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WELL KNOWN ITALIAN MUAY THAI BOXER ARRESTED FOR SELLING DRUGS

A well known Italian Muay Thai boxer has been arrested in the vicinity of Walking Street, Pattaya in possession of a class-1 illegal drug, whilst attempting to sell a class-5 illegal drug to an undercover operative.

Pattaya, the 9th of November 2009 (PDN): At around 4:00pm on Monday the 9th of November police Lieutenant General Krisakorn Thongint a Chon-Buri investigator along with police Captain Prajakphong Suriya and his team of officers caught a Mr Renzo Tolve age 37, of Italian nationality in possession of 0.67 grams of the class-1 drug Ice (Crystal Methamphetamine Hydrochloride), and 10.00 grams of the class-5 drug Marijuana. The arrest took place outside the P.72 Hotel between Walking Street and 2nd Road in South Pattaya.

The police have stated that, after investigation it was found Mr Tolve is a very well known Muay Thai boxer in the area having competed in over 50 events, he was also due to fight at 8:00pm on the night of his arrest at the Fairtex Boxing Stadium in Thepprasit , Pattaya. Mr Tolve was suspected of selling the class-5 drug Marijuana to expats who frequented the Fairtex Boxing Stadium; where Mr Tolve was due to compete later that evening.

Mr Tolve was arrested following a sting operation were by they used an undercover officer to call and arrange a meeting where it was agreed he would purchase 10.00 grams of Marijuana in front of the P.72 Hotel, South Pattaya at 4:00pm. The undercover policeman was in position when Mr Tolve rode up on a motorbike and subsequently produced the drugs, the police came out of their hidden location swarming on Mr Tolve who was then quickly arrested and taken away for questioning.

During a police interview with Mr Tolve, in relation to the class-1 and class-5 drugs that he had in his possession, it was revealed that he had recently purchased the drugs from a Thai man (name unknown) with the intention of using them personally and reselling some to other people. Mr Tolve also stated that he had not been involved in the drug dealing business for a more than a few weeks, only using it as a means to earn some fast money aside from his boxing endeavours. Mr Tolve has been arrested and placed behind bars whilst awaiting trail and was not able to attend the scheduled fight that evening.

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DUTCH NATIONAL ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF CLASS-1 DRUGS

A Dutch national and a Burmese illegal immigrant have been arrested whilst in possession of a class-1 drug. The couple was arrested at a guesthouse off Beach Road, Pattaya.

Pattaya, the 18th of November 2009 [PDN]: Police Lieutenant General Sitham Chaosrithang received a report that a foreign man was suspected of bringing ladies back to his room for drug parties at the P.S. Guesthouse, Soi 13/1 off Beach Road. Lt Gen Chaosrithang sent a team of officers to investigate.

When police arrived at the 2nd floor room, they were confronted by an already drug affected Mr Hendrik Marinus Schrijer age 57, Dutch nationality and a Miss Damdee Phaikham age 23, from Burma. After a quick search police discovered 43 pills of amphetamines in the trouser pocket of Mr Schrijer.

Upon questioning Mr Schrijer admitted that he had bought the drugs earlier in the day from a dealer in Jomtien, for the amount of 10,000 baht. He also stated to police that they were explicitly for personal use only. Mr Schrijer explained that after procuring the drugs he picked up Miss Phaikham from Pattaya Beach Road in order to take her back to his room for sex. It was agreed between the two that the payment for her services was to be made in the form of 2 pills of the drug. The pair had already consumed 7 pills of amphetamines between them, before police entered the room.

Following a brief investigation it was discovered that Miss Phaikham was an illegal immigrant from Burma and as such did not possess any identification papers. Mr Schrijer has been convicted of use and possession of a class-1 drug, whilst Miss Phaikham has been convicted of illegal entrance and residence within the Kingdom of Thailand.

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DRUNK AUSTRALIAN WOMAN THREATENS TO JUMP OFF BALCONY
An extremely intoxicated Australian woman threatened to jump off the balcony of her Pattaya hotel room after having had an argument with her British boyfriend.

Pattaya, the 19th of November 2009 [PDN]: In the early hours of Thursday morning, police Lieutenant General Wirawut Meelai (Pattaya police investigator), received a call from staff at the P.J. Inn on the corner of Soi 7 and Second Road, that a crazed foreign couple were having a dispute. It was explained to police that the woman involved was threatening to jump off of the balcony of their 2nd floor room. Police went to the scene to investigate, along with a doctor from the Pattaya Memorial Hospital and the Sawang Boriboon Foundation.

