Phuket police arrest woman with million baht’s worth of drugs

[Moonlover]

I just can't get past the bad English in the headline.

Can you write it in perfect Thai?

[CapeThai]

Well done to the Phuket Police, job well done !!!

[steelepulse]

Photo taken from the gazette site for Mrs "Mem".

[misterphil]

It looks like she is sitting in front of a selection of donuts and baked goods. Is it just me?

She's definitely sat with a load of doughnuts, your not wrong there.

[Equalizer]

Saudi Arabia has no drug problems because they kill the dealers. It works well as a deterrent. Didn't that use to be the case in Thailand, too?

No actually it did not work. The same levels are smuggled in to Saudi Arabia. I think Thailand realized that keeping them alive helps to study the crime and use this knowledge to move forward. I think killing them got them nowhere.

[Shiver]

I suspect they honestly believe they'll never get caught, that their connections with uniforms will protect them, until one day there's a change of guard and not only are they no longer protected, but have a direct link to being found guilty.

[catweazle]

Where's the other half?

[sambum]

"Thammarat gave up the name of his dealer to police after being questioned."

Can we have a recent photo please?

"Police then searched Amporn at her home and found 20 grams of crystal meth."

"Her" home? Sure about that?

Edited April 20, 2015 by sambum

[seedy]

One derogatory post removed

[mathias67]

Well done, again.

Keep up the pressure. Maintain the fight against drugs and illegal weapons.

Bet she does not get the chance of paying Bt460,000 that the restaurant who displayed pictures of assorted beers in his menu, she will get away with this for a lot less money. I am not a betting man but bet she gets off with a BT100,000 fine

[Rustapha]

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It looks like she is sitting in front of a selection of donuts and baked goods. Is it just me?

No, They are all standing behind her, !!!

[Sviss Geez]

I just can't get past the bad English in the headline.

You can't get past the bad English what? Do you mean (what you perceive to be) the bad English grammar?

[rijit]

It looks like she is sitting in front of a selection of donuts and baked goods. Is it just me?

nah mate , not just you, but i've heard the thai police called a lot worse

[aussiebrian]

The War on drugs is a total failure. How long does this farce need to keep going on for until the general population wakes up and says enough is enough?

Any thinking person knows the only people that benefit from illegal drugs are

Corrupt police

Corrupt Politicians

Corrupt judges

Corrupt Magistrates

Criminals

Drug Dealers

Drug Importers

People that run our prisons

Insurance companies

Hospitals

Illegal Drug growers

Illegal Drug producers

Lawyers

Funeral directors

Who are the victims?

Most people, (yes even all of you who don't use them, when you have your house robbed or you are mugged in the street by some junkie needing his next fix or when you pay your insurance policy, or possibly when you find your child has become addicted after some junkie wanted to turn him/her into a customer)

Your Children

Maybe you if you are caught with something in your possession and also to the billions of dollars leaving the country and going into criminal hands, with NO TAX,

Prohibition of alcohol in the USA in the 1920's is a prime example of what happens when drugs are illegal. Do we never learn.

If you can't keep them out of a secure place like prisons how on earth can we keep them out of the general population. Mind altering drugs have been around since the beginning of civilization, the only difference is we can make much more dangerous ones now, and people who want to use them will use them as they are all illegal.

Education, Compassion, Empathy, and sensible drug laws with rehabilitation to anyone who wants it will stop the drug problem in it's tracks.

If someone can give me any other benefits to keeping them illegal, I am all ears.

Excellent comment & also important information from our resident Wizard !

Uruguay has recently legalised marijuana & there are many more watching to see if it works...the answer is it does ...so why don't the United Nations submit a resolution legalizing drugs on a global basis?! Greed & the Drub Barons is the answer sadly...but heh! wouldn't it be something if it ever happened & who knows if the fast growing countries that are interested join up it may just be unstoppable because all the facts proves it works & the prisons are half emptied as a bouns ......

Your comment was meant as a joke ....right?

b

Edited April 20, 2015 by aussiebrian

[geisha]

I saw another photo of this" miss" and " she" certainly looked like a boy , moustache and all.

[bapoboy]

Saudi Arabia has no drug problems because they kill the dealers. It works well as a deterrent. Didn't that use to be the case in Thailand, too?

last death setence in thailand it's 6 years ago if i dont remember wrong....

Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand)

Retentionist. [3] The last known executions took place in Thailand on August 24, 2009. [4]

Lethal Injection is the sole method of execution in Thailand today. In October 2003, Thailand amended article 19 of the Criminal Code, changing the method of execution from execution by firing squad to execution by lethal injection..

http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Thailand

in america,malaysia,singapore,china,japan and most muslims country they do have death penalthy for drug!!!

