Phuket Police seize 11 kilos of brick weed, other items from 22-year-old pot dealer

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Phuket Police seize 11 kilos of brick weed, other items from 22-year-old pot dealer
The Phuket News



PHUKET: -- Police last night seized nearly 11 kilogrammes of low-grade bricked marijuana, a smoking device, digital scale, knife, dozens of sealable plastic bags, a home-made gun, bullet, two codien pills, an Iphone 5 smartphone and a Kawasaki Ninja motorbike from a 22-year-old drug dealer in Phuket City Municiaplity's Talad Yai sub district.

Mr Subin-Nimit "Golf" Rakwet, 22, was nabbed at about 7:30pm last night in front of the Kasikorn Bank ATM near Bangkok Hospital Phuket in a sting operation.

Police reported that earlier in the day an unnamed informant contacted the suspect, a suspected major pot dealer, to buy 1 kilogramme of improperly cured dry Thai marijuana for a rate of B16,500.

According to the police report, the informant used a mobile phone and Facebook to communicate with Golf, who told the imformant to meet him at the above location.

Upon positively identifying the suspect, an force of officers presented themselves. The suspect initially claimed innocence. However, police were unconvinced and verified that the suspect's phone log verified communication with their informant.

A subsequent search uncovered a brick of marijuana hidden in a gas can filled with tea.

Police reported that the suspect then volunteered a confession that he had more pot stashed at his residence in Soi Payoon nearby.

The suspect then led police to said room, where they found 10 more bricks of marijuana inside a cabinet. The stash was reported to weigh 9.6 kilogrammes.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-police-seize-11-kilos-of-brick-weed-other-items-from-22-year-old-pot-dealer-55637.php


-- Phuket News 2015-12-31

[LivinginKata]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

[trogers]

Part time earnings to pay for his university education?

[lust]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

Really? You are sad...

[Morakot]

Nice bong!

[steelepulse]

Coming soon to a reggae bar near you...........

[LivinginKata]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

Really? You are sad...

Really ? it's still illegal in Thailand last time I checked and 11 kilos is a large amount.

[Lampang2]

I guess the maffia will have to beat up the police station again to get even.

[aRobotnamedWAR]

I only see about 2 kilos. 1 kilo is chopped up int 11 bricks.

whoever is your source for this kinda information needs to get fired.

[Pinot]

Yaba and Ice are an epidemic in LOS. The police waste their time chasing down marijuana and kratom. Prioritize, you idiots.

[KMartinHandyman]

His left hand is pointing as well.

The finger he's using is amusing.

[BigBadGeordie]

My gosh, 2 codien pills, that changes the picture somewhat. I am in favour of legalisation of marijuana, but codien!

Life sentence would be a just result!

[abhaya]

I have seen alcohol destroy more lives and families than any drug.

[curtklay]

"low grade improperly cured".

"suspected major pot dealer".

Must have been the pink headband that gave him away.

[Ace of Pop]

The Police are now sitting outside enjoying a free tote and at peace with the World

[SOTIRIOS]

...'improperly cured Thai marijuana'....

....seems like 'common knowledge'....which can only come from long-standing presence in Thai society....

[2fishin2]

Today in the morning, TV people condoning drinking and driving and this afternoon (same day) people condoning drug use....man o man I sure hope 2016 will be a better year.

I thought illegal activities (to include support) was against the rulezzzzz

[cmrichsw]

They need to have drug farms, do whatever drug you like but you cannot leave. You could even grow you own weed if you like.

[LeungKen]

Several off topic posts have been removed, this thread is about the arrest of a dealer in banned substance.

If you'd like to discuss the merits or legalization of marijuana I suggest you do so in the Farang Pub - fun, entertainment and Expat life

[seancbk]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

For a bit of weed?

A plant which is legal in more and more countries.

A plant with medicinal benefits.

I'd rather see alcohol being more controlled and marijuana more easily available.

[Shot]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

For a bit of weed?

A plant which is legal in more and more countries.

A plant with medicinal benefits.

I'd rather see alcohol being more controlled and marijuana more easily available.

He had a gun too. A drug dealer with a gun. Is okay with you?

[hEaDy]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

That's right, because nature is illegal. Get a life!

[jspill]

Really ? it's still illegal in Thailand last time I checked and 11 kilos is a large amount.

Parking violations are illegal, does someone with a large amount of parking tickets deserve life in prison?

Weed is harmless. If you read on in the article linked in OP:

Despite the status quo of Thailand's outdated, US DEA-backed drug policies, there are no independent, peer-reviewed scientific studies that conclusively prove any of the three species of ganja or cannabis are physicially or chemically addictive, or independently harmful for human consumption.

[jspill]

The Police are now sitting outside enjoying a free tote and at peace with the World

That would certainly explain the dealers sudden 'confession'. Perhaps they offered him a reduced jail sentence if he'd hand over the rest of the stash for, erm, confiscation.

Police reported that the suspect then volunteered a confession that he had more pot stashed at his residence in Soi Payoon nearby.

The suspect then led police to said room

[HooHaa]

poor guy.

most people i know dont even consider that garbage to be weed.

[PETERTHEEATER]

A subsequent search uncovered a brick of marijuana hidden in a gas can filled with tea.

Would that be liquid tea or leaf tea? And, in a gas can?

I thought that the suspect was female judging from the facial features and the hairband.

[casualbiker]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

For a bit of weed?

A plant which is legal in more and more countries.

A plant with medicinal benefits.

I'd rather see alcohol being more controlled and marijuana more easily available.

He had a gun too. A drug dealer with a gun. Is okay with you?

a home made gun... Looking at it he should have got into manufacturing.. Damn good home made gun!

[F4UCorsair]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

Really? You are sad...

Why would you say that?

It's an offence and he didn't have 11 grams, but 11 KILOGRAMS!!

That is not an unsubstantial quantity.

[lust]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

Really? You are sad...

Why would you say that?

It's an offence and he didn't have 11 grams, but 11 KILOGRAMS!!

That is not an unsubstantial quantity.

It's 8:49pm. Go to bed old timer.

[edhart]

Lock up and throw away the key ..

WHY ?