British man facing the death penalty after being accused of drug dealing in Thailand | 2OT9QSJ | 2024-03-19 11:08:01
A British man caught by undercover police allegedly dealing class-A medicine to tourists is dealing with the demise penalty in Thailand.
Charly Garcia, from London, is accused of promoting extremely harmful narcotics to different tourists in the Southeast Asian nation.
The 48-year-old was allegedly utilizing the messaging app Telegram to rearrange the dealing of cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and numerous hallucinogenics.
Officers have been reportedly alerted that Garcia had been dealing narcotics, and an spy set up a gathering with him to purchase £2,000 value of medicine.
The spy allegedly alerted different officers when he was given the medicine and police stormed into the cannabis shop to arrest Garcia on Tuesday.
He was then taken back to his room at the Mountain View Condominium in Chang Phueak where they discovered 408 grams of cocaine, 595 grams of magic mushrooms, and 160 tablets of Diazepam and Alprazolam, Thai newspaper The Nation reported.
Garcia was questioned at Mueang Chiang Mai Police Station& over the alleged offences.
He faces life in jail and the demise penalty if found guilty.
Chiang Mai Provincial Police Major Common Thawatchai Pongwiwattanachai claimed Garcia admitted the offences.
He stated: 'The suspect claimed it was his first time promoting narcotics, but we didn't consider him as a result of our investigation revealed he has a history of selling narcotics in Bangkok.
'He had entered Thailand on a scholar visa, which we consider was a ruse to allow him to remain in the nation selling medicine.&
'He didn't research language like he was purported to. He only studied medicine.
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'We are investigating further as he was uncooperative and refused to offer the password for his telephone.
'We intend to examine the Telegram software to uncover his drug network and take legal motion towards his suppliers and clients'.
Thai police have reported that Garcia has been charged with possession of medicine with intent to provide.
Selling or having class-A substances like LSD and ecstasy, often known as class I medicine in Thailand, for 'disposal or possession for disposal' can result in the dying penalty for these convicted, Thai law states.
Simply possessing category I medicine can wind somebody behind bars for as much as 15 years and be fined 300,000 Thai baht (about £6,500).
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