If you are arrested in Thailand, most foreign Embassies recommend that you contact a consular officer of your home country immediately. A consular officer should be able to recommend a Thailand lawyer for you and may set you up with a translator. Because of jurisdictional limitations, it is difficult for most foreign Embassies to do anything more than this. It is important to remember that even as a tourist of Thailand, you are subject to the laws of the Kingdom of Thailand, unless inside your home-country’s Embassy. Thai officers with the power to arrest will have little sympathy for a plea of ignorance of Thai laws and regulations.
Transfer of Foreign Prisoners