[rijit]

The War on drugs is a total failure. How long does this farce need to keep going on for until the general population wakes up and says enough is enough?

Any thinking person knows the only people that benefit from illegal drugs are

Corrupt police

Corrupt Politicians

Corrupt judges

Corrupt Magistrates

Criminals

Drug Dealers

Drug Importers

People that run our prisons

Insurance companies

Hospitals

Illegal Drug growers

Illegal Drug producers

Lawyers

Funeral directors

Who are the victims?

Most people, (yes even all of you who don't use them, when you have your house robbed or you are mugged in the street by some junkie needing his next fix or when you pay your insurance policy, or possibly when you find your child has become addicted after some junkie wanted to turn him/her into a customer)

Your Children

Maybe you if you are caught with something in your possession and also to the billions of dollars leaving the country and going into criminal hands, with NO TAX,

Prohibition of alcohol in the USA in the 1920's is a prime example of what happens when drugs are illegal. Do we never learn.

If you can't keep them out of a secure place like prisons how on earth can we keep them out of the general population. Mind altering drugs have been around since the beginning of civilization, the only difference is we can make much more dangerous ones now, and people who want to use them will use them as they are all illegal.

Education, Compassion, Empathy, and sensible drug laws with rehabilitation to anyone who wants it will stop the drug problem in it's tracks.

If someone can give me any other benefits to keeping them illegal, I am all ears.

Excellent comment & also important information from our resident Wizard !

Uruguay has recently legalised marijuana & there are many more watching to see if it works...the answer is it does ...so why don't the United Nations submit a resolution legalizing drugs on a global basis?! Greed & the Drub Barons is the answer sadly...but heh! wouldn't it be something if it ever happened & who knows if the fast growing countries that are interested join up it may just be unstoppable because all the facts proves it works & the prisons are half emptied as a bouns ......

Your comment was meant as a joke ....right?

b

mate the powers to be were never gonna give up the budget of the drugs war, fighting drugs for the good of society, yeah corse they were!!! well now they've got the budget from 'terrorism.' to replace it a more balanced veiw on the drug war might be reached. Be a cold day in hell b4 the dumb arsed west will man up and say its been a disaster

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[The Deerhunter]

Thai police don't seem to understand the "confidential" part of "confidential informant".

I think they would have more small time dealers willing to rat out their suppliers if they knew they weren't going to be named in the newspaper the next day. What's the point of naming your source of information in the newspaper?

"Okay, here's the deal, you tell us where you got the drugs from and will let you go free. And then tomorrow will put your full name and home address and your age in the newspaper and then by the next day you'll be found dead in the canal somewhere. Sounds like a good deal to you?" "cool, sign here"

Three problems with your theory.

(1)Too subtle. "I don't understand why you would do that."

(2)Why not tell everyone when I have been clever.

(3) You don't understand Thai-ism.

[TPI]

Saudi Arabia has no drug problems because they kill the dealers. It works well as a deterrent. Didn't that use to be the case in Thailand, too?

They have the same drug problem as every other country, would you come out and say you're a drug addict in Saudi Arabia?

[sambum]

I saw another photo of this" miss" and " she" certainly looked like a boy , moustache and all.

See post #38

[rijit]

Saudi Arabia has no drug problems because they kill the dealers. It works well as a deterrent. Didn't that use to be the case in Thailand, too?

They have the same drug problem as every other country, would you come out and say you're a drug addict in Saudi Arabia?

nah drugs problems dont exist in saudia arabia, same as alcohol is illegal. however they do have a well thought out culture of slavery!!!

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[Travelman868]

Good bust.

All from a 4 gram seizure.

And they love to grass-up their uplines.

Yes it is a good bust.

Why after being caught with just 20 grams would she give up the rest of her stash?

Good police questioning methods or threatened with torture?

Thais (and Burmeses) confess too easily.

It always amazes me how Thai's always confess. I'm thinking of starting classes to teach them the British method.

"Even when on CCTV with hands in cash-draw tell them it was not you"

[maidee]

miami vice show tune : the lure of easy money

[Beetlejuice]

On April 20, Amporn will find out whether she will be allowed to get her belongings back from the court. What exactly does that mean?

For the stash of drugs this woman has been caught with, she should be facing either a life sentence or the death penalty. If she is able to buy her way out, than what`s the point of arresting her in the first place?

[Bluespunk]

"On April 20, Amporn will find out whether she will be allowed to get her belongings back from the court."

I'm guessing she wasn't.