Dutchman
Sonny De Graff learned the hard way that smoking pot in Thailand,
no matter where, is illegal.
Boonlua Chatree
A Dutchman learned an apartment in Central Pattaya is not
a coffee shop in Amsterdam when police came knocking on his door in the
middle of the night after complaints he was allegedly smoking marijuana.
Sonny De Graff, 24, was arrested for possession of a
Class 5 narcotic after undercover police rousted him around 2:30 a.m. Feb.
5. About 11 g. of marijuana was found in his pocket.
Police came to his Soi Town and Town apartment after
neighbors complained about suspected pot smoking.
De Graff told police he failed to see the harm in smoking
weed alone in his apartment in the middle of the night. After all, he said,
he has been coming to Thailand for eight years and using grass without
bothering anyone.
Police pointed out what coffee houses in the Netherlands
allow is not allowed in the Kingdom and took him to the Pattaya Police
Station for processing.
