting folks for being with women then :Guillltyyy.

That's not illegal though. It's ok, I know you were just pointing out what a big stud you are going with women. Wow.

[Sviss Geez]

.....the land of pretend.....

....making the story as you go along......

Only your special "land of pretend". .................

[shaurene]

Lock the Ba*^*~^ds up especially the Kiwi, I am a Kiwi, he does not look worried but put him away. Let's then see his face in 1-2yrs time.

[Sviss Geez]

Dealing? He won't make much with that amount! Seriously, he probably just picked that up for himself or a group of mates going out for the night. What a waste of taxpayer's money. Meanwhile, guys are openly drug dealing in front of the police on Sukhumvit road (the stretch between Nana and Asok).

Kratom leaves?? Are you f'ing kidding me? It's a tree that grows on Mother Nature's earth. You can't make a tree illegal. Meanwhile, thousands died yesterday from alcohol poisoning, drink driving and alcohol related violence - but that's a legal substance. What complete idiots we are. Who is making the rules and why are we letting them?

"Kratom leaves?? Are you f'ing kidding me? It's a tree that grows on Mother Nature's earth."

So opium, heroin and cocaine don't originate in nature?

Where did you get the information of the thousands of people in Thailand that died from alcohol poisoning, drink driving and alcohol related violence. I think you're way off there.

"What complete idiots we are."

Speak for yourself, oh, sorry, you probably were.

[Sviss Geez]

The police through their own doing is constantly being humiliated.

They are just getting back at preferably farangs.

"They are just getting back at preferably farangs."

1 out of 12?

[SteveB2]

Hmm. So what do we have here...

Into LOS through SVM from Lord knows where via a Nigerian's trade-man’s entrance, then on to 'The Grace hotel' for de-egging, weighing and the initial chop and dance; finally danced on again by everyone who's hands it passed through on the way down to Phuket.

That stuff will be mostly toilet cleaner and baby milk by now - local boys don't even have the politeness to dance on it with other pharmaceuticals

Mister unlucky should insist they test his gear - in which instance there's a good chance he'll get off on a reduced charge, due to having only 'user' quantities of the real McCoy

Edited December 26, 2014 by SteveB2

[Sviss Geez]

Lock um up and throw away the key. Scum

Bit heavy and heartless - have you never taken drugs? Alcohol?

He had minuscule amounts of these drugs - have some compassion - can't know what a Thai jail is like.

As for kratom - class 5 says it all.

Pathetic of the police when they deal the tings themselves, ruining the life of one foreigner for such a small amount. Do you think the'd arrest and charge a Thai for the same amount? No way.

"Bit heavy and heartless - have you never taken drugs? Alcohol?"

Believe it or not, there are millions of people who have never taken illegal drugs. Alcohol is not an illegal drug.

"...can't know what a Thai jail is like." "Do you think the'd arrest and charge a Thai for the same amount? No way."

Do you know what a Thai jails are like? They are full of Thais convicted of similar offences.

[Suffinator]

What a joke, obviously didn't have 20k to go home.

What they should be doing and the know it, is looking in to how easy it is to get hold of it.

It's everywhere, and readily you get asked " Hey brother " from a random Norwegian dude on the street all the time, in facet I can;t even walk down sukhumvit post terminal wiht out been asked if Im looking for something.

Why is it so easy... Makes me want to punch police officers in the face. Blatant Corruption is just to over the top.

This would directly relate to Koh Tao mafia and strong men right at it's core.

When I lived on the toilet known as Phuket it was common knowledge where you could buy drugs ... the RTP. There's thousands of articles pointing to this fact where many have been caught and then transferred.

So glad I no longer live in Thailand

[transam]

Another desperate clinging on to stay in this so called paradise.

Many more just like him wandering around.

I think folk like him would be doing stuff like this in his home country, not just here.............

[hansgruber]

Another desperate clinging on to stay in this so called paradise.

Many more just like him wandering around.

