webfact Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Canadian Nabbed for Heroin Dealing in Paiby CityNewsCityNews – A 53-year-old Canadian man was arrested in Pai for selling drugs when he was tailed then raided by Mae Hong Son police on February 22.Dawson Richard Patrick was arrested after police found two plastic bags of heroin weighing 16.11 grams in his car after they were tipped off that the Canadian national was selling drugs to tourists in the area.Patrick confessed that he brought the heroin from somebody from a hill tribe for 7,500 baht.Full story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/canadian-nabbed-for-heroin-dealing-in-pai/-- Chiang City News 2016-02-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 He is in bad shape. Good luck, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 He is in bad shape. Good luck, mate. Good luck ? Jail the bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestburypark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Thats going to sting. Of all the money making ideas in all the world thats gotta be the dumbest of the lot, by several country miles. You can't make this stuff up, really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 In the west, he'd have a shot at the insanity defense. Because what he did was crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 His actions are the symtoms of disease, not crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 He doesn't appear to be a typical hardened criminal but this is a step beyond playing in a bridge club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doremifasol Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I do not justify or support his choices in any way only understand that, perhaps in a moment of despair people do dumb things.............. You have to be pretty desperate or pretty darn stupid to be a foreigner and sell heroin in Pai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 You sell smack you are a lowlife, very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDave Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 He should have shot himself in the head it would have been less painful than what his future holds. life is over as he knew it. I hope hes read David McMillans book. One of my ex friends used to call this natural selection. At 53 hes going to die in jail unless he can get a pardon or move back to Canada in the future. I still can't believe how stupid some people are. Hes not the first and he wont be the last that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 His actions are the symtoms of disease, not crime. Right. There are no crimes, just diseases. There's the bank robber disease, the murderer disease and so on. I have news for you. People make choices - sometimes stupid choices. I cringe when I think what this guy has in front of him, but I blame only him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Having lost a brother to this insidious drug, the people who use and can control what they use are very few, dealing as this guy surely was has all the hall marks of profit only, and unless he can prove that he is an addict and needed to sell to feed his own habit, He will have a good time in the monkey house, Dumb, dumber and dumbest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 "...he brought the heroin from somebody from a hill tribe for 7,500 baht." That same bag has probably been used many times. The hill tribe person sells it, calls the narcs, guy gets busted, bag goes back to hill tribe person, and then the whole process starts over again. One really has to be naive to buy drugs from a stranger. No matter what country you are in. Even if it's in you own homeland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Let him paddle heroin in Malaysia or Singapore... he'd be paying to ultimate penalty for his greed and stupidity.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 His actions are the symtoms of disease, not crime. Stupid is a disease ? regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 His actions are the symtoms of disease, not crime. Right. There are no crimes, just diseases. There's the bank robber disease, the murderer disease and so on. I have news for you. People make choices - sometimes stupid choices. I cringe when I think what this guy has in front of him, but I blame only him. Addiction didn't become a "disease" until recovery clinics were set up and got third party insurance to start paying for treatment if it was classified as a "disease". It doesn't matter if one considers it as a disease or not. The processes for recovery remain the same. However, those who do not want to take the responsibility to face their addiction and go through recovery, now have a ready made excuse..."I have a disease and am not responsible for anything I do". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge2bridge Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 53? The years have not been kind to him. By what i can see of him. MAYBE the Drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I can certainly understand him hanging his head. What appeared to have been a difficult time just got a whole lot worse. I actually feel a little sorry for him. Looks like it has been a tough 53 years and the next few, well......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phitsanulokjohn Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Some farangs are just plain stupid.A 53 year old as well,obviously not learned much in those years. Did he really think he could sell a class 1 drug in such a small place as Pai, and escape the attention of the police? This will have serious consequences for him as it's class 1 and not a bit of class 5 weed he was selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Looks like he has a crutch nearby (and a beat-up one at that). He could have been in chronic pain, or has some life-ending illness and wanted to go out in a fog. Doesn't look like a typical drug dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkup Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I would hazard a guess that there's more to the story than what is reported. Not many white foreigners sell drugs for starters. Secondly, there's a high possibility he has it himself. He's on crutches, could have a morphine addiction. Wouldn't be the first guy to become addicted to pain killers after an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 If this guy had a "disease" called addiction, and needed a crutch to get around for some reason, he should have been in Canada where there is lots of help for him. He is unkempt, filthy, and in big trouble. Any trouble if any that he thinks he may have left in Canada is surely tiny compared to what he's facing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cereal Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I read the book about a farang's experience in the Bangkok prison. I think it was called "Welcome to Hell". The guy got totally stitched up but he started out stupid and naive and made every mistake along the way due to stubborness. ie: When offered several opportunities to pay bribes he decided to fight in court. Nonetheless, what is the penalty for this? I'm 55 and this story resonated with me because of our age similatities. I will admit, I do look a fair bit younger than that fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzachang Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Thats going to sting. Of all the money making ideas in all the world thats gotta be the dumbest of the lot, by several country miles. You can't make this stuff up, really! Dumb is right....of all the countries to try and deal drugs! In Canada, the courts would have given him housing, more education/job opportunities and food......because 'it's not his fault'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 If this guy had a "disease" called addiction, and needed a crutch to get around for some reason, he should have been in Canada where there is lots of help for him. He is unkempt, filthy, and in big trouble. Any trouble if any that he thinks he may have left in Canada is surely tiny compared to what he's facing. If you've ever known people with heroin addictions, you might be less definitive. These people are rarely thinking straight to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvid 1950 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 What an idiot. Going to prison with his condition......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostmebike Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 They need to go all Apocalypse Now on the hill tribe. Napalm in the morning will sort out their drug business. When I see how many likes you have for posts like this, it reminds me to take TVF with a pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 If this guy had a "disease" called addiction, and needed a crutch to get around for some reason, he should have been in Canada where there is lots of help for him. He is unkempt, filthy, and in big trouble. Any trouble if any that he thinks he may have left in Canada is surely tiny compared to what he's facing. If you've ever known people with heroin addictions, you might be less definitive. These people are rarely thinking straight to begin with. He managed to get himself to Thailand, and to the Hill Tribe People, and to buy drugs and try to sell them. How hard would it have been to stay in Canada where there is only help for him? Even an addict can think a little bit once in a while and he made a LOT of choices to wind up where he is. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC 71 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 The left leg looks ok - not sure about the right ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1955 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Sell drugs in a foreign country you get whats coming , 2 hots maybe and a floor with 300 others that are just like you . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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