Dozens of tourists test positive for drugs at Samui pub raid

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Dozens of tourists test positive for drugs at Samui pub raid

 

Image: Daily News

 

KOH SAMUI:-- A raid by 50 soldiers and police at a well known Chaweng pub on Koh Samui netted almost three dozen tourists who had been taking drugs.

 

Out of about 100 patrons tested 32 returned the tell-tale purple urine test.

 

The pub - that was not named  - was raided at 3am and found to be operating after hours and with a license that had run out last December. The man looking after the premises - Itthichai Chunparicha, 40, was arrested.

 

Some 14 shisha pipes, that are illegal in Thailand, were taken into evidence. Neither the fate of the tourists or what drugs they had been taking was reported in the Daily News story.

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-08-07

[mcfish]

Outstanding

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[craigt3365]

Many years ago, I went to a late night pub in Samui.  I was amazed at them openly selling drugs.  And how many were on it.  Never went again.

[borisloosebrain]

It beggars belief that shisha pipes are illegal, that would be like som tum being banned in middle eastern countries. 

[craigt3365]

11 minutes ago, borisloosebrain said:

It beggars belief that shisha pipes are illegal, that would be like som tum being banned in middle eastern countries. 

They are really bad for your health, and have been banned in other countries, like Singapore:

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shisha-ban-to-kick-in-on-friday-ministry-of-health

 

[Andrew65]

15 minutes ago, borisloosebrain said:

It beggars belief that shisha pipes are illegal, that would be like som tum being banned in middle eastern countries. 

Yes, but alcohol is banned in many ME countries.

[ClutchClark]

So were the drugs somehow ingested using these shesha pipes? 

 

Is this common for middle easteners or were these farangs ?

 

 

[canuckamuck]

Pub owner behind in payments I assume.

[shirtless]

Great job in ruining tourism , Thailand only knows how to shoot themselves in the feet.well done ars hats

[borisloosebrain]

13 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

Yes, but alcohol is banned in many ME countries.

Yeah I know but that's a religious thing isn't it ? Buddha didn't say thou shalt not puff in a shisha pipe (unless you're ordained). 

[ClutchClark]

8 minutes ago, shirtless said:

Great job in ruining tourism , Thailand only knows how to shoot themselves in the feet.well done ars hats

 

I highly doubt this single incident is going to convince young farang that Thailand is no longer a party destination.

 

 

[chiang mai]

6 minutes ago, shirtless said:

Great job in ruining tourism , Thailand only knows how to shoot themselves in the feet.well done ars hats

 

Arresting people for taking drugs and shutting down the supply is ruining tourism? If that's the case, so be it.

[borisloosebrain]

23 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

They are really bad for your health, and have been banned in other countries, like Singapore:

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shisha-ban-to-kick-in-on-friday-ministry-of-health

 

But so is whisky cigarettes and junk food.... Sounds a bit too instrusive and nanny state ish . Singapore is a pretty dodgy role model imho

[Rob13]

What were drugs; weed or something harder

[mcfish]

Great job in ruining tourism , Thailand only knows how to shoot themselves in the feet.well done ars hats

So you would be OK with your own kid doing drugs in a night club?

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[Alive]

I was in Pattaya a couple weeks ago and a bargirl there told me that they still had those shisha pipes in the area where the middleasterners bars are. Just a couple years ago I remember seeing some in Rangsit at a pub. Do they still have them down on Soi3 Sukumvit in the African/Arab area?

[trogers]

34 minutes ago, mcfish said:

So you would be OK with your own kid doing drugs in a night club?

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It's a western thing, called 'Bible Study'!

 

The lifting of one's spirit... 

[ChrisY1]

A good outcome for the cops........and no Farangs mentioned.....again, good news!

 

[Remus1830]

The fact that you can be out enjoying yourself on holiday and you can be detained and piss checked drugs or no drugs is enough to make you want to holiday in a different country. By the way those tests show many false positives many tablets show up as meth etc. 

[angsta]

3 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

They are really bad for your health, and have been banned in other countries, like Singapore:

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shisha-ban-to-kick-in-on-friday-ministry-of-health

 

 

 

Everything is banned in Singapore <deleted>. 

[craigt3365]

4 minutes ago, angsta said:

 

 

Everything is banned in Singapore <deleted>. 

You've not spent much time in Singapore, eh?

[puukao]

if you took any drugs on purpose, banned for life after prison!!!

if you can prove you took it by accident........well, that is some bad luck because you are still doomed!!!

only once in Laos i saw a sign asking if you wanted something more in your drink......seemed pretty sketch

[craigt3365]

4 minutes ago, puukao said:

if you took any drugs on purpose, banned for life after prison!!!

if you can prove you took it by accident........well, that is some bad luck because you are still doomed!!!

only once in Laos i saw a sign asking if you wanted something more in your drink......seemed pretty sketch

You can "Happy" pizza in Cambodia.  It's everywhere.

[PoorSucker]

Pub owner behind in payments I assume.

Nobody is late paying the police on Samui.
The military does not seem to care...

[MadMuhummad]

20 minutes ago, puukao said:

if you took any drugs on purpose, banned for life after prison!!!

if you can prove you took it by accident........well, that is some bad luck because you are still doomed!!!

only once in Laos i saw a sign asking if you wanted something more in your drink......seemed pretty sketch

 

Maybe easier just to line them up and execute them? Saves the headaches of transporting to prison, same way Philippines is cleaning up the drug problem right now ??

 

P.S. I believe they're taking about Thai tourists 

[PoorSucker]

 

Maybe easier just to line them up and execute them? Saves the headaches of transporting to prison, same way Philippines is cleaning up the drug problem right now [emoji43][emoji379]

Thailand did this 15 years ago during Thaksins war on drugs.

[PoorSucker]

Sound club according to mrs Poor

[steelerian]

Can confirm it was Sound Club, at about 300-330am. After after 15 minutes of general panic and no-one knowing what was going on, all "tourists" were allowed to leave, and all Thais were detained and tested.

[impulse]

4 hours ago, chiang mai said:

 

Arresting people for taking drugs and shutting down the supply is ruining tourism? If that's the case, so be it.

 

No, randomly piss testing 100 people just out having a good time would be rather offputting to tourists from countries where that kind of thing is constitutionally protected against.  

 

Which includes most of the home countries represented by posters here on TVF.  

 

Of course, Thailand is free to do whatever they wish.  But to ignore the consequences to tourism is rather short sighted.

 

Edit:  It would be scary enough if the guys doing the testing had stellar reputations for honesty and fair dealing and never extorting money.  But we all know that ain't true, and so does every tourist that's done any research before they hop on the plane.

[JJGreen]

Great job in ruining tourism , Thailand only knows how to shoot themselves in the feet.well done ars hats

Tourism should overrule any laws on drugs?