Two arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport with cocaine

By The Nation

 

 

An Ivory Coast man and a South African woman were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Saturday after customs officials found cocaine hidden in their bags.

 

In the first case, Ibrahim Bakayoko, who arrived on of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET628, was arrested after 63 packets of cocaine with a combined weight of 1,130 grams were found in his bag.

 

In the second case, Nozipho Nene, a South African, was arrested after she arrived ofrom Dubai on Emirates airlines’ flight EK418 from Dubai. Customs officials found four packets of cocaine with a combined weight of 1,000 grams in her bag.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30334110

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-12-16

Expect a long time in Prison.

Don't tell me, she is camera shy, that's why she's not in the photo

 

2kg of snow?

 

Must be Christmas...

The woman took an even bigger risk flying through UAE

Perhaps it's not cocaine but whitening skin powder ?

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No control at the airports of departure, ...nor in Dubai (for the SA lady), then? No special analyse scanners, no sniffing dogs, is it? Why not complain to international air transport safety authorities? Menace to ban flights from Adis Abeba, ...and Dubai?

Ring, ring... Hello? Ah, yes, not good for the AoT mandarins, oh, and bad for the stats from the TAT golden boys and girls, now I understand...

These two among got caught, how many others do get through, every day...? Maybe with top-notch explosives for friends in the South...?

 

1 hour ago, coulson said:

They are, it's called racism.

Plain silly, or what 'Coulson'? How many bona-fide short-stay(??) 'tourists' from empoverished african countries do you expect to have the desire and the financial means to buy an airline ticket to come to Thailand for plain, honest ...holydays, hmm? 'Racism'? What, screening them out because of the high(er) probability they would be having illegal stuff with them? Come on!

Edited December 16, 20178 yr by bangrak

9 minutes ago, bangrak said:

No control at the airports of departure, ...nor in Dubai (for the SA lady), then? No special analyse scanners, no sniffing dogs, is it? Why not complain to international air transport safety authorities? Menace to ban flights from Adis Abeba, ...and Dubai?

Ring, ring... Hello? Ah, yes, not good for the AoT mandarins, oh, and bad for the stats from the TAT golden boys and girls, now I understand...

These two among got caught, how many others do get through, every day...? Maybe with top-notch explosives for friends in the South...?

 

I have gone through Dubai many times in the last 3 years and they always seemed pretty vigilant, even with transit passengers.  I certainly wouldn't chance carrying some forbidden substance through any of the UAE airports.

1 hour ago, coulson said:

They are, it's called racism.

yeah, alright it's racism. you are the problem mate. it's not racism, its obvious

1 hour ago, bangrak said:

Plain silly, or what 'Coulson'? How many bona-fide short-stay(??) 'tourists' from empoverished african countries do you expect to have the desire and the financial means to buy an airline ticket to come to Thailand for plain, honest ...holydays, hmm? 'Racism'? What, screening them out because of the high(er) probability they would be having illegal stuff with them? Come on!

Nobody should be excused from baggage screening, if even only for safety measures. It just shows how unreliable technology is that people still have to be singled out on arrival for a shake down.

 

I can't answer your other stereotyping question, maybe try Google. 

1 hour ago, bangrak said:

No control at the airports of departure, ...nor in Dubai (for the SA lady), then? No special analyse scanners, no sniffing dogs?

 

They don't like dogs. The technology is also there but they don't know how to cope with the traffic, so it isn't utilized effectively. 

 

1 hour ago, Happy enough said:

yeah, alright it's racism. you are the problem mate. it's not racism, its obvious

Did all the hijabs and birkas get screened from that UAE flight? 

 

Doubt it.

18 minutes ago, coulson said:

Did all the hijabs and birkas get screened from that UAE flight? 

 

Doubt it.

they should, anything else?

35 minutes ago, keithpa said:

That is proof enough for me, if an African is not staying at a resort,. they are drug smugglers. Or is it the other way around, I dont know, the comment is too ridiculous to even contemplate seriously. .

ok then, if it's so ridiculous. what are they doing?

