News Forum - Husband and wife arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle crystal methamphetamine to Hong Kong

[Thaiger]

A man and his wife have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, which they hid in shoulder bags, to Hong Kong. The drugs were seized nearly a year prior in Bangkok. Henry Kelechi Alaeto, a Nigerian national, and his Thai wife, 24 year old Wanwisa Pilatan, were detained by police in their Bangkok room, yesterday, says Jirabhop Bhuridej, deputy commissioner of Central Investigation Bureau. The team of officers that raided the couple’s room reportedly found 290 grams of cocaine, AKA blow, Columbian marching powder, or charlie. The drugs were valued at 900,000 baht says […]

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[Andybob97]

Wait...Is cocaine, AKA blow AKA Columbian Marching Powder AKA Charlie the same thing as Nose Candy?? Dammit Thaiger, this is journalism at its laziest.

[riclag]

15 years ago they would of been given the opposite end of the gun for punishment 

Edited August 25, 2021 by riclag

[MrStretch]

50 minutes ago, Andybob97 said:

Dammit Thaiger, this is journalism at its laziest.

Agreed, it's the article's writer, to be honest. It even starts out confusing:

"A man and his wife have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, which they hid in shoulder bags, to Hong Kong."

It sounds like they were traveling to Hong Kong, with the drugs in their shoulder bags, but alas...

"The drugs were seized nearly a year prior in Bangkok." Oops, guess that assumption isn't correct.

"The team of officers that raided the couple’s room reportedly found 290 grams of cocaine, AKA blow, Columbian marching powder, or charlie."  Too often this writer tries to be hip or cute in his writing, but instead just sounds like he's trying to impress. All of the slang names for cocaine add nothing to the story. He's the same guy who gave us the skinless testicle reference to longan a few days ago.

The second paragraph mishmoshes two separate incidents, the attempted smuggling and the current arrest and discovery, when they shouldn't be paired, as it's confusing as written.

And what's with referring to everyone in the story by their first names?  Doesn't the Thaiger have a style sheet?

This is embarrasing.  I've seen better writing in a Journalism 101 class.

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by MrStretch

[DiggR]

Thanks for the critic MrStretch, my thoughts are in alignment but feel you have denigrated all the Journalism 101 grads.

 

[Lowseasonlover]

Good job it wasn't in Nakorn Sawan

[King Cotton]

1 hour ago, Andybob97 said:

Wait...Is cocaine, AKA blow AKA Columbian Marching Powder AKA Charlie the same thing as Nose Candy?? Dammit Thaiger, this is journalism at its laziest.

Pointed comment, too, for this, your debut post . . . but thanks for that!

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[HolyCowCm]

2 hours ago, Andybob97 said:

Wait...Is cocaine, AKA blow AKA Columbian Marching Powder AKA Charlie the same thing as Nose Candy?? Dammit Thaiger, this is journalism at its laziest.

Whiff, toot, but not go fast. 

[HolyCowCm]

53 minutes ago, Lowseasonlover said:

53 minutes ago, Lowseasonlover said:

Good job it wasn't in Nakorn Sawan

Naw, they ran out of bags already. 

[ThaiFoodGuy]

2 hours ago, Andybob97 said:

Wait...Is cocaine, AKA blow AKA Columbian Marching Powder AKA Charlie the same thing as Nose Candy

Ridiculous. They missed "booger sugar" too!

[Stardust]

3 hours ago, riclag said:

15 years ago they would of been given the opposite end of the gun for punishment 

You mean for getting the bribe? They use plastic bags nowadays.