When they arrived at the scene they were confronted by an extremely intoxicated Miss Alisna Jennings age 29, from Australia, who was standing on the balcony edge threatening to jump. Mr Timothy Ross age 23, from the UK was also present at the time trying to hold Miss Jennings away from the edge.

The situation continued for 30 minutes before Miss Jennings agreed to get down and come inside the room. Miss Jennings was advised by the doctor to go to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital, but she refused, even proceeding to fight with police at the scene. The police officers decided to arrest Miss Jennings, forcing her to go to the hospital where she was treated and allowed to sleep.

After a brief investigation it was discovered that the couple had gone out to several bars in the Pattaya area and had become extremely intoxicated. An argument started once the pair were back at their hotel room, however neither can remember the cause of the dispute. Miss Jennings then allegedly took some anti-anxiety medication before she proceeded to threaten to commit suicide.

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November 18, 2009

SCAM ALERT: CONDO STEALING EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK

This is the account of a foreigner who through trusting 3rd parties too much has had to pay a heavy price. He wants to remain anonymous, so for the purposes of this article we’ll call him Fred. Fred came to Pattaya and, like many others, thought he’d take advantage of the relatively low prices in the property market at the time and began to make substantial investments in condominiums.

He began by making enquiries among the various property agents in Pattaya with a view to selling some of his condo purchases. After some time, he actually found one, Ahmed aka Ashley, an Indian, that he considered of good character as he had worked full-time for various prominent real estate agents and on a part-time basis for others and had the reputation of being a top-rank salesman. Over a period of two years, Fred developed a very close, trusting relationship with Ashley, who acting as the agent-of-sale, sold at least 10 condos to Fred, including three condos in A.D. House Condominium in Naklua. As part of the deal, Ashley promised to do his best to sell on some of Fred’s condos, which he never did.

However, over time, Fred began to have grave doubts about Ashley, not least because Ashley was inclined to borrow substantial sums from him, many of which he increasingly grew reluctant to repay. He would come to Fred complaining of various calamities which had happened to him, trying, successfully as it transpired, to arouse Fred’s sympathies and so managed to borrow a substantial amount from Fred over time. It eventually got to the stage where Ashley owed Fred ½ million baht, with no sign of repayment, despite many requests from Fred. The relationship eventually became so acrimonious that Fred decided to cut all dealings with Ashley, particularly allowing Ashley to sell condos for him.

Fred then decided to go to see his friend up in Kanchanaburi, telling one of the admin staff at his condo in Soi Pattaya Park by the name of Songsak that various agents were likely to come round to see his condo there and asked Songsak if he would mind accompanying any of these agents up to the condo in the event that they brought any prospects round. This Songsak agreed to do and Fred duly gave Songsak the key to his condo to allow him to carry out the arrangement.

How did it happen?

Now in Fred’s three week absence, Ashley brought a number of prospective buyers round to see Fred’s condo. As Fred hadn’t told Songsak about the deterioration of his and Ashley’s relationship and that he no longer trusted him, Songsak didn’t know to take particular precautions with Ashley. Songsak accompanied Ashley up to the condo, each time, but on the last occasion, presumably because he thought Ashley was trustworthy, or merely because he just couldn’t be bothered, Songsak gave Ashley the key and allowed him to view the condo with his prospect, unaccompanied. After a short while, Ashley came down, returned the key to Songsak and left.

When Fred returned to Pattaya he didn’t think to ask Songsak about any agents’ visits. It was only after four days when he had been drinking in a bar with a friend that Fred grew apprehensive. In their conversation in the bar, the friend happened to ask Fred if he knew that Ashley, whom they both knew, had left the country, having ripped off a considerable number of prominent real estate agents before he left. Initially, Fred’s concern was for the Bt500,000 debt that Ashley owed him, but then he had a nasty intuition, what if Ashley had visited his condo in his absence?