"That is proof enough for me, if an African is not staying at a resort,. they are drug smugglers. Or is it the other way around, I dont know, the comment is too ridiculous to even contemplate seriously."

 

I think you will find i am right, but you think as you wish. i'm sure thailand wants a load of broke africans living in shit holes scamming people because they have no money. yawn

 

don't fill the resorts?

 

nonesense

4 hours ago, coulson said:

They are, it's called racism.

I recall reading in some BKK newspaper before the internet was around that the BKK Hilton  had organised its own World Cup tournament. 

 

It also mentioned that the largest population of foreign prisoners were Nigerian.

8 minutes ago, jaywalker said:

I recall reading in some BKK newspaper before the internet was around that the BKK Hilton  had organised its own World Cup tournament. 

 

It also mentioned that the largest population of foreign prisoners were Nigerian.

 

I find it hard to believe there are more Nigerians in Thai prisons than people from Myanmar.  

Found this on another thread, no idea how accurate it is...

 

TOP 10 OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THAI PRISONS (2009)

1. Myanmar (3,787)
2. Lao (1,994)
3. Cambodia (1,445)
4. Malaysia (325)
5. China (252)
6. Singapore (115)
7. Nigeria (94)
8. Taiwan (91)
9. Vietnam (85)
10. Ghana (65)

2 hours ago, isaanbanhou said:

 

I find it hard to believe there are more Nigerians in Thai prisons than people from Myanmar.  

The article I read was in about  2001 or so.

8 hours ago, Happy enough said:

they should, anything else?

Thanks for proving my point.

 

The selection process for screening of arrival passengers is very much down to appearances and stereotyping.

13 hours ago, coulson said:

They are, it's called racism.

No, its passenger profiling. My wife was stopped in Argentina because she was a single Asian girl travelling from South America to Bangkok alone. They stopped her as she disembarked at the gate in B.A. and escorted her to her bags, which had been removed from the flight during transfer from flight to flight and bought back into the terminal and they stripped her bags back to nothing and then had the drug dogs crawling all over the lot.

 

 She was talking to the Narcotics Police afterwards and they said that they look at passenger profiles, travelling alone, Asian, gender, class of travel (eco, business etc) and do a risk profile calculation. She was also carrying some of my work clothes and work boots, which she also had to explain. Allegedly a lot of Asian girls are recruited to transport drugs from South America into Asia. When they first stopped her  at the gate she thought they were conducting a passenger survey and she told them that she didn't have time, so could they please interview someone else, then they formally introduced themselves. I imagine that the Thai Narcotics Police have a similar Mode of Operation.

15 hours ago, coulson said:

The woman took an even bigger risk flying through UAE

One of the few places dogs are not used nor many xrays on connecting luggage. It can be a good transfer point.

10 hours ago, dfdgfdfdgs said:

Found this on another thread, no idea how accurate it is...

 

TOP 10 OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THAI PRISONS (2009)

1. Myanmar (3,787)
2. Lao (1,994)
3. Cambodia (1,445)
4. Malaysia (325)
5. China (252)
6. Singapore (115)
7. Nigeria (94)
8. Taiwan (91)
9. Vietnam (85)
10. Ghana (65)

I bet the Nigerians must have been in the 3rd place by now. 

17 hours ago, saakura said:

Maybe a Thsi prison is better than the life they were leading back home, otherwise which fool would take such a risk ? Blacks travelling from African countries must be a big red flag for the narcotics team.

I didn't know the "whites" never involve in drug trafficking!

16 hours ago, coulson said:

They are, it's called racism.

No it’s profiling. 

16 hours ago, coulson said:

They are, it's called racism.

 profiling is not racism, its practical use of resources..... sick of pc logic

17 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

2kg of snow?

 

Must be Christmas...

I'm dreaming of a white christmas.......

1 minute ago, pattayadon said:

I'm dreaming of a white christmas.......

With 2k of snow you won’t be doing much sleeping or dreaming... ⛄️