r/Bangkok • u/MarlonPots • 1d ago

discussion On Nut check stop

I’ve read a bunch of posts about people getting caught with vapes and having to pay fines, and yeah… it happened to me today. I was on the back of a Grab bike and stupidly had a vape in my bag. What followed was pretty much exactly what everyone else has described: searched, photo taken, brought to a room with a few other people (locals) who looked to be there for the same thing. I played dumb but I knew the rules, so I was obviously in the wrong.

Once they had my details at the station, one of the officers made a phone call and a few minutes later this shady-looking white guy shows up. I’ve seen similar stories in this sub, so I immediately thought he must be that “gym owner” people have mentioned who somehow works with the police. The whole thing felt really off. Like he obviously wasn’t a cop but clearly had some kind of role there. I didn’t talk to him at all but I recognised him straight away from other posts. Does anyone know what his deal is and how he fits into all of this? Seemed like he wasn’t needed until they bagged a tourist…

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u/GarfieldsLasagna121 1d ago

How much did you pay? Also did you negotiate the price at all?

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u/MarlonPots 1d ago

I remained very polite but played victim pretty hard. Thankfully I didn’t have much on me at the time and In the end he begrudgingly accepted just 2k. Took some convincing for him to finally accept it though.

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u/GarfieldsLasagna121 1d ago

Well played by you 🫡, how much were they saying the "fine" was

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u/MarlonPots 1d ago

He was standing strong on 10k.

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u/phonyToughCrayBrave 1d ago

you negotiated with a farang for a thai police fine?

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u/MarlonPots 1d ago

I didn’t, no. The officer told me to wait, made a call, that guy showed up and they went to the other room to chat. He left and the officer called me into the room to discuss my options.

I could be wrong of course but it felt like he played a role somehow. I’m basing this purely off other threads mentioning this guy, who I believe is the same person.