A FRENCH EXPAT was due to appear in Phuket Provincial Court today on charges of possessing cocaine and marijuana.
Police allege that Fabrice Derozie, 48, used a Thai massage shop in Viset Road in the Rawai-Chalong area as a front for selling illegal drugs.
Mr Derozie was allegedly trapped in a police ''sting'' when a plain-clothes officer sought to buy cocaine vaued at 20,000 baht.
He was arrested in his room at Ira Mansion in Chalong and a search of the massage shop turned up a combined total of 26 grams of cocaine, one pack of marijuana and 104,000 baht in cash.
The arrest took place on Friday. It is understood that Mr Derozie's Thai wife left him earlier this year, with their five-year-old child.
Police allege that Fabrice Derozie, 48, used a Thai massage shop in Viset Road in the Rawai-Chalong area as a front for selling illegal drugs.
Mr Derozie was allegedly trapped in a police ''sting'' when a plain-clothes officer sought to buy cocaine vaued at 20,000 baht.
He was arrested in his room at Ira Mansion in Chalong and a search of the massage shop turned up a combined total of 26 grams of cocaine, one pack of marijuana and 104,000 baht in cash.
The arrest took place on Friday. It is understood that Mr Derozie's Thai wife left him earlier this year, with their five-year-old child.
ONE packet of marijuana, and 26 "sneeze and they're gone" small grams of cocaine? This doesn't sound like the stock of a seller.
How do the police determine that the 104,000 baht are related to drug dealing, not the normal business of the masseuse?
Posted by Tired of the act on August 9, 2010 13:58
Editor Comment:
Police accuse Mr Derozie of selling. They don't necessarily say he was a big dealer. We don't know the details of the massage business, or the history of the cash.