News Forum - Frenchman’s financial woes and marijuana meltdown led to knife-wielding drama

[Thaiger]

A distressed Frenchman, grappling with financial turmoil and the aftermath of marijuana use, brandished a knife in a threatening manner on December 28. The drama reached a boiling point in the picturesque Bang Saray sub-district, Sattahip, as the Sattahip Police swooped in to defuse the intense situation. At 4.30pm, Sattahip Police, accompanied by emergency responders, … …

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[TWS60]

Headline: "Marijuana melt-down".   Thailand pounces on any opportunity for a dramatic Refer Madness story.

As usual, the headline doesn't hold up to scrutiny.  His wife 'believes' marijuana played a role.  That's good enough for social media.

She also believes in karma, and that seeing 3 turtles cross the highway at Noon on Tuesday whilst standing on one foot and rubbing her belly anti-clockwise = lucky lotto numbers.

Distressed Frenchmen grappling.  Dangerous cocktails.  Heroic police SWOOP in to the rescue.  Woman abducted by UFO later gives birth to alien creature. 

[TSS]

all these over the top descriptions in the thaiger stories. Great reads for  comic releif.

[Vigo]

On 12/31/2023 at 11:09 PM, TSS said:

all these over the top descriptions in the thaiger stories. Great reads for  comic releif.

Well look at who is writing the stories. These are not journalists and Thaiger does not claim to be a news media organization. Thaiger is a first and foremost a media platform which supports its commercial activities such as referrals for insurance, legal services, real estate etc.  Thaiger has been transparent on this since day 1.

[TSS]

Yeah, it's been comic relief since day one. I like it