Shisha pub raided in Lat Prao, Bangkok

[rooster59]

Shisha pub raided in Lat Prao, Bangkok

 

Image: Manager

 

BANGKOK:-- Police and military personnel raided a shisha pub in the Lat Prao area of Bangkok early this morning arresting the manager and confiscating dozens of pipes.

Targeted was the Tipsy Bkk pub in Sukhonthasawat 17.

Some 50 members of the raiding party found customers smoking shisha that has been banned in Thailand by the junta. A total of 55 pipes were taken into evidence after the raid at 12.30 am.

Arrested was manager Banlang Chommee, 41. He faces charges of allowing smoking of shisha and selling the shisha tobacco. Penalties can be as severe as a 5 year prison term, 500,000 baht fine or both.

Police said the raid was part of a religious holiday weekend crackdown in the area.

 

Source: Manager

 

 

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[Thaiwrath]

Sheesh, that's some gear confiscated there.

[jollyhangmon]

... again, too dumb and/or lazy to adapt their tax-system here, that bitching around about hookahs is ridiculous at best. 

[alien365]

God forbid the people of Thailand have the choice to smoke flavoured tobacco. They might even have fun or become relaxed.

[Mickmouse1]

Why cigarettes and other type of smoking are allowed?

It is not more harmful than ALCOHOL and far less riskier than prostitution related diseases. The intelligent practice is to apply taxes not ban.

?

[MartinBKK]

A quite heinous crime 

[Thainess]

The military junta banned it? So does this mean that Thailand is no longer famous for its hookahs?

[petedk]

12.30 a.m. crackdown as part of the religious holiday weekend crackdown.

Surely people were still allowed to finish a drink bought before midnight. I know the article doesn't mention alcohol, but a Shisha raid can't be part of a religious holiday crackdown.

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[humqdpf]

This is the trouble with victimless crimes that are very easy to prosecute and the police - the temptation is to go for the easy stuff. Consenting adults engaging in same sex activity in the UK before it was abolished, catching individuals urinating in hidden places where there are no toilets (still goes on in the UK), sodomy in the USA (covered just about every sexual practice except the missionary position) until the government stopped it in the 1990s, in some USA states drinking alcohol while in view of the road on your own property etc etc.

 

There is a serious side to the Thai government not getting around to creating standards and allowing things like so-called e-cigarettes (vapers) and sisha pipes - the trouble is that they also don't get around to accepting new medications that are standard in other countries. This is all part of the same malaise - it was not accepted before because it did not exist and it comes from abroad and therefore no one gets in trouble if they don't put it forward for acceptance. Thailand is slowly slipping away while countries like Vietnam are moving forward.

[yellowboat]

It is legal in Singapore.  What does that say about the direction Thailand is going ?  

Sadly, Cambodia banned it too around the same time. 

 

Room temperature IQ's at work, saving the average Thai from flavored tobacco and a socially pleasing experience.

 

Would order a Hooka and college kids would join in.  It was lots of fun but no more.   

[Hayduke]

5 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Sheesh, that's some gear confiscated there.

Never fear…the owner will naturally be offered the opportunity to buy everything back.

[Jane Dough]

Sure it should be allowed. But with a serious health warning. It is highly addictive. 

[Bangkok Barry]

I assume that TAT publicise this when promoting Thailand in Middle eastern countries - that if they do in Thailand what is a normal activity in their country then they face jail? Anyway, who needs rich tourists from the Middle East when the country can be swamped with non-spending Chinese. It's all about numbers with TAT, not revenue earned.

Edited February 11, 2017 by Bangkok Barry

[FritsSikkink]

4 hours ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Why cigarettes and other type of smoking are allowed?

It is not more harmful than ALCOHOL and far less riskier than prostitution related diseases. The intelligent practice is to apply taxes not ban.

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you are not allowed to smoke in a pub

[sioux2012]

7 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

you are not allowed to smoke in a pub

some pubs allow it still (in a certain area) or where ever you are standing/sitting

[mcfish]

Guys stop crying and Google the dangers to health using shisha!


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[Colabamumbai]

15 hours ago, alien365 said:

God forbid the people of Thailand have the choice to smoke flavoured tobacco. They might even have fun or become relaxed.

I see a lot more Thai men vaping.

[smokie36]

You can always relocate to Edgeware Road and sit on the street there enjoying your shisha and coffee.

 

Such a liberal free democracy!

[Get Real]

Better let the smoking continue and concentrate on yaba. That´s a big problem in Thailand.

[simonuk]

This country seems to be run by the most ridiculous laws.  Words escape me.  

[nisakiman]

Good to see Thailand's finest cracking down on serious crime. Bang 'em all up for life and get the scum off the streets; that way we can all sleep easy in our beds at night. Well done BiB, Thailand is proud of you.