Lite Beer Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Russian Bong Sellers Arrested on Koh Pha Ngan By Khaosod Eng. SURAT THANI — Police have arrested two Russians who allegedly sold marijuana bongs via a Facebook page on the southern island of Koh Phan Ngan.The arrest followed a police investigation into a now-deleted Facebook page, called Bong Russian Boss, which advertised bongs and featured photos of the seller lying down in what appears to be marijuana plants.The Facebook page claimed to be operated by Russians on Koh Pha Ngan - an island in the Gulf of Thailand known for its raucous, drug-fueled monthly Full Moon Parties.Pol.Col. Prachum Ruengthong, superintendent of Koh Pha Ngan Police Station, said the operators of the Facebook page were arrested at their residence today. Read More: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1427865701 -- Khaosod English 2015-04-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Drunk Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Now if only they had read the article on TV a bit earlier about a police manhunt for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Silly lads, released without charges may be time for a trip to Camboland, they would probably welcome someone exporting bamboo products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblaze Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 still...rather have stoned Russians chilling with their friends in a house than drunk Russians. same goes for any nationality, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searat7 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I wonder how many Russians are here on overstay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon467367354 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 in Vietnam you see people smoking out of bongs everywhere, what's to say a bong is only for marijuana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 They been warned several times when they put their ad on facebook but chose to ignore it, like so many of the yoga teachers, dj's, babysitters, people subletting their properties or renting out their motorbikes and cars. Although it's not illegal to sell occasionally some of your personal belongings (even if it's an unused bong), it is illegal to sell services or items for profit without the required permits. So, Sum Nam Na, Naaa? BTW - Smoking bong is not illegal, just what some people smoke with it, is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Ironic, since the word "bong" is the only Thai word in the English language: บ้อง baawngF 1. [noun] marijuana pipe; a bong 2. [noun] a section of hollow bamboo stalk 3. [noun] the hole for inserting the handle into a metal toolhead; [general] a hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrysum Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I wonder how many Russians are here on overstay... Depends on the value of their currency..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 What the hell ! only recently i saw a Thai guy selling bongs at a walking street market ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 What the hell ! only recently i saw a Thai guy selling bongs at a walking street market !Thais do not require work permits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 What the hell ! only recently i saw a Thai guy selling bongs at a walking street market !Thais do not require work permits. But the Thai beach vendors do require a yearly permit, 360 baht and are supposed to wear one of these vests.... at least on Samui.... Most vendors have them with them even if the are not actually wearing them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bsd Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 What the hell ! only recently i saw a Thai guy selling bongs at a walking street market !Thais do not require work permits. And the Thais probably don't have 304 grams of marijuana sitting next to them while they are selling it. If you read the full article no one was arrested for the bongs but 2 have been charged for possession of a class 5 drug. So for those keeping track at home... Making bongs - OK Selling bongs online - Not enough to get you arrested Having a supermarket bag full of drugs and posting photos online of you sleeping on drugs - Now you are in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 What the hell ! only recently i saw a Thai guy selling bongs at a walking street market !Thais do not require work permits. And the Thais probably don't have 304 grams of marijuana sitting next to them while they are selling it. If you read the full article no one was arrested for the bongs but 2 have been charged for possession of a class 5 drug. So for those keeping track at home... Making bongs - OK Selling bongs online - Not enough to get you arrested Having a supermarket bag full of drugs and posting photos online of you sleeping on drugs - Now you are in trouble. Well from what I know, 2 of the Russians have been arrested and will be able to go back to their hut awaiting trial once they paid their bail which I recon will be around 40'000 to 60'000 THB each. Court date will probably be in about 7 to 8 weeks time, just so they would overstay their visa. Fairly common. As for the fine, well it's a bit of a gamble but I recon 3 months suspended for 1 year prison and 5'000 to 10'000 THB fine reduced by 50% it they admit to their crime. Probably not even a stamp in their passport unless off course, immigration and labor department get involved too. Suppose the outcome of the trial depends entirely on the attitude of those two Russians arrested) The other six Russians had their details taken and have been released without charge. As for "Supermarket Bag full of drugs", you're kidding? 