A Thai/farang model and his girlfriend have been charged with possession of the illicit drug ketamine after fleeing a police checkpoint in Huai Khwang.
Sam Chotiban (aka Samuel Burns), 29, and his girlfriend Kanyarat Sawangphong, were caught by police on Monday night after running a police checkpoint.
Officers gave chase and noticed one of the vehicles' occupants tossing a bag from the vehicle.
They retrieved the bag, and caught the couple at another checkpoint.
Huai Khwang police say they found a bag of powdered ketamine weighing .2g, worth about 500 baht and equipment for taking the drug in the woman's shoulder bag.
Reports say the couple denied the drug was theirs, claiming the bag belonged to a woman friend whom they had just taken home in the Rama IX Road area.
They were returning to their own home in Ratchadaphisek Soi 18 when they noticed the woman had left her bag in the car.
They fled the checkpoint because they believed the bag could have contained an illegal substance.
Police took the couple for urine tests, which were negative for the presence of drugs.
Sam, who denies taking the drug, spent the night in jail. Police took them to the Ratchada court the following day and asked for permission to detain them further.
The court agreed, but later in the day relatives posted bail of 10,000 baht each, and the couple was released.
The lady's not for sale
Former Miss Universe Thailand Gavintra "Gam" Photijak has a new group of admirers after someone posted her phone number on a porn website, claiming she was up for selling her body.
The Siam Dara gossip rag said the first Gam knew about the posting was when someone claiming to have studied at university with her called to ask if it was true she was available for sex, or whether someone was just trying to harass her.
"Since then, more than 1,000 people have called, many asking how much I charge for sex, and some offering to take care of me and pay whatever price I demand," she said, adding her body was not for sale.
"I'm receiving so many calls that I'm now scared to answer the phone if I don't recognise the number," she said.
She suspected someone she knows is behind the posting, and she is gathering evidence to file a police complaint.
Grisly memories
Singer and actor Pongsak "Aof" Rattanapong says memories of a snake, as well as the body of a 20-year-old man that floated past his parents' inundated home, will stay with him long after this year's floods have drained away.
Aof lives in the Ram Intra area, while his parents live in Bang Bua Thong.
While his Ram Intra place was spared, floodwaters at his family home in Bang Bua Thong reached thigh level.
"I couldn't reach their place, but I called every day," he said.
"One day my mother sounded alarmed.
"A body of a young man, aged about 20, had floated past our place, and became entangled by the side of the house.
"Mum alerted authorities, but I was too scared to visit immediately myself," he said.
Authorities travelled by boat to collect the body the next day.
Shortly after, Aof was able to visit, and stayed the next three days, during which he also came across a snake uprooted by the floods.
"I fell asleep easily, as the body had been removed. However, on my first night we found a snake," he said.
"We were so scared we forgot all about the dead man," he said.
A weighty task
An actor whose nickname means "fat" in English has plumped up for his first Hollywood role, but finds shedding the weight again much harder.
Actor and model Wattana "Uab Uan" Chumsai na Ayuthaya, 16, is looking chubbier since the producers of a Hollywood B-movie in which he appeared recently asked him to put on 12kg for the role.
"I play a sidekick to Prinya "Way" Intachai, from the band Thaitanium. I am supposed to be a little chubby and awkward-looking," said Uan.
"Shooting has finished, and my entertainment label Polyplus has asked me to lose the weight again, which I am doing by hitting the gym.
"However, I find that putting the weight on was much easier than taking it off," he said.
His new, bigger appearance has led to a drop in modelling and runway work, as clients prefer the meaner look.
However, he is trying to look on the positive side.
"Even though it was a B-movie, it is my first time working in a Hollywood-style production.
"It's like an investment in myself, which could lead to bigger things in future," said Uab Uan.
Dome's new friend
Actor and DJ Pakorn "Dome" Lum doesn't hold back when singing the praises his new love interest, whom he discussed with reporters for the first time last week.
Dome, a notorious ladies' man who is launching his first solo album in 10 years, says university student and TV presenter Jirantanin "Kusjung" Pitakporntrakul, whom he met through a friend, is "smart, pretty, hard-working, cute and well-behaved".
"We are getting to know each other, and have been talking a while now," he said, while wondering if he wasn't rushing his hand by declaring they were an item.
Kasjung has yet to make a public appearance with Dome, though the pair has been spotted shopping.
Dome says he is still friends with the girl he was seeing until last September, student Paranat "Paint" Phatchu.
He said the pair parted ways because he was too busy to do justice to the relationship.
Paint was less than effusive about Dome before they broke up, leaving a series of unhappy messages on Facebook, including one in which she accused him of lying.
Dome denied Paint ended their relationship because she caught him cheating.
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