Patong –
A Turkish man was arrested after he was allegedly found illegally working at a cannabis shop on the Bangla Road.
The Patong Police told the Phuket Express that earlier this week they arrested a 33 year-old Turkish man at a cannabis shop on the Bangla Road. Seized from him were a cannabis menu, a cannabis bud rolled in paper, and 21.4 grams of cannabis powder.
He taken to the Patong Police Station to face charges of working without permission and working a forbidden job for foreigners ‘Rolling cigarettes by hand” The name of the Turkish man was not revealed by police.
The arrest followed after police were notified by an anonymous concerned citizen that there was a foreigner selling cannabis at the shop. Police went to the shop posing as customers before recording video of the Turkish man selling cannabis to one of them.
