Nigerian Drug Dealer Arrested with 'Ice' Stashed in his Anus

Pattaya Police Monday afternoon announced the arrest of a Nigerian man and a Thai woman who were being charged with supply and possession of a significant quantity of Ice, a banned narcotic substance. The African had reportedly hidden the drugs in his rectum.
The case began when police arrested a 29-year-old Thai woman at a hotel on Pattaya Third Road Sunday night after 3.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine, more commonly known as "Yah Ice," and drug-taking equipment were found on her body. Naturally, she soon revealed the name of her supplier, who turned out to be a 33-year-old Nigerian man, identified as Mr. Mbaeri Chinyere, who was based on Soi Nana in Bangkok.
Undercover officers then contacted the Nigerian, who agreed to travel from Bangkok to a house in Soi Neunplubwaan. After he arrived at the house, he was immediately arrested and 10.5 grams of “Ice” were found on his person. The drugs were reportedly wrapped in a plastic bag and had been "stashed in his anus."
After extracting the plastic bag from his anus, the Nigerian explained he was "just a traveler" who decided to turn to drug dealing as a "way of making ends meet." He also confessed that he used to purchase the Ice from a "major Thai agent" in Bangkok, and would sell the drugs on to smaller foreign as well as Thai agents.

 

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Fugitive Russian Drug Dealer Arrested in Pattaya Condominium

Thai Immigration Police have arrested a fugitive Russian drug dealer in Pattaya, who had been on the run since early 2010 after he was convicted of serious drug offences in his home country and decided to flee to Thailand to avoid imprisonment.
Andrey Kozlov, 30, was arrested in his room at the Baan Suan Lalana Condominium Complex on Soi Chayapruek in Jomtien after Interpol had notified Chonburi Immigration Police that the fugitive Russian, who "confessed that he was a major drug dealer in Russia," was residing somewhere in Pattaya after fleeing from Russia in February 2010.
During questioning, Mr. Andrey insisted that he was unable to understand English and refused to comment much on the case apart from confirming his identity. He merely stated that he "only left home at night-time to avoid being spotted by police during the day." He also confirmed that "after the Russian government had issued an arrest warrant, he fled the country and hid in Pattaya."
Mr. Andrey will now be subject to extradition procedures and has temporarily been transferred to the Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok

 

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Two Africans Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Bangkok

Thai Police have arrested two foreigners in Bangkok and charged them with drug possession and trafficking, police said.
Police apprehended the 36-year-old Nigerian man and the 38-year-old Ghana national in front of a house in Bangkok’s Hua Mark district and seized a total of five kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in condoms and "wrapped with yellow plastics," which allegedly were found in their possession.
According to investigators, the duo "swallowed 27 condoms filled with cocaine before travelling to Bangkok with the aim of selling the drug to foreign tourists, especially Africans, in the Sukhumvit Road and Bangkapi areas.
Thai police later went to search their hotel room on the outskirts of Bangkok and also found eight plastic bags containing Crystal Methamphetamine, commonly known as 'Yah Ice,’ weighing over seven kilogrammes, 130,000 Thai Baht in cash, and "nearly 100 condoms" which had been used to smuggle in the cocaine.
Both suspects reportedly told police that they had been "in the drug trafficking business for more than a year and travelled to Thailand twice a month." They said they would "buy garments from a market in the capital after selling the drugs and then sell them in Nigeria and Ghana

 

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Abused Golden Retriever Strikes Back, Bites Owner to Death

A three-year-old Golden Retriever named Peter, who reportedly got abused since it was a puppy, attacked and killed its owner early Saturday in Chonburi's Sattahip district.
The 51-year-old victim, Mr. Mana Tesrit, who reportedly "abused and kicked the dog since it was a puppy," sustained serious wounds and was pronounced dead in hospital.
His wife told the police that she had been outside when a neighbour alerted her that her husband was "seriously injured after being attacked" by their dog Peter, a three-year-old Golden Retriever She admitted that "Peter may have been aggressive to her husband because of his abuse of the animal.

 

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Iranian Arrested for Drug Production in Rented Bangkok Condo

An Iranian national has been arrested by Pattaya police for producing Crystal Methamphetamine, commonly known as “Ice”, in his rented apartment in a Bangkok condominium.
According to the police, the Iranian suspect, identified as 38-year-old Ahmad Hassan Ghashgaei, was arrested in his rented condominium room on the outskirts of Bangkok while he was allegedly producing Ice. Except for over one kilogram of the drug, police also seized various equipment and chemical substances used for producing Crystal Methamphetamine in his room. Also found were "bottles thought to contain a liquid form of the drug, which police suspect may have been brought into Thailand by the suspect with the intention of reducing it to a crystalline form." Police believe the suspect would later sell the drugs on to "customers in Bangkok and Pattaya."
The arrest was made after "police in Pattaya had apprehended a Thai woman with 0.18 grammes of 'Ice' in her possession." The woman allegedly confessed that she had bought the seized drugs from Mr Ghashgaei, who she claimed was also "producing 'Ice' inside his apartment."
Mr. Ghashghaei has now been charged with production and sale of a class 1 drug and is thought to be part of a larger foreign drug production operation which is now being looked into by Pattaya Police

 

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Frenchmen Withdraw Millions of Baht With Stolen ATM Cards

Three young Frenchmen were arrested in Pattaya on Friday for "stealing several ATM cards" and allegedly withdrawing more than five million Baht from many ATM machines around Pattaya. The police identified the three suspects through surveillance cameras at the ATM locations.
After police tracked the trio down, Kasmi Ali Faycal, 33, Beldilala Nabil, 21, and Khayyou Fares, 22, were arrested at the Sheraton Pattaya resort in Pattaya. Police also seized "several items at the resort including ATM cards ... and T-shirts as recognised on surveillance cameras."
The three suspects were charged for "stealing and using stolen ATM cards, although they denied all accusations.

