Phi Phi bar owners arrested for selling drugs to tourists, B23mn in accounts seized

[rooster59]

Phi Phi bar owners arrested for selling drugs to tourists, B23mn in accounts seized

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Ms Supranee was found at a homestay resort on Koh Yao Yai, east of Phuket. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Two people have been arrested for selling drugs at a bar on Phi Phi Island, and officers have seized more than B23 million in funds in bank accounts, Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang has announced.

 

Lt Gen Sompong revealed the news at a press conference in Bangkok today (Mar 27).

 

A tip-off to police led officers to raid the “Barnana bar” on Phi Phi Island on Mar 1, he said.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phi-phi-bar-owners-arrested-for-selling-drugs-to-tourists-b23mn-in-accounts-seized-75476.php

 

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[OneMoreFarang]

How long did it take to make those 23 million?

Should we assume the local police was not aware about this business? 555

[JimmyTheMook]

Thai Sticks? that crappy compressed poo poo from Sakon Nakon?

 

Molly?

 

what were they slanging ?

[kevin612]

I thought all bars are closed? Anyway, the owner should be ok if owner is willing to pay something.

[stevenl]

2 hours ago, kevin612 said:

I thought all bars are closed? 

On march 1?

Edited March 28, 2020 by stevenl

[rebo]

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How long did it take to make those 23 million?

regarding your investigations I'ld recommend to get back to 2005 ...

[ChrisY1]

8 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How long did it take to make those 23 million?

Should we assume the local police was not aware about this business? 555

Should be asking, "why did it take so many years for the cops to act"

[topt]

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang has announced.

What is it do with Immigration..........?

Is this perchance the answer........

 

8 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Should we assume the local police was not aware about this business? 555

 

[Isaanbiker]

A tip-off to police led officers to raid the “Barnana bar” on Phi Phi Island on Mar 1, he said.

 

Surprize, surprize. A few years ago, I've heard an interesting chat between a foreigner and a Reggae bar owner on Ko Samet.

 

   The foreigner was very worried that an undercover cop would get wind of his little purchase.

 

   The Thai then started laughing and said to him that all the drug business is done by them.

 

   Something must have gone wrong here. 

[Just Weird]

8 hours ago, kevin612 said:

I thought all bars are closed? Anyway, the owner should be ok if owner is willing to pay something.

"A tip-off to police led officers to raid the “Barnana bar” on Phi Phi Island on March 1..."

 

Even if they weren't closed down by present regulations, being closed wouldn't mitigate the offences.

Edited March 28, 2020 by Just Weird

[Just Weird]

28 minutes ago, topt said:

10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang has announced.

What is it do with Immigration..........?

Immigration are police.

[craigieboy1973]

Amazing they cant find the sellers on soi 6 in pattaya

[rosst]

Never mind what they said they seized, what about the gold bars? 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Should be asking, "why did it take so many years for the cops to act"

 

They were waiting for the guy's the bank account to accrue a sufficient balance to make it worth their while...

[fasteddie]

21 hours ago, JimmyTheMook said:

Thai Sticks? that crappy compressed poo poo from Sakon Nakon?

 

Molly?

 

what were they slanging ?

If you think Thai stick is ''crappy compressed poo poo'', you ain't never smoked Thai stick.

[leeneeds]

How much is a thai stick theses days?

23m in the bank surely they had deposits that stated 

sold thai sticks = Baht?

sold alcohol = Baht?

costs = Baht?

profit =Baht?

A good business with 23m in the bank this business model 

actually works.

[impulse]

Tip off to police....

 

Is that like "Hey, Colonel...  Banana Bar hasn't been sending in their brown envelopes"?

 

[gk10002000]

On 3/27/2020 at 8:03 PM, JimmyTheMook said:

Thai Sticks? that crappy compressed poo poo from Sakon Nakon?

 

Molly?

 

what were they slanging ?

really.  Last time I saw Thai sticks was in the early 70s back the USA.  I was a bit young for such things, but they were around

[gk10002000]

On 3/28/2020 at 5:22 AM, craigieboy1973 said:

Amazing they cant find the sellers on soi 6 in pattaya

or one or two side streets down from Nana Plaze in Bangkok

[gk10002000]

"The telling clue came on Mar 14, when she withdrew B2.08 million from one of the accounts at the Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri) branch at the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong.^"

 

  ^{In the USA, in general, transactions over 10,000 USD require the financial institution to file a transaction form.  Does not necessarily mean something illegal happened, but they have to file.  For instance if you cash in 10,000 USD worth of chips at a casino, out comes the paperwork even if you have lost 100,000 dollars.}