23 Year Old Irishman Kieran Barry Arrested in Chiang Mai for Selling Marijuana
By Phillip Venne

CHIANG MAI –Crime Suppression Division Commander Lt.Gen Akkaradet Pimolsri has reported that 23-year-old Irishman Kieran Barry was arrested on Monday night in Chiang Mai as he attempted to sell 1Kg of marijuana to officers from the Crime Suppression Division.

According to Lt.Gen Akkaradet Pimolsri, Mr. Kieran Barry was arrested outside the Chiang Mai Night Plaza Boutique Hotel as he attempted to sell a kilo of marijuana to officers for 200,000 baht.

Full story: http://www.chiangraitimes.com/23-year-old-irishman-kieran-barry-arrested-in-chiang-mai-for-selling-marijuana.html

-- CHIANGRAI TIMES 2015-10-24

Mind numbing stupidity. It is not hugely difficult for foreigners to make decent money here legally.

Trying to set up a drug network here is lunacy. Connections are everything and if you're a nobody and you have no serious connections who've got your back its only a matter of time til you end up like this chap here. While i don't agree with drug laws in priciple i have zero sympathy for this man

Bangkok Post reports that a 53 year old German man was arrested in Mae Rim after buying drugs at a night spot on Loi Kroh.

There has to be an Irish joke here somewhere

Unbelievable!! The man must be a sandwich short of a picnic? SELLING drugs to Thais!!! This what a life of drugs, sex and rock and roll produces!

They would have let him get away with it, it the price that offended them.

200,000 Baht for a Kilo? No wonder they arrested him!

200,000 Baht for a Kilo? No wonder they arrested him!

now they have it for free

For all the visa restrictions in place there are still morons coming into the country. Maybe a rethink on visas is called for i.e. a relaxing

200,000 Baht for a Kilo? No wonder they arrested him!

Come on he brought it for 250,000

Haha only an Irishman. :-)

how could you be so stupid Kieran??? Stay on Jameson's back home....But I suppose you'll be a guest here for many years...

What was the charge, price gouging?

The police are taking the Mick!

I don,t think he will be kissing the Blarney stone anytime soon

There has to be an Irish joke here somewhere

This is it

It does appear to be an unwise trade - that's if the officers were in uniform and not undercover. I'll give him the benefit of doubt that he wasn't aware they were police. Lots of latitude for an Irish guy, huh?

But I can guess what's going to happen next. the drugs will be recycled, he will pay-off the officers, and either get released to ply his trade elsewhere or be deported back to Ireland for not possessing a work permit or similar.

Lot's of options...

Racist joke removed

haha oh wow! Luck of the Irish .. NOT!

It would feel dodgy and edgy buying weed here but selling it must be quite a sense of paranoia. I can understand that some foreigners love living in SE Asia and cannot seem to find funds, but this is moronic. Go back home and get a job or if you really must sell weed, do it where you won't be serving hefty jail time in some of the worst prisons in the world

I guess he read the book on how to sell Snow to the Eskimos.the joke is on him

There are more idiot foreigners per square mile In Thailand than anywhere on Earth. Dumber than a rock totally brain dead. Perhaps fifty years behind bars might improve his brain power.

Fifty years in front of bars appears to be the problem of many farangs.

I've met this guy.

Speechless...

A KILO

Was he carrying it in his pocket,

better still, where did he get it

from,, who's growing the stuff..

Smelly fish smelly.

It does appear to be an unwise trade - that's if the officers were in uniform and not undercover. I'll give him the benefit of doubt that he wasn't aware they were police. Lots of latitude for an Irish guy, huh?

But I can guess what's going to happen next. the drugs will be recycled, he will pay-off the officers, and either get released to ply his trade elsewhere or be deported back to Ireland for not possessing a work permit or similar.

Lot's of options...

one could be getting out of jail in time for his pension.

It does appear to be an unwise trade - that's if the officers were in uniform and not undercover. I'll give him the benefit of doubt that he wasn't aware they were police. Lots of latitude for an Irish guy, huh?

But I can guess what's going to happen next. the drugs will be recycled, he will pay-off the officers, and either get released to ply his trade elsewhere or be deported back to Ireland for not possessing a work permit or similar.

Lot's of options...

one could be getting out of jail in time for his pension.

Lots of options, but now that he's been in the media for it (photo and video), he's done. He's bang to rights and will almost certainly do time and get a big fine.

For weed the sentence might be quite hefty but if he confesses and behaves himself, he could be out in 5 years or so.

Jail, deportation and maybe a bit of extra time in an Irish jail following transfer look like his immediate future. Why anybody would even consider touching let alone selling any type of gear here is beyond me. Paradise can turn very ugly very quickly. This is a lesson in how not to do it

Stuck on dumb. First of all, not the business to be in, in Thailand, that said if you are

going to do this, why not minimize the risk and sell just to other tourists.

Happy new year, Mr. Barry!!!

I wouldn't sell drugs to myself less to anyone else...

200,000 Baht for a Kilo? No wonder they arrested him!

Come on he brought it for 250,000

Ah, that's the Irish joke then.