Ex-Miss Teen Thailand sits in cell on drug charges, gets visit from her foreign dad

Photo: ThaiVisa/Facebook
Photo: ThaiVisa/Facebook

Actress and former beauty queen Amelia “Amy” Jacobs, 28, is in a holding cell at Sai Mai police station after officers found large quantities of drugs in her Bangkok home on Tuesday.

Yesterday, she got a visit from her dad, Hannes Jacobs, who stopped by to offer support and bring her some clean clothes and cakes.

Amelia, who was arrested alongside her boyfriend Punyawat Hirantecha, 40, at their Bangkok home has already been fired from her TV contract after being caught with 70 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 16 ecstasy tablets, and various drug paraphernalia.

According to Thai Rath, her dad stayed for just 20 minutes, chatted with investigators but refused to talk to reporters camped out in front of the station.

Amelia has been appearing in Channel 7’s drama series”Thida Wanorn,” (which translates as Monkey Daughter) and was the 2006 Miss Teen Thailand.

Amelia, from her Instagram page.

It’s been reported that the actress has refused to use the toilets at the station loos and has complained about the heat and asked for a fan.

Amy’s story has changed many times already since she was arrested. The night her home was raided, she admitted to drug use and sales for the last year. Yesterday, she said she used but never sold drugs and did not know her boyfriend sold drugs. Today, she has said that the drugs all belonged to a friend who left them there and whose name she could not provide.

Punyawat said they belonged to a person named “Nat.”

She is likely facing charges to possession of drugs with intent to sell. Due to the large quantity of hard drugs found in her home, she could face a decades-long jail sentence.



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