Singaporean Arrested After Smuggling Heroin From Bangkok

[meemiathai]

I just wish one day they put tobacco on the same list. Hang those pocesses it! Then alcohol!

Execute those who gamble! Those who bet in horse races!

Imagine what a lovely society we will have then. Our kids then are going to free from any harm.

They will never know what narcotics, tobacco, gamblings and prostitution are and will never have the will to try!

[womble]

Don't you just love the way our governments refuse to see that legalisation is the best form of control here. All the while they are selling guns to 3rd world countries and making a fortune by making other peoples lives a misery from the death and destruction.

I know many cases of kids taking drugs because they couldn't get hold of alcohol. When I was at school kids were smoking weed because it was easier to get. Everyone new a drug dealer, there were even a few that hung out near school, if it's sold from licenced shops you can make sure there are no dangerous impurities and also that people are educated how to dose and take it safely.

[sonnyJ]

There's no way illegal drug dealers could compete with legally produced low price and pure, good quality drugs. One thing to consider is that the organized criminals would probably move on to some other profitable illegal business, human trafficing, organ thefts... It might even cause more crimes if not handled carefully. So have to go slowly I guess..

[meemiathai]

I don't see any difficulties from the kids trying to buy drugs here in HK. I don't see the illegalisation of it has stop them from buying it. The ones who do not take drugs wouldn't know where to buy but the ones who do easily know where they can get them.

I don't know how big an impact it will cost the society if they legalise it but it doesn't seem that the illegalization of it is doing any good. But one point is I think people should have the freedom to do whatever they want to their own bodies. Should not be of anyone's <removed> business.

One thing also is, it is saddening to see someone who simply made a bad decision once in life and has to pay with his life. Is that what we call fair? Who hasn't been naughty/made mistakes when young? We still make mistakes everyday. <deleted> hypocrisy!

OK, I am now deciding which drug to take tonight? xstacy or alcohol? Any suggestions from u guys?

[atlastaname]

I must say i'm always impressed by the posts of Womble. He says the unsayable (bit like me ) and reasons it through rather than those of the "hang em and flog em" brigade who predictably make their one line posts saying incarcerate everyone who breaks the law for the rest of their lives. People know the consequences (to their health i mean ) of their actions so why does everything have to be made illegal by those boring people who have no lives themselves so hate anyone else having one .

I think THEY are the scumbags !!

If the part people want to take E or MDMA or drink themselves silly why does anyone care? As long as they are educated as to the ways to safely take them and the results they will experience , surely the decision after that is up to them?

I realise this is going a bit off topic but even to revert to the OP. So he got caught smuggling a small quantity of heroin ? So?? Why has he got to be hung drawn and quartered. Those who buy it off him (if he was a dealer) know they aren't buying chocolate don't they ?

You predicatable one-line posters make me puke !!

[endure]

The UK is a fine example of the 'success' of the war on drugs. Up until 1971 when the first 'Misuse of Drugs' act was passed into law it was possible for heroin addicts to register with their local Doctor and receive quality-controlled heroin and carry on with their lives. The number of registered addicts was around 10,000 and there was, effectively, no drug-fueled crime at all. In 1971 the license to prescribe heroin was withdrawn from local Doctors and confined to a very small number of specialised places. Nowadays there are reckoned to be several hundred thousand heroin users (exact figures are hard to come by as there's no registry) and the police report that the majority of petty crime is directly drug related - addicts committing burglary to get money etc. So criminalisation has increased the number of addicts many times, increased petty crime many times and allowed organised crime to set up distribution systems to keep the whole business going. You would have thought that the consequences of Prohibition in the US which allowed the Mafia to gain a major foothold would have taught governments around the world a lesson but apparently not.

[atlastaname]

The UK is a fine example of the 'success' of the war on drugs. Up until 1971 when the first 'Misuse of Drugs' act was passed into law it was possible for heroin addicts to register with their local Doctor and receive quality-controlled heroin and carry on with their lives. The number of registered addicts was around 10,000 and there was, effectively, no drug-fueled crime at all. In 1971 the license to prescribe heroin was withdrawn from local Doctors and confined to a very small number of specialised places. Nowadays there are reckoned to be several hundred thousand heroin users (exact figures are hard to come by as there's no registry) and the police report that the majority of petty crime is directly drug related - addicts committing burglary to get money etc. So criminalisation has increased the number of addicts many times, increased petty crime many times and allowed organised crime to set up distribution systems to keep the whole business going. You would have thought that the consequences of Prohibition in the US which allowed the Mafia to gain a major foothold would have taught governments around the world a lesson but apparently not.

What an excellent post, well reasoned and argued. However why just restrict it to heroin users , why not make it applicable to all drugs? I am not suggesting they should be free , but legalised so that less criminal activity would have to take place and they could be openly bought and sold. With proper education we would then live in a safer society .

[terry57]

some smart arse layer will get him a reduced sentence and he will walk after 5 years.

murders only get 10 years.

[Thug]

I'm thinking if he got caught in Singapore, his own country, would he have gotten the death penalty?

Here he's probably out in a couple of months?

[bkkmadness]

I'm thinking if he got caught in Singapore, his own country, would he have gotten the death penalty?

Without a doubt, probably why he opted for a more 'smuggler safe' country like Australia.

Idiots really, why don't they just post it?

[Don Quixote]

chances is that he is a Goat .

and there is like a doz of the carrier ..

and even when one is caught . the rest can pass..

drug lord don't get rich selling just 700g of drug ..

there go by the KG >

Heroin in SE Asia is sold in 700g and 350g bricks. A 700g brick is about 6 inches long by 4 inches wide and 1 inch thick, A 700g brick will cost between $5,000 and $7,500 USD in Northern Thailand, $7,500 and $9,500 USD in Metropolitan Bangkok, would sell for around $70,000 USD wholesale in the west.

