Heroin-smuggling flight attendant names Thai woman in Australia as recipient
THE recipient of over 1 kilogramme of heroin hidden in 12 tote bags found in the baggage of a Thai flight attendant at Melbourne Airport is a Thai woman who has lived in Australia for over 10 years, TV Channel 7 said this evening (July 6). Ms. Areephak Ngernbumroong, deputy secretary-general and spokesperson of […]
Read MoreHoodie suspect who delivered heroin to flight attendant nabbed
POLICE have arrested a man who has confessed to being the person wearing a blue hoodie seen in a video clip delivering a package containing 12 tote bags at the condominium of a Thai flight attendant who was later arrested at Melbourne Airport on heroin smuggling charges, Amarin TV said this evening (July 4). […]
Read MoreMore suspects in flight attendant heroin trafficking case identified
THAI police together with Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Security (ABF) have identified the person who transferred 8,800 baht to a Thai Airways International flight attendant arrested at Melbourne Airport on heroin smuggling charges as well as other suspects, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (July 1). Pol. Lt. Col. Suriya Singhakamol, […]
Read MoreThai police hunting for ecommerce operator in flight attendant’s heroin arrest in Australia
THAI police are chasing an ecommerce operator named “Rose” who hired a Thai Airways International (THAI) flight attendant arrested on charges of heroin trafficking at Melbourne Airport, Australia, last week to take OTOP and other Thai products there, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (June 30). The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a […]
Read MoreThai flight Attendant denied bail for heroin smuggling in Australia and faces dismissal
By Amarin TV and AP – published by Euronews AN AUSTRALIAN court has denied bail to a Thai Airways International (THAI) flight attendant arrested on charges of smuggling 11.4 million baht worth of heroin at Melbourne Airport with the airline saying today (June 29) it is swiftly moving to investigate and dismiss her. Mr. […]
Read MoreHeroin laced with fentanyl passing through Thailand: ONCB
THE Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) issued a warning today (Oct. 14) that heroin laced with fentanyl is being smuggled through Thailand to third countries in bars of soap, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Suriya Singhakamol, ONCB’s secretary-general, said that fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than morphine […]
Read More4 Hong Kongers caught with 14kg heroin at Suvarnabhumi Airport
ACTING on a tip-off, police arrested four Hong Kongers just as they were loading a suitcase packed with 14 kilogrammes of heroin at Suvarnabhumi Airport last evening (June 23), Naewna newspaper said this evening. Pol. Lt. Gen. Phanurat Lakboon, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, and Mr. Purin Meganan, director at […]
Read MoreTwo held in Australia over alleged plot to import 314kg heroin from Thailand
AUSTRALIAN Federal Police officers arrested two men on Thursday with one being labelled the country’s “most significant organised crime threat” for allegedly planning to import hundreds of kilogrammes of heroin hidden in cans of paint which Thai customs officials seized last July, Amarin TV, Australian Associated Press and Daily Mail said. The two men […]
Read More35kg heroin seized in Chiang Mai, drug changed from blocks to powder
THREE suspects were arrested in Chiang Mai in the seizure of 35 kilogrammes of heroin with the traffickers having changed the product from blocks to power packed in plastic bags to make it easier to smuggle to third countries, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 11). Pol. Lt. Gen. Piya Tawichai, commander of Provincial Police Region 5, […]
Read MoreHK seizes heroin from Thailand disguised as noodles seasoning powder
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HONG KONG Customs seized HK$230 million (US$29.6 million or 974.9 million baht ) worth of drugs in three separate busts this month with one being a shipment from Thailand with 61 kilogrammes of heroin disguised as seasoning powder for instant rice vermicelli, Hong Kong authorities said yesterday (July 25). The three […]
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