Fred rushed home and immediately asked Songsak if Ashley had been round while he was away. Songsak confirmed that he had and that significantly he had not accompanied Ashley up to the condo on the last occasion. With increasing dread, Fred rushed up to his condo and went straight to the place of safekeeping where he kept the title deeds to his condos. To Fred’s horror, he found that out of a number of title deeds kept in his condo, three were missing; co-incidentally these were the deeds to the three condos in A.D. House Condominium in Naklua that Ashley had actually sold him for Bt3.5 million earlier in the year. Also in the pile of documents was another bunch which had been prepareedd in order to buy a car, containing a copy of Fred’s passport, this too was missing!

It struck Fred that Ashley may well have been hatching his devious plans for quite some time, so much so that he might well have kept significant details about all the condos he had sold over the period of his working for the various real estate agents, as well as Fred. He might even, Fred surmised, have made copies of the keys to these condos! It was then that Fred decided to go and see his Thai lawyer, the one who had conducted various transactions for Fred in the past, including the three AD House condos. Fred asked his lawyer to visit the Land Department to see if anyone had bought any of these three condos and to follow the paper trail if they had been sold.

After an inordinate amount of time, six weeks in actuality, the lawyer came back to Fred and told him he’d been to the Land Department and had found out that, yes, the three AD House condos had in fact been sold, producing a Power of Attorney document, ostensibly giving one Abbas Raza, on behalf of Fred, the authorization to sell the three condos to Ashley for Bt2.5 million, whose address was listed as being at one of the condos being sold (an illogical irregularity) and whose parents were stated as being identical to those of Fred! In addition, the official title at the top of the page was blanked out.

The lawyer also produced the copy of a Belgian passport (name withheld), supposedly a new buyer who Ashley had ostensibly sold the three condos on to. This left Fred totally frustrated, so he decided at this time to go and see PDN, who he had heard helped people in distress.

In the company of a PDN representative to act as translator, Fred then went to the Land Department to tell them of the effective theft of the title deeds and the misrepresentation involved.

Here, the lady who dealt with transactions in the Naklua area, who one might have thought should have been helpful, was not. She was reluctant, complaining that this was a job for a lawyer, but was eventually persuaded by the PDN representative, who pointed out that the real owner, Fred, was present. She then finally allowed them to see the documentation relating to the three condos, but not in a well-mannered way, merely thrusting the large file at them and telling them to find whatever papers they needed. This wasn’t exactly easy as the space was cramped and the counter top narrow. The lady then began to grow irritable and began to hassle the PDN representative to hurry up.

Despite being hassled, the PDN representative was fortunate enough to get a copy of the original supposed Power of Attorney document and, conveniently, another Power of Attorney document, dated two days hence, selling on the condos to a Swedish person by the name of Stani Depachi, whose address was listed at one of the other three condos that were being sold (an illogical irregularity once again); no mention of any Belgian!

This new Power of Attorney document gave a certain Thai man (name withheld), the right to act on Stani Depachi’s behalf to buy the condos, this time for Bt2.85 million.

Ashley was listed as having been the owner of the condos for a period of one year; very strange considering that the Land Department representative was the same in both cases and would have obviously known that Ashley had only just bought the condos in question.

The pair then left the Land Department and went to report the matter to the police.

The PDN representative asked a poor lowly policeman to recommend a higher up who could be trusted and was duly given the name of Pol. Lt. Col. Wanllop. He took all the details and told the pair that the matter was no longer a civil but a criminal case, which effectively means that no more transactions on the condos are possible while the case is active. Fred is optimistic that when the court studies all the facts, they will return ownership to him.

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Friday 20th November 2009

Northern Irish Man arrested during drugs bust in Soi Kow Tha Low.

Pattaya, November 20 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : On Friday Morning at Banglamung Police Station, Police Major General Tanaert, Commander of Chonburi Provincial Police led a press conference to announce the arrest of 5 people including a man from Northern Ireland, caught ingesting class 1 and class 2 drugs in a house located at Egmongkol Village 2/1 in Soi Kow Tha Low. Police received a tip-off that the drug party was taking place and conducted a raid of the house. 100 Ecstasy Tablets, 107 packets of Crystal Methamphetamine and 5 bottles of Ketamine were seized in the operation. Khun Griengai aged 25, Khun Suwidar aged 36, Khun Apinyar aged 36, Khun Jatupon aged 36 and Mr. Phillip Smackels aged 26 from Northern Ireland were charged with a variety of class 1 and class 2 drug offences and will be held on remand pending a court appearance next week.

