Kiwi caught with drugs in Phuket also wanted back home

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Kiwi caught with drugs in Phuket also wanted back home
The Phuket News


Madgwick/Taylor after his arrest in Phuket.

HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND: The New Zealander caught in Phuket on meth and cocaine possession charges on Christmas Eve is also wanted in his home country on credit card fraud charges, the New Zealand Herald reports.

The man, named by Patong police as Taylor Grainge, was arrested last week after police caught him with 1.2g of methamphetamine and 0.95g of cocaine, enough to merit a charge of possession with intent to sell.

The Herald reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has identified the man as Grainge Taylor. It also goes on the report that he was originally known in New Zealand as Grainge Marriott Madgwick and officially changed his surname to Tayler – believed to be his wife’s surname – after police began investigating allegations of credit card fraud against him in 2010.

He left the country the following month under his new name, before a warrant was issued for his arrest in August 2012.

“The warrant was issued due to Mr Madgwick failing to appear on a number of fraud-related charges,” a police spokesman told The New Zealand Herald, confirming that the warrant is still active.

Madgewick, as he was then, allegedly got hold of te credit card details of friends or relatives and then applied online for secondary cards – as many as 10 of them.

He then spent more than NZ$100,000 (B2.5 million) on the cards, with the amounts being charged to the primary card holder.

His case sparked an overhaul of Westpac’s online credit card application process.

Read the original New Zealand Herald story here.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/kiwi-caught-with-drugs-in-phuket-also-wanted-back-home-50351.php


-- Phuket News 2014-12-30

[Toknarok]

What a charming fella. Ripped off his friends and relatives (allegedly) then did a runner to Thailand (don't they all?) and now gets busted for Class A drugs here. Just the sort of tourist Thailand needs, another farang giving us a further bad name, no wonder some Thais don't like us.

[Dannyboy666]

We all need friends like this, Not

[sanuk711]

Farangs........ Quality tourists...........

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oh sorry we are only suppose to write that about the Chinese & Russians.

[Chris Lawrence]

Dumb Fork. At least he is in the right place, now. Bet his relatives will leave him in Thailand? Then he can come home and do the NZ goal.

[LivinginKata]

Complete looser, here and home.

[Strangebrew]

Enjoy in that nice A/C cell Oh wait sorry no A/C in cell and no bed either but they do have tasty snacks that crawl around all night and day.

[hansgruber]

Takes a special type of scum to do that to friends and relatives.

Let him experience the overcrowded jail here and then go back to NZ and enjoy the Maori hospitality in their prison.

[KarenBravo]

What a charming fella. Ripped off his friends and relatives (allegedly) then did a runner to Thailand (don't they all?) and now gets busted for Class A drugs here. Just the sort of tourist Thailand needs, another farang giving us a further bad name, no wonder some Thais don't like us.

I really couldn't give a rodent's furry behind about people that judge me because of the behaviour of others that have the same skin colour as me.

My advice......toughen up.

[JOC]

"Taylor Grainge, was arrested last week after police caught him with 1.2g of methamphetamine and 0.95g of cocaine, enough to merit a charge of possession with intent to sell." Quote

Sure the BIB has arrested a major dealer..........................

While the guys, who need a forklift to move their deadly merchandise, are still enjoying their Champagne in freedom!!

Wonder why?

[samuibruno]

better he stays here in jail

as in NZ he will get too many rights as a criminal

let the thais show him what prison should be like

[rotary]

A Candidate for the ultimate fine

[vijer]

better he stays here in jail

as in NZ he will get too many rights as a criminal

let the thais show him what prison should be like

Which is why he seems untroubled, he will get extradited to NZ and do a short stint for credit fraud and be out free in a few years.

[doremifasol]

♔

KEEP CALM

AND LET

KARMA

FINISH IT

Edited January 2, 2015 by doremifasol

[KarenBravo]

♔

KEEP CALM

AND LET

KARMA

FINISH IT

Yet another who thinks Karma operates within a single life-time.

If you actually believe in Karma, you should know better.......

[NamKangMan]

What a charming fella. Ripped off his friends and relatives (allegedly) then did a runner to Thailand (don't they all?) and now gets busted for Class A drugs here. Just the sort of tourist Thailand needs, another farang giving us a further bad name, no wonder some Thais don't like us.

I really couldn't give a rodent's furry behind about people that judge me because of the behaviour of others that have the same skin colour as me.

My advice......toughen up.

I agree, KB.

I couldn't care less what the Thai's think of us all. We will always be "farang" - a lower form of life than a Thai.

Edited January 3, 2015 by NamKangMan