Gotta catch 'em all - Met Police show drug case suspects as Pokemon at news conference

[rooster59]

Gotta catch 'em all - Met Police show drug case suspects as Pokemon at news conference

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK:-- There seems to be no end to the innovations of the Thai police. 

 

In the latest development at Region 1 of the Met Police callous drug suspects were shown as cute Pokémon cartoon figures.

 

At least it was fun and meant that the prime minister's edict to protect suspects' human rights was kind of being followed.

 

A jolly time was had by all - it was the weekly briefing for reporters in which division deputy Sompong Chingduang announced the latest arrests and successes from the crackdown on crime over the September 5 - 10 period.

 

A chart depicted a serious drugs case with the suspects who were not yet caught replaced by Pikachu and his cute mates.

 

No one needed to keep a straight face as Sompong - affectionately know as Big Too - led the Saturday "sanuk".

 

More serious were the latest figures that showed 173 suspects were now in custody across the region in 152 separate cases.

 

Much of it was theft of motorcycles, gambling, drugs and busts related to the sex trade.

 

But one was singled out for mention - a bag snatch on a Burmese nurse, holidaying from the UK, who has a British husband. The victim, named as Miss (sic) Dehlaing lost a sentimental wedding memento from her bag as she was eating at a Pratunam chicken rice stall.

 

But cops saved the day when the thief was swiftly nabbed much to the victim's delight resulting in the return of her treasured item.

 

Not a single Pokémon was used in depicting this case.

 

Source: Thairath

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-09-11

[JAG]

Well, I thought  that the idea of " Pokemon tourism" was silly, but this  really takes the biscuit!

[PatOngo]

Hello Kitty is still on the run.....an early arrest is anticipated.

[JAG]

4 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Hello Kitty is still on the run.....an early arrest is anticipated.

Investigation 72% completed?

[jamesbrock]

2 minutes ago, JAG said:

Investigation 72% completed?

 

That's a 67% increase from yesterday!

[PatOngo]

Hello Kitty, the perp, has been given two weeks to surrender.

[JAG]

Just now, jamesbrock said:

 

That's a 67% increase from yesterday!

That's the great thing about these new " Smart Cops". Give a chap a piece of blue water pipe with an angle glued on the end and they're off - no stopping  them.

[jamesbrock]

17 minutes ago, JAG said:

That's the great thing about these new " Smart Cops". Give a chap a piece of blue water pipe with an angle glued on the end and they're off - no stopping  them.

 

It's almost as though giving a BIB a piece of blue PVC pipe makes him 100% smarter!

[NongKhaiKid]

How just how can anyone take these clowns seriously, no semblance of professionalism whatsoever.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Pokémon and Pokémon character names are trademarks of Nintendo.

 

But as we all know the smart Thai police are the god guys (As I read on a big poster last time when visiting the immigration office for an extension that all bad guys are out ) so they could not possibly have used Nintendos characters without permission!

Edited September 11, 2016 by HiSoLowSoNoSo

[NongKhaiKid]

All intellectual property BUT intellectual isn't a word that features much here.

Will Pattaya's Care Bears police be called in to assist their Bkk colleagues ?

Edited September 11, 2016 by NongKhaiKid

[BigBadGeordie]

The boys from Buriram are on there way to help with the capture of these evil Pokepersons!

Not long, soon, after food, may'be.

 

Edited September 11, 2016 by BigBadGeordie
Typo

[NongKhaiKid]

3 minutes ago, BigBadGeordie said:

The boys from Buriram are on there way to help with the capture of these evil Pokepersons!

Not long, soon, after food, may'be.

 

It's been a hard day's night and I've been working, well maybe not the working bit.

[docshock13]

Police have also identified the suspected ringleader as none other than the dastardly Doraemon. Police have applied for an arrest warrant for Doraemon and hope to receive the warrant in 2 weeks time at which time they hope to make an arrest. However, police said it is likely Doraemon will already have fled the country by that time. 

[SOTIRIOS]

....scary .......but true......wow....

[DoctorG]

puerile

[waldroj]

Pokemon? 

 

These are Tourist Police are they? 

[Brer Fox]

No matter how old they are and no matter what job they do they are still children at heart.

[williamgeorgeallen]

poking fun at our savior the good general for not being allowed to parade suspects in front of the cameras. stupid cops should be using proper photos of the suspects and not letting anyone with a camera into the briefing.  its more important to poke fun at the general than it is is to catch drug dealers? ok.

[Bluespunk]

Lordy, lordy, lordy...

[Tiffer]

Which one is he, Beavis?

[JAG]

5 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

How just how can anyone take these clowns seriously, no semblance of professionalism whatsoever.

 

Not so much "To Serve and Protect" as "To Amuse and Entertain"!

[JAG]

4 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

I wonder how the Pokemon trademark owners feel about these clowns blatantly abusing their copyrights?

 

 

We should ask them when they stop laughing.

[JAG]

2 hours ago, Brer Fox said:

No matter how old they are and no matter what job they do they are still children at heart.

 

Someone once told me that the Japanese refer to the Thais as "the children of Asia".

 

Racist perhaps, but you can see where they are coming from can't you?

[keysersoze276]

DPM has announced that the Hua Hin police have Scooby Doo in lockup, and that for two dozen scooby snacks he will testify that Bob the Builder is the pimp in charge of the Power Puff girls who are the mama sans currently running Cartoon Network whorehouse on the outskirts of Pattaya.

Edited September 11, 2016 by keysersoze276

[tifino]

 

 

good to be pokeing fun at 'Perp'amons

[Bluespunk]

5 hours ago, JAG said:

 

Not so much "To Serve and Protect" as "To Amuse and Entertain"!

A double fail then...

[Bluespunk]

8 minutes ago, keysersoze276 said:

DPM has announced that the Hua Hin police have Scooby Doo in lockup, and that for two dozen scooby snacks he will testify that Bob the Builder is the pimp in charge of the Power Puff girls who are the mama sans currently running Cartoon Network whorehouse on the outskirts of Pattaya.

Say it ain't so, surely not Blossom? 

 

Now the mayor of Townsville, well that's another matter, he's well dodgy. 

 

And as to the darkness that clearly haunts Buttercup, a natural enforcer of any criminal enterprise if turned to the dark side. 

Edited September 11, 2016 by Bluespunk

[mikiea]

7 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Lordy, lordy, lordy...

i propose a copper exchange for 1 year .at least 12 of Thailand's  finest be exchanged for the same of Chicago's metro crime division . the Chicago cops could get a needed rest as well as instruct Thailand cops how  to klang when the walk . the Thailand cops would learn all about manhood , honesty  and being a crime stopper if they lasted a year .  a win - win .

Edited September 11, 2016 by mikiea

[gemguy]

And the Police should be characterized as Mickey Mouse, his side kick Goofy and their drug sniffing dog Pluto, used as a serious warning to all those bad boy drug dealers and drug users.

Cheers