Walter Douglas

Whacky Douglas’ Lucky Escapes Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary Walter ‘Whacky’ Douglas, the ‘Tartan Pimpernel’ who’s presence on Koh Samui setting up bars and clubs was highlighted on this site does not look like he will be returning to the Samui Archipelago although he has made attempts to contact the authorities to see whether he could […]

BUM DEALS, COSTA BRITS, AND A MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY Flying Sporran’s Koh Samui Diary Ten German speaking opticians, who thought they had bought properties and renewable 20 and 25 year leases in Coconut Village on Koh Samui appear to have been turfed out – as they did not own the properties and the leases were not […]

 THE WEST AFRICAN CONNECTION – AND AN UNLIKELY JOURNALIST Today we bring you the first short instalment in a new occasional series on crime in Thailand.  The Flying Sporran has been with the Narcotics Suppression Division and Immigration Police on raids in Bangkok. In this taster we wake up a hidden community in the capital […]

AS THE ‘GINGER NINJA’ GOES DOWN THAILAND HAS REASON TO CELEBRATE- All is not lost. Thailand politically may be going down the pan but British drugs traffickers give it the thumbs up. They have not put it to a formal vote but that is the way it’s beginning to look by scanning the U.K. press. […]

-POLICE RAID HOME AND KOH SAMUI CLUB AND SEND ‘WHACKY’ HOME- A SECTION OF THE ISLAND’S FOREIGN CRIMINAL FRATERNITY IS ALARMED Fugitive British drugs and organized crime figure Walter ‘Whacky’ Douglas’ was behind bars in Britain last night after Thai police swooped on his holiday island lair. (Whacky with a friend in ‘Dreamers’) Douglas, known […]

ON ACCOUNT OF A ‘NOT A VERY NICE GUY’ -I’m not sure who the libel reader is over on the infamous Thaivisa.com but I’m guessing they do not have one as I have seen this forum promote so many libels over the years – many from angry Brits –that I am guessing one day its […]

LOST IN TRANSLATION – I AM TOTALLY INNOCENT – SAYS MAN FINGERED BY POLICE AS DRUGS TRAFFICKER Walter Douglas has been in touch to state that he has been unfairly treated and re-iterates the fact that he has never been convicted in connection with drugs or for money laundering. Although this is quite clearly stated […]

ME?  A CRIME BOSS? THE PRESS HAVE AN AWFIE WAY WITH WORDS! Walter Douglas pictured in Amsterdam It’s mid-afternoon at Dreamers Beach Club in Koh Samui and the boss has just hopped off a boat from Koh Phangan when I catch up with him at his club putting away a chicken salad for a late […]

GANGLAND BRITAIN IN THAILAND (CONTINUED) Once wanted in three different countries and on the run from British Customs, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Dutch and Spanish Police, the ‘Tartan Pimpernel’ from the British crime underworld and Spain’s ‘Costa del Crime’ comes clean on www.andrew-drummond.com tomorrow. He’s been linked to the Columbian Cartels, was allegedly the […]

(Pic Walter Douglas but he will have changed a lot since this Amsterdam picture) ISLAND BLUES! Plus: Will Drew Noyes and Brian Goudie now be denounced in Britain? Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary There is a Clydeside expression which goes ‘Y’aff a yat? What yat y’aff’. Which translates roughly as ‘Prey tell me have you just disembarked […]