I think folk like him would be doing stuff like this in his home country, not just here.............

If so he would get off with a fine in NZ.

Desperates like this try their hand at working, they do the whole timeshare slog and whatever to stay drinking with bargirls but the limited options make them turn to this kind of activity to stay and cling on to paradise.

It's cold in NZ you know.

[ChiangmaiRob]

No surprise they choose the 1 white westerner to photograph out of 12 men, more foreigner-bashing.

He deserves a bashing if he's been dealing drugs .... actually, he deserves a whole lot more than a bashing if he's guilty!

[Docno]

I was being sarcastic. This is the key element of the definition you provided: "now considered offensive in the US"

So, shall it be =African guys= to achieve your political correctness.

By the way, even when, -colored- shall be now also, sound offensive in the USA,

the law enforcement there, shoots African Americans as if they where still in the "N-word" times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger#The_N-word_euphemism

Ah - PC! The old excuse to entitle one to say whatever one wants and to otherwise shut down discussion. And to show how wrong you are in your assumption about me (i.e., that I was being blindly PC), I disagree with your analysis about what is going on in the US. I don't believe that police officers are gunning for African Americans as many in the black community are suggesting; rather, I believe that the current turmoil is due to some people framing the issue as one of racism when the issue is far more complex (having to do with blacks being proportionally much more involved in violent crime than other groups, media attention, etc.). Not very PC of me, huh?

[maidee]

another major dealer caught

good for the cars & trucks with millions of pills that could go unharmed to their destination while the police was busy with this fried shrimp

[Squeegee]

Foreigner caught with drugs in Thailand: cue the 'Is it really so hard to understand' posts...

[Millenial]

Not a dealer a very good friend of mine, was literally leaving for HK that day, and yes, likes to party, but retired , doesn't harm anyone.

Who do i contact to get him out of the slammer?

[LivinginKata]

A number of off topic and racial posts have been removed.

[Millenial]

No surprise they choose the 1 white westerner to photograph out of 12 men, more foreigner-bashing.

He deserves a bashing if he's been dealing drugs .... actually, he deserves a whole lot more than a bashing if he's guilty!

He does not deal.

[davidmann]

Small fish are easily caught how about arresting those further up the supply chain, or are they to connected to face Thai Law.

YES

[Bogan Koori]

That kiwi had hardly enough for a few hours out on the town. Thats personal use if Ive ever seen it

[Spock]

Lock um up and throw away the key. Scum

Rubbish. Get a life.

[hansgruber]

Not a dealer a very good friend of mine, was literally leaving for HK that day, and yes, likes to party, but retired , doesn't harm anyone.

Who do i contact to get him out of the slammer?

He is harming himself by ingesting these toxic substances.

If you show up at the police station trying to bail him out will only bring unwanted attention upon yourself.

Let him deal with it himself. If he is 41 and retired then he is cashed up, he can pay his own way out.

[Spock]

Dealing? He won't make much with that amount! Seriously, he probably just picked that up for himself or a group of mates going out for the night. What a waste of taxpayer's money. Meanwhile, guys are openly drug dealing in front of the police on Sukhumvit road (the stretch between Nana and Asok).

Kratom leaves?? Are you f'ing kidding me? It's a tree that grows on Mother Nature's earth. You can't make a tree illegal. Meanwhile, thousands died yesterday from alcohol poisoning, drink driving and alcohol related violence - but that's a legal substance. What complete idiots we are. Who is making the rules and why are we letting them?

"Kratom leaves?? Are you f'ing kidding me? It's a tree that grows on Mother Nature's earth."

So opium, heroin and cocaine don't originate in nature?

Where did you get the information of the thousands of people in Thailand that died from alcohol poisoning, drink driving and alcohol related violence. I think you're way off there.

"What complete idiots we are."

Speak for yourself, oh, sorry, you probably were.

The difference being that opium and cocaine are class 1 but kratom is class 5. And there is no doubt that alcohol kills many more

Thais than any other drug. Do some research.