A mule could expect to earn between $5,000 and $10,000 USD per 700g carried.

[bkkmadness]

Small amount of money for the risk, what a mug.

[meemiathai]

Small amount of money for the risk, what a mug.

True. Unfortunately human beings are born with different capabilities. And this includes the capability to think properly. And I believe some of those mules if not most are actually in a position where they have no way out. And carrying the stuff seems the only best thing to do at that very moment. It does not necessarily mean they are evil people who deserve to be killed or have their lives destroyed.

Haven't people here been in their lows in life?

Executing them is licensed murder. And that is evil and sinful! To make them suffer their whole lives is sinful!

[Don Quixote]

Small amount of money for the risk, what a mug.

That's why people form syndicates, get well organised and make it in to big business.

[Thug]

Small amount of money for the risk, what a mug.

That's why people form syndicates, get well organised and make it in to big business.

Then there are the Mafia organizations. Smuggling cocaine from Colombia and South America in small submarines was one of Escobar's strategies to reach the U.S. market.

[bkkmadness]

Small amount of money for the risk, what a mug.

That's why people form syndicates, get well organised and make it in to big business.

Then there are the Mafia organizations. Smuggling cocaine from Colombia and South America in small submarines was one of Escobar's strategies to reach the U.S. market.

The mules are the expendable low paid part of these organisations though, especially with these mickey mouse amounts flown over on the plane. The risk/payment ratio just don't add up.

[LaoPo]

I just wish one day they put tobacco on the same list. Hang those pocesses it! Then alcohol!

Execute those who gamble! Those who bet in horse races!

Imagine what a lovely society we will have then. Our kids then are going to free from any harm.

They will never know what narcotics, tobacco, gamblings and prostitution are and will never have the will to try!

.....wait untill our kids enter a bank......shall we hang the bankers as well ?

.....wait untill our kids enter the streets...shall we hang the polluters (read: us!) as well ?

.....wait untill our kids see a movie like 'Rambo' or '007'...shall we hang the producers as well?

Hmmm...maybe you're right....the world will be so tranquil, quiet and peaceful. Maybe you can have a word with the A-Bomb-countries as well to get rid of all the weapons of mass destruction and once you're talking to them, talk to a few other nations as well to stop the useless killing and hunger all around the Globe.

We all have our wishful thinking, don't we ?

LaoPo

[ColPyat]

......shall we hang the bankers as well ?

Good idea.

[teddy_bare]

The UK is a fine example of the 'success' of the war on drugs. Up until 1971 when the first 'Misuse of Drugs' act was passed into law it was possible for heroin addicts to register with their local Doctor and receive quality-controlled heroin and carry on with their lives. The number of registered addicts was around 10,000 and there was, effectively, no drug-fueled crime at all. In 1971 the license to prescribe heroin was withdrawn from local Doctors and confined to a very small number of specialised places. Nowadays there are reckoned to be several hundred thousand heroin users (exact figures are hard to come by as there's no registry) and the police report that the majority of petty crime is directly drug related - addicts committing burglary to get money etc. So criminalisation has increased the number of addicts many times, increased petty crime many times and allowed organised crime to set up distribution systems to keep the whole business going. You would have thought that the consequences of Prohibition in the US which allowed the Mafia to gain a major foothold would have taught governments around the world a lesson but apparently not.

What an excellent post, well reasoned and argued. However why just restrict it to heroin users , why not make it applicable to all drugs? I am not suggesting they should be free , but legalised so that less criminal activity would have to take place and they could be openly bought and sold. With proper education we would then live in a safer society .

You associate illegal drug use and petty crime. if someone is addicted to a drug, whether legal or otherwise wont they still commit crime to feed their habit? please answer.

Alcohol is legal yet ppl not allowed to drink it still manage to get hold of it, so how will it be any different with legalled drugs, again plz answer

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[endure]

The UK is a fine example of the 'success' of the war on drugs. Up until 1971 when the first 'Misuse of Drugs' act was passed into law it was possible for heroin addicts to register with their local Doctor and receive quality-controlled heroin and carry on with their lives. The number of registered addicts was around 10,000 and there was, effectively, no drug-fueled crime at all. In 1971 the license to prescribe heroin was withdrawn from local Doctors and confined to a very small number of specialised places. Nowadays there are reckoned to be several hundred thousand heroin users (exact figures are hard to come by as there's no registry) and the police report that the majority of petty crime is directly drug related - addicts committing burglary to get money etc. So criminalisation has increased the number of addicts many times, increased petty crime many times and allowed organised crime to set up distribution systems to keep the whole business going. You would have thought that the consequences of Prohibition in the US which allowed the Mafia to gain a major foothold would have taught governments around the world a lesson but apparently not.

What an excellent post, well reasoned and argued. However why just restrict it to heroin users , why not make it applicable to all drugs? I am not suggesting they should be free , but legalised so that less criminal activity would have to take place and they could be openly bought and sold. With proper education we would then live in a safer society .

You associate illegal drug use and petty crime. if someone is addicted to a drug, whether legal or otherwise wont they still commit crime to feed their habit? please answer.

Alcohol is legal yet ppl not allowed to drink it still manage to get hold of it, so how will it be any different with legalled drugs, again plz answer

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As I pointed out in my original post, heroin used to be available from Doctors via prescription. You don't need to commit a crime in the UK to get a prescription from a Doctor. You just make an appointment and attend a consultation. At the moment fulfilling a prescription costs about £7 (~500bt) per item, regardless of what the item is. If a drug is legally available people don't need to commit crimes to obtain it. They obtain it legally.