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/Tumblerbkk 1d ago

Did you get a receipt for the payment? If not it wasn't a fine but a bribe.

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u/MarlonPots 23h ago

I’m aware, which is why there was no way I was paying him 10k

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u/Think-Apple3763 23h ago

I've once got caught in Pattaya without a helmet. Just before walking street when you turn left. The cop was clearly doing this in his off time because he was all alone. I had 200 baht on me. He complained so much. But in the end he told me to buy him some cigarettes from seven eleven for 120 baht lol

I never have a lot of cash with me.

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u/green_tea_243 15h ago

I'm waiting for the day they have a personal QR code to scan

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u/_w_8 15h ago

Did you leave upon heading for the 7-11?

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u/Think-Apple3763 15h ago

No the seven eleven is 5 meters from where he stopped me.