Guest Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 It's common knowledge the police under military rule have taken a hard line on the use of marijuana and other drugs by tourists. They have been operating on the main avenue Sukhumvit Road stopping and thoroughly searching tourists and their belongings looking for drugs, and asking them to produce passports. Many have been detained and urine samples taken. Also heard from expat friends that random roadside check points have been set up and they have been stopped whilst in the suburbs driving cars and checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Well they have been doing this for years along Suk IE shaking down tourists for their fix of baht. Its for the money honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Yet another reason to stay away from Suk... It almost always Soi Nana to Awsoke- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-from-news/450349/tourist-harassment-claims-to-be-investigated The Suk BIB are quite often dirty. This happened to me entering Ekamai Bus terminal about 12-15 years ago. I had nothing but they often plant drugs... They started to try and detain me to get some Baht and I made ONE call. and handed them the phone- (only once in 25 years did I do this I HATE to bother my Thai friends like that) Then it was kaw thodt pee etc-solly I stay as far away fromThai cops as possible They are worse than US police and that is hard to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 It's got nothing to do with the current government, only to do with shaking down farang for money. But Thais always like to try and justify why things like this happen, e.g., "police under military rule have taken a hard line on the use of marijuana and other drugs by tourists". Goh hok maak! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 http://www.bangkokpo...nister-declares Thailand has become the hub of the drug trade in the Association of Southeast Asean Nations (Asean), with the highest rate of proliferation, Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya said on Thursday. Gen Paiboon said this in his speech at the launch of a compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation project. He said that according to reports from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB), about 1.3 million people, or 2% of the Thai population, are drug addicts. Of these, about 250,000 have been charged and given terms of imprisonment. The one million or so others were of major concern because they have not undergone treatment or rehabilitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Then why are they not shaking down the 1.3 million Thais? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Not police in serious cases they are using soliders for the big dealers both Thai and farang. I know they have carried out many raids with soldiers with guns drawn and taken away some very big Thai drug dealers. I have never seen soliders used in this way before, that is why I believe this is on instrucions from the military goverment. I also know of case of a rich farang living in a very large house being raided by armed soldiers and found to be a big dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Then why are they not shaking down the 1.3 million Thais? They have no "tea money"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 I know they have carried out many raids with soldiers with guns drawn and taken away some very big Thai drug dealers. I have never seen soliders used in this way before, that is why I believe this is on instrucions from the military goverment. I also know of case of a rich farang living in a very large house being raided by armed soldiers and found to be a big dealer. This has nothing to do with your opening post, which was an attempt to make an excuse for the harassment of foreigners. PS In Thaksin's day the soldiers "with their guns drawn" didn't have to take away Thai drug dealers, they just shot them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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