Drug Busts - Will They Never Learn?

[PeterRS]

Yet another drug mule has been discovered and arrested in Bangkok. A 23-year old man from the UK was discovered to have 9.1kg of crystal meth wrapped up in foil bags to look like tea in his hotel room. According to Khaosod English, the man was staying at a hotel on Sukhumvit 11. The packages were already in his suitcase when police arrived. The authorities had acted on a tip off about a "narcotics handover in a hotel." Allegedly the man had been given the bag to look after by another British man whose name he only knew as "Snoopy". He was to hand the 'tea' over to customers on September 30 and had been paid 20,000 baht. Judging by the number of officers present in the hotel room, the police were well aware that a drug transfer was about to take place.

Although it seems there was no intent by the young man to smuggle the drugs out of Thailand, he clearly is yet another innocent individual caught up in drug activity. Yet innocence is relative, and when you agree to carry a bag given to you by someone whose name you do not know but is nicknamed "Snoopy", alarm bells must surely have been ringing. When will these young, often poor people desperate to make a bit of cash realise that anyone caught with drugs in Thailand is more likely than not to end up looking at a lengthy jail term in the Bangkok 'Hilton'? I suspect he had never been to Thailand before and just assumed this was easy money. What a stupid man!

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/09/30/british-man-caught-with-9kg-of-crystal-meth-in-bangkoks-sukhumvit-hotel/

 

[PeterRS]

More on the drug bust. Britain's Daily Mail - never a newspaper with the most accurate reporting, to be fair - claims the arrested man, George Wilson, comes from an extremely wealthy family and his father is a multi-millionaire, thanks largely to involvement in the pop music business with artists like Iron Maiden, Elton John and Kenny Rodgers. The father's business is worth "hundreds of millions". Wilson himself went to a boarding school allegedly costing £70,000 a year. The family's home is "luxurious".

Wilson is said to have been in Thailand for two weeks. He confirmed the pink bag was his but when asked what was inside, he answered, "I don't know." Contrary to the Khaosod English report, the Daily Mail states he was planning to export the drugs from Thailand and that this was an operation involving a much larger gang of drug smugglers. It is believed the drugs had been made in Myanmar. Penalty in Thailand for carrying this amount of this type of drug is death, always now converted to life in prison. 

My mind finds this whole affair extremely strange. This young man is clearly far from poor - indeed may be borderline rich. He did not stop in Bangkok for just 2 or 3 days like most drug mules. He had been here for 2 weeks in a soi where the hotels are certainly not cheap. Why would a 23-year old from an extremely wealthy family become involved in what he surely must have realised was some form of drug smuggling exercise merely for payment of 20,000 baht? Most mules are paid a minimum of several thousand US$$. It's all very curious!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15152741/Boarding-school-Thai-drugs-Brit-police-70k.html

[vinapu]

that makes it even more strange indeed, either he was framed or was looking for an adventure. It's proof that wealth and schooling don't make you smart.

Life wasted , sigh

[Keithambrose]

19 hours ago, PeterRS said:

More on the drug bust. Britain's Daily Mail - never a newspaper with the most accurate reporting, to be fair - claims the arrested man, George Wilson, comes from an extremely wealthy family and his father is a multi-millionaire, thanks largely to involvement in the pop music business with artists like Iron Maiden, Elton John and Kenny Rodgers. The father's business is worth "hundreds of millions". Wilson himself went to a boarding school allegedly costing £70,000 a year. The family's home is "luxurious".

Wilson is said to have been in Thailand for two weeks. He confirmed the pink bag was his but when asked what was inside, he answered, "I don't know." Contrary to the Khaosod English report, the Daily Mail states he was planning to export the drugs from Thailand and that this was an operation involving a much larger gang of drug smugglers. It is believed the drugs had been made in Myanmar. Penalty in Thailand for carrying this amount of this type of drug is death, always now converted to life in prison. 

My mind finds this whole affair extremely strange. This young man is clearly far from poor - indeed may be borderline rich. He did not stop in Bangkok for just 2 or 3 days like most drug mules. He had been here for 2 weeks in a soi where the hotels are certainly not cheap. Why would a 23-year old from an extremely wealthy family become involved in what he surely must have realised was some form of drug smuggling exercise merely for payment of 20,000 baht? Most mules are paid a minimum of several thousand US$$. It's all very curious!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15152741/Boarding-school-Thai-drugs-Brit-police-70k.html

Yes, the 'tip off,' number of officers there, and Bt20,000 all are odd. However he seems to have admitted he was carrying the bags of 'tea',and talked about Snoopy, etc, so it doesn't  look as if he was framed. He could be on drugs, perhaps? Family are involved in the pop  industry, i gather. Or just very dim. Some time ago, I enquired about one private school i had never heard of, in England, expensive, and was told it was a school 'for thickos'.