Last night in my apartment block, around 10.30pm, a male of about 30 years old went on a yaba drug rampage.
He came down from his room, threw his laptop through the window of the entrance to the building, ran back upstairs, ripped the security camera out of the landing ceiling and then jumped out the window onto the roof of a car.
He was then restrained and tied up military style by three Thai men, of which one, as seen in the video in the orange shirt, seemed to know him personally. I came downstairs and at first tried to calm him down, asking him what he had taken.
His eyes where popping out of his head and he rambled stuff about his Dad, someone named JD and various other things.
When I first arrived the man in the orange shirt was saying “No one likes you now”. The farang (foreigner in Thai) then spouted something about a Facebook incident and a white-skinned Thai girl.
I got the feeling there was more going on here than simply a “farang gone mad on yaba” for no reason, but whatever the case, he was very high and certainly not in this world.
I was told he had taken Yaba – the Thai crazy drug.
I speculated that he might be mentally ill, but having seen numerous videos of yaba-crazed guys on Thai TV the similarities in behaviour were too apparent to dismiss.
He has only been in the block for a couple of weeks and, up until this point was apparently a model guest.
The management were pretty distressed. They keep a safe-house here; no guests are allowed to stay, 2 to a room maximum, 2 months deposit to move in and strict rules apply about noise. Everyone was very shocked.
The guy was carted off by the police and I haven't a clue what will happen to him. The boss here said to me he will have to pay for all the damage or stay in jail- that is apparently the general rule when it comes to criminal damage.
Here is some footage and stills I managed to get.
Rob says
One thing I never have a lack of in Thailand is stories… I think this is a constant for most foreigners 🙂
It struck me as perhaps a good idea to learn how to hog-tie someone, that skill may come in handy someday…
Apr 24, 2012 at 9:59 am
Martyn says
Interesting story, but not the kind of thing you want to happen on your front doorstep. Could JD be a reference to Jack Daniel’s? Maybe he needs more Coca Cola in his fridge.
Apr 20, 2012 at 5:18 pm
TheThailandLife says
I thought that at first….he was shouting “JD, I see you…I can see you”. Quite a sad event really, I hope he wasn’t spiked, if so, he can use the video as evidence. Hope he made it out the Thai jail…the apartment boss said that he would have to pay the damage and then be released, “no pay stay in jail”!
Apr 20, 2012 at 11:09 pm
neale says
Very sad, hopefully this may be enough to stop doing drugs anymore!
Apr 19, 2012 at 10:40 am