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Friday 20th November 2009

Three Omani brothers drugged and robbed while on a minibus travelling to Pattaya.

Pattaya, November 20 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : On Thursday Night, Police and Rescue Services were called to the Marine Yensabai Condotel in South Pattaya following reports of three men from Oman who had been apparently drugged and robbed. Officers arrived and found the three men in various states of consciousness, lying on their beds.
The men, all brothers, were taken to Banglamung Hospital for checks and it was found that the older brother, Mr. Badar Saud Salim Al Salmi aged 40 was suffering from inflammation of the lungs which was being made worse by the drugs he had been given earlier in the day. He along with his two younger brothers Mr. Hamed Saud Salim Al Salmi aged 32 and Mr. Zahran Saud Salim Al Salmi aged 28 were then taken to the Tourist Police Station where they informed officers that they had taken a minibus from their hotel in Bangkok to Pattaya.
While in Bangkok they met two men from Morocco who claimed to have no money but wanted to go to Pattaya with them. The three brothers allowed the two men to join them in the minibus and on the way to Pattaya, they stopped at the Services on Highway 7 and the Moroccan men purchased some chocolate biscuits. The two Moroccan men offered the Buscuits to all three brothers which were accepted and eaten. They soon became drowsy and fell asleep and when they arrived in Pattaya, the two Moroccan Men were dropped off in Central Pattaya with the three brothers continuing to the Marine Yensabai Condotel. All three fell asleep in their room and when they awoke at approximately 10pm; they realized they had been robbed.
Tourist Police believe that sleeping tablets had been inserted into the biscuits and they had been robbed by the two Moroccan men while they slept in the minibus. The Minibus driver is assisting in the investigation and three visa electron cards issued by Omani Banks along with Thai Baht and US Dollar Currency equating to around 250,000 Baht had been stolen. The case was later transferred to Pattaya Police Station for further investigation.

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Monday 23rd November 2009

10 people injured in Baht Bus accident on Larn Island.

Pattaya, November 23 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : On Saturday Afternoon there was a major medical emergency on Larn Island, located 4kms off the coast of Pattaya, after a Baht Bus had suffered a break failure and 10 passengers along with the driver had suffered injuries. The passengers were all Lions International members who were here in Pattaya for the OSEAL Conference at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Peach Convention Center. The injured were received at the Bali Hai Port after being transported to the mainland for emergency treatment. Initially the Baht Bus Driver had ran away from the scene but was soon located and also taken to Hospital. Khun Nara aged 32 explained that he had picked up the Lions Members at Samaer Beach who wanted to go to nearby Tawean Beach. During the journey, the breaks failed on the Baht Bus Number 29 and the driver was apparently forced to collide with a tree to bring the vehicle to a halt. Two of the passengers were seriously injured and they were all taken to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital where 5 of the injured party were kept in for further treatment. Police arrested the driver and he is now assisting Police with their enquiries.

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Tuesday 24th November 2009

Scottish Man caught with cocaine in Central Pattaya.

Pattaya, November 24 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : In the early hours of Tuesday Morning, Police Lieutenant Colonel Chalermsuk from Pattaya Police Station, held a press conference to announce the arrest of two individuals in two separate cases involving class 1 drugs.
The first case involved the arrest of a suspected drug dealer, Khun Gittipong aged 38 who was suspected of selling drugs in the Central Pattaya area, just off Pattaya Third Road. He was tracked down by Police to his apartment in the Wooden House apartments where he was caught in possession of 30 Yabba Tablets. At the Police Station he confessed to selling the drugs and was charged accordingly.
The second case involved the arrest of a Scottish National, Mr. Alexander Mitchell aged 27 who was allegedly caught with 0.7g of a white powder, which was later tested and found to be Cocaine. He initially attempted to escape from Police but was easily caught in a road connecting Soi’s 7 and 8 off Pattaya Second Road and taken to the Police Station where he stated the drugs were for personal use only and were purchased from a local dealer for 1,000 Baht. He appeared relaxed during the booking process and even joked with Police as he was led to the cells, possibly not realizing how serious drug possession is taken here in Thailand.

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November 25, 2009

GERMAN NATIONAL RUNS NAKED AROUND CENTRAL PATTAYA

A German national has been caught by police on two separate occasions running naked around the streets of Pattaya. The man appears to have been severely inebriated or mentally deficient in some way.