304 grams of compressed marijuana is about as much as 3 to 5 cigarette packets, hardly "supermarket bags' full. Unless you take those real tinny bags but even they will not even be half full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outboard Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 What the hell ! only recently i saw a Thai guy selling bongs at a walking street market !Thais do not require work permits. And the Thais probably don't have 304 grams of marijuana sitting next to them while they are selling it. If you read the full article no one was arrested for the bongs but 2 have been charged for possession of a class 5 drug. So for those keeping track at home... Making bongs - OK Selling bongs online - Not enough to get you arrested Having a supermarket bag full of drugs and posting photos online of you sleeping on drugs - Now you are in trouble. Well from what I know, 2 of the Russians have been arrested and will be able to go back to their hut awaiting trial once they paid their bail which I recon will be around 40'000 to 60'000 THB each. Court date will probably be in about 7 to 8 weeks time, just so they would overstay their visa. Fairly common. As for the fine, well it's a bit of a gamble but I recon 3 months suspended for 1 year prison and 5'000 to 10'000 THB fine reduced by 50% it they admit to their crime. Probably not even a stamp in their passport unless off course, immigration and labor department get involved too. Suppose the outcome of the trial depends entirely on the attitude of those two Russians arrested) The other six Russians had their details taken and have been released without charge. As for "Supermarket Bag full of drugs", you're kidding? 304 grams of compressed marijuana is about as much as 3 to 5 cigarette packets, hardly "supermarket bags' full. Unless you take those real tinny bags but even they will not even be half full. 304 grams is 10 oz , just how big are your cigarette packets ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Well from what I know, 2 of the Russians have been arrested and will be able to go back to their hut awaiting trial once they paid their bail which I recon will be around 40'000 to 60'000 THB each. Court date will probably be in about 7 to 8 weeks time, just so they would overstay their visa. Fairly common. As for the fine, well it's a bit of a gamble but I recon 3 months suspended for 1 year prison and 5'000 to 10'000 THB fine reduced by 50% it they admit to their crime. Probably not even a stamp in their passport unless off course, immigration and labor department get involved too. Suppose the outcome of the trial depends entirely on the attitude of those two Russians arrested) The other six Russians had their details taken and have been released without charge. As for "Supermarket Bag full of drugs", you're kidding? 304 grams of compressed marijuana is about as much as 3 to 5 cigarette packets, hardly "supermarket bags' full. Unless you take those real tinny bags but even they will not even be half full. 304 grams is 10 oz , just how big are your cigarette packets ? you should stick to talking about what you know. as man said 100 grams is about the size of a cigarette pack if it is tyipal thai compressed puck weed. these people were incredibly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Well from what I know, 2 of the Russians have been arrested and will be able to go back to their hut awaiting trial once they paid their bail which I recon will be around 40'000 to 60'000 THB each. Court date will probably be in about 7 to 8 weeks time, just so they would overstay their visa. Fairly common. As for the fine, well it's a bit of a gamble but I recon 3 months suspended for 1 year prison and 5'000 to 10'000 THB fine reduced by 50% it they admit to their crime. Probably not even a stamp in their passport unless off course, immigration and labor department get involved too. Suppose the outcome of the trial depends entirely on the attitude of those two Russians arrested) The other six Russians had their details taken and have been released without charge. As for "Supermarket Bag full of drugs", you're kidding? 304 grams of compressed marijuana is about as much as 3 to 5 cigarette packets, hardly "supermarket bags' full. Unless you take those real tinny bags but even they will not even be half full. 304 grams is 10 oz , just how big are your cigarette packets ? Yeap, 304 grams are just around 10 oz, not 10 kg Now don't tell anyone how big your **** is, as you might confused inches with cm too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Yes, bongs are a huge problem in Thailand wow. Thank god for this important action so swiftly taken. I feel safer already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 What the hell ! only recently i saw a Thai guy selling bongs at a walking street market ! Thais do not require work permits. And the Thais probably don't have 304 grams of marijuana sitting next to them while they are selling it. If you read the full article no one was arrested for the bongs but 2 have been charged for possession of a class 5 drug. So for those keeping track at home... Making bongs - OK Selling bongs online - Not enough to get you arrested Having a supermarket bag full of drugs and posting photos online of you sleeping on drugs - Now you are in trouble. [/size] Well from what I know, 2 of the Russians have been arrested and will be able to go back to their hut awaiting trial once they paid their bail which I recon will be around 40'000 to 60'000 THB each. Court date will probably be in about 7 to 8 weeks time, just so they would overstay their visa. Fairly common. As for the fine, well it's a bit of a gamble but I recon 3 months suspended for 1 year prison and 5'000 to 10'000 THB fine reduced by 50% it they admit to their crime. Probably not even a stamp in their passport unless off course, immigration and labor department get involved too. Suppose the outcome of the trial depends entirely on the attitude of those two Russians arrested) The other six Russians had their details taken and have been released without charge. As for "Supermarket Bag full of drugs", you're kidding? 304 grams of compressed marijuana is about as much as 3 to 5 cigarette packets, hardly "supermarket bags' full. Unless you take those real tinny bags but even they will not even be half full. 304 grams is 10 oz , just how big are your cigarette packets ? From the article: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgarfriendly Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 and the thai person who sold them that paraquat laced 'weed'? Chai-yoooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfish Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 These people are proof that long term use of pot turns your brain into mush Sent from my SC-01D using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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