cocaine

AND GETS AN UNBEATABLE SENTENCE A British ‘share dealer’ was yesterday found guilty of cocaine possession but fined just 5000 baht in Pattaya Provincial Court. William Haines, 47, from Manchester, was arrested after police from Bangkok, raided his home two months ago in Pattaya. The operation was conducted by police of the Narcotics Suppression Division […]

Alys  A British Embassy consular official faces a Foreign Office inquiry for over-servicing a British subject while on consular duty. Vice-Consul Alys Harahap has been accused of over-visiting a British prisoner and giving him a comforting hug. The British newspaper the ‘Mail on Sunday’ even goes on to suggest she is having a ‘secret affair’ […]

 DRUGS DEALER’S NEW THAILAND HOME I was amused to read in Voranai Vanijaka’s Bangkok Post column recently that he gets lots of mail from foreigners moaning about Thailand.  He retorted, of course, that while foreigners may complain they still keep coming back because of what the country has to offer.  And except at peak violence […]

Now Thai Supplier Sought In Bali Drugs Case From Andrew Drummond, Denpasar, Bali May 30 2010 The British father of six-year-old Kitty Ponder broke his silence today to say Lindsay Sandiford set himself and his partner Rachel Dougall up with a damning haul of cocaine on the holiday island of Bali. As Bali police continued […]

‘Hello, I’m Kitty. You know just as in ‘Hello Kitty’ says girl whose parents have been taken away from her for ever it seems. The drug busts in Bali are hitting headlines around the world. A recent one involving several Britons is hitting all the UK Press and elsewhere. These stories can be emotive. Even ITN abandoned its […]