 

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Mentally-Ill Former Yaba Addict in Bangkok Saws Own Neck, Dies

A mentally-ill former Yaba addict killed himself on a Bangkok building site by "pushing a rotating saw into his own neck," police said. The body of the Thai man, Ek Boonmee, 34, was found next to the saw.
Mr Ek’s father, Nawi Boon-mee, 56, told police that his son suffered from mental health problems as a result of a 'Yaba' (methamphetamine) addiction when he was a teenager.
His son, he explained to police, had used the drug for six years from the age of 14 to 20. He was "left with mental health problems," forcing him to take medication and to attend regular checkups in a hospital.
About two days before his death, the former Yaba addict's medication had run out, leaving Mr Ek in an "agitated state." He reportedly complained to co-workers at the construction site that there was "something stuck in his neck, making it uncomfortable for him to swallow."
While alone at his workplace, Mr Ek then allegedly "lay down on the ground and pushed the saw into his neck, killing himself," police believe.

 

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Brother of Election Candidate Gunned Down in Broad Daylight

The 53-year-old brother of an election candidate for the Bhum Jai Thai Party was gunned down in broad daylight in Bangkok on Wednesday. Police believed the attack was "politically motivated," however, are not sure if the attack was linked to his own or his sister's political activities.
Subhan Jirapanvanich, chairman of the Lopburi provincial administration organisation, was rushed to a nearby hospital but was later pronounced dead. The victim's wife and his secretary were also wounded.
The attack near Khao San Road occured at about 2.30 pm, police said. While the victim, his wife and his secretary "stopped to buy ice-cream in front of a jewellery shop, a man about 170cm tall, wearing a blue shirt with long sleeves and blue jeans, walked up to them and fired four shots with a handgun" at the victim, and "many other shots at the two women." The gunman reportedly shot "at a close range before fleeing on a waiting motorcycle driven by an accomplice."
The victim's sister is competing for a parliamentary seat in Lopburi under the banner of the Bhum Jai Thai Party, a junior member of the ruling government coalition

 

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Two Ladyboy Pickpockets Caught in the Act by Iranian Tourist

Two young ladyboys, one of them a 16-year-old student, were arrested on early Sunday morning at the Bali Hai Pier in South Pattaya for "stealing cash from the pockets of an Iranian tourist."
Police were on a routine patrol in the area when they were flagged down by the Iranian tourist, Mr Javad Amini, 40, and his friend, who had caught the two ladyboys in the act and already detained them.
The two suspects, 21 and 16-years-old, were then taken to the Pattaya Police Station where Mr. Amini explained he had been "hanging out with his friends at a pavilion" at the pier, when the two ladyboys "approached [them] from both sides" to "offer them them sexual services."
They reportedly "attempted to distract him while one of them put his hand into his trouser pocket [and] rummaged through the pocket," stealing 3,670 Baht in cash. However, the two thieves were caught in the act and detained by the two Iranian tourists before they could escape.
At the police station, the suspects initially denied that they had tried to steal Mr Amini’s money, with the 16-year-old ladyboy, reportedly a student at a school in Pattaya identified only as "Miss Jane," claiming that the Iranian man had been "pickpocketed by some woman at the scene" and he/she had only "helped the victim." But after Mr Amini and his friend had positively identified the two suspects, police did not believe their version and charged the "katoeys" with theft

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Thai police have arrested five Iranians and charged them with drug smuggling and trafficking, an offence that carries a maximum punishment of death

Thai police have arrested five Iranians and charged them with drug smuggling and trafficking, an offence that carries a maximum punishment of death, officials said Thursday.
Authorities said a total of 5.8 kilos (12.8 pounds) of "ice" crystal methamphetamine, worth about half a million dollars, was found in the luggage of the suspects, who arrived on the same flight from the United Arab Emirates.
"We believe that they are in the same gang but we cannot prove it," said Police Major Ronnakorn Sukmongkol.
The suspects -- three men and two women in their 20s and 30s -- all admitted that they were paid to take the drugs to Malaysia, police said.
Thailand, along with other countries in the region, has seen a marked increase in seizures of methamphetamine as the world opiate trade declines.
Although drug trafficking can result in the death penalty in Thailand, executions are now rare.

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Indian Tourist Drugged, Robbed After Last Night Out in Pattaya

An Indian tourist who was due to return home on Wednesday was drugged and robbed by a Thai woman he had met at a South Pattaya disco during his last night out on Walking Street.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Mr. Sarath Chandra Karroti, 28, and a friend had gone to Mixx Discotheque at the Bali Hai Port in South Pattaya, where they met two unidentified Thai women who later accompanied them back to their separate rooms at the Markland Hotel in North Pattaya.
The Indian tourist reported "consuming many cans of beer" in the room but remembered "nothing else until he woke up just after midday and realized his female companion had stolen his money and other valuables." The stolen items include two gold necklaces, 15,000 Indian Rupees, 1,500 US Dollars and 1,000 Baht in cash. His friend reported no problems with the second woman who he had taken back to his own room.
Security cameras at the hotel were found to be broken and staff at the reception had not taken a copy of the suspect's ID card which is standard practice at most hotels

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