Pattaya, the 25th of November 2009 [PDN]: Early on Wednesday morning police General Jamrat Thongjinada along with officers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation attended an incident on Pratamnak Road, where a foreign man had been sighted running naked down the street.

The foreign man, now known to be Mr Alexander Bernard Otto age 28, from Germany was found jogging down the road with only a dirty t-shirt on as clothing. Police approached the man but found that they could not understand what he was saying, forming the opinion that either Mr Otto was extremely intoxicated or that he was mentally handicapped in some way. Officers tried to coerce him into going home, but he refused, so he was taken back to the station to avoid any potential accidents.

When police inquired about contacting a relative or friend of Mr Otto’s (to come and retrieve him from the station), he subsequently disrobed once again and fled the police station. Running along Beach Road, Mr Otto then tried to enter the Central Festival Plaza but found that it was closed due to the time of night. Police and members of the public tried to catch Mr Otto, but it was to no avail. The naked man turned his attention towards the still largely populated area of Soi Bua Khao, where he scared a few people before finally being caught by police at the intersection with Central Pattaya Road.

Officers managed once again to calm Mr Otto down, even convincing him to put some clothes on, although he was still completely incoherent and very confused. Upon searching him police discovered a mobile phone which they will now use in an attempt to contact a friend or relative of the man, who may be able to assist police in understanding a very confusing set of events.

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Friday 27th November 2009

Frenchman alleges Police Corruption incident at Pattaya Police Station.

Pattaya, November 27 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : On Thursday evening at Pattaya Police Station, a French Restaurant Owner made a complaint regarding allegations of possible Police corruption in relation to a raid of his premise earlier in the day. Police Lieutenant Colonel Anan took up the case and spoke with Mr. Cyril Bossis Bonye aged 31 who owns a restaurant in Soi Yensabai where it intersects with Soi VC Hotel in South Pattaya. At around 4.30 on Thursday Afternoon a team of around 10 plain clothed Police Officers entered his restaurant armed with a search warrant, supposedly issued by the Pattaya Provincial Court. Their search uncovered a number of counterfeit branded items including 20 T-Shirts, 10 watches, 15 pairs of shoes and 38 audio CD’s. The items were seized and Mr. Bonye was taken to Pattaya Police Station to the third floor Investigations Unit. Mr. Bonye alleges that negotiations began to clear the case and Mr. Bonye was told that unless he paid them money, he would possibly be sent to jail; if the case came to court. In fear, Mr. Boney paid an amount of 150,000 Baht and was then allowed to leave without charge. Mr. Bonye, was eventually persuaded by friends to report the incident and during questioning he demanded the investigating officer recover this money for him. The case was recorded and the details will now be checked with the officers who took part in the raid.

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3 KILOMETER TRAFFIC JAM AS GIANT HOLE OPENS UP IN SUKHUMVIT ROAD

A giant hole has appeared in the Sukhumvit Road just before the intersection with the Nong Khet Yai traffic lights after Naklua. The incident caused a 3 kilometer tailback of traffic leading into the city.

Pattaya, the 28th of November 2009 [PDN]: At 11:00am on the 28th of November reporters were alerted to the traffic lights at Nong Khet Yai on the Sukhumvit Road, following reports that a giant hole had opened up spanning the width of an entire lane. It was further stated that a motorcyclist had been injured after crashing into the hole.

At the scene reporters discovered that a 3 by 1 meter section of the Sukhumvit Road had caved in creating a 2 meter deep hole. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the safety of the rest of the roadway the usually 3 lane road was cut down to 1 lane from shortly after the time of the incident. Due to it being a weekend there is an extraordinary amount of traffic flow on the Sukhumvit Road, meaning the incident created a 3 kilometer tailback leading into the city from Bangkok.

Mr Phachon Leuangoon age 21, was the man who had been involved in the accident, he explained that as he was riding his motorbike towards Pattaya the roadway collapsed underneath him, making him fall of his bike. Mr Leuangoon sustained some minor injuries to his arms and legs but was ultimately lucky not to have crashed into the hole as was previously thought.
Officers from the Technical Department of Pattaya came to the scene to investigate the damage and assess how to fix the situation as quickly as possible to allow traffic flow to return to normal.