Thai couple held Indonesian ‘ice’ smuggling

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai couple have been arrested while allegedly attempting to smuggle 600 grammes of crystal methamphetamine or “ice” to Indonesia, the police said.

 

Acting Immigration Police chief Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang announced the arrest of Chaisilp Mekpho, 42, and his wife, Ratanaporn Khampit, 36.

 

Sompong said the couple were arrested at Don Mueang International Airport on May 4.

 

Acting on a tipoff, police performed colonic searches and found 200 grammes of ice inside the husband and 400 grammes inside his wife.

 

The couple said they were hired by a Filipino woman, whose name was unknown, to deliver the drugs to Indonesia and they would only be paid after delivery.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30369812

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-05-22

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Thai police should have let them board but tip off their Indonesian counterparts. That way the "death" smugglers could have got a death sentence.

Edited May 22, 20197 yr by geoffbezoz

12 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

Thai police should have let them board but tip off their Indonesian counterparts. That way the "death" smugglers could have got a death sentence.

I was going to say the same why do Thais want to get involved?

1 minute ago, ChipButty said:

I was going to say the same why do Thais want to get involved?

I can only think Thai police got involved because the confiscated drugs will now somehow hit the streets again.

29 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The couple said they were hired by a Filipino woman, whose name was unknown, to deliver the drugs to Indonesia and they would only be paid after delivery.

 

Pesky foreign drug mule hiring their own drug mules?

 

If so, clever, if not a little fiendish. 

Edited May 22, 20197 yr by Bluespunk

58 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

Thai police should have let them board but tip off their Indonesian counterparts. That way the "death" smugglers could have got a death sentence.

I want say the same

They were lucky . They were saved from death. Buddha love them

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Acting on a tipoff,

hmm... just possibly the pawns setup and sacrificed as a diversion while a large parcel gets through.

1 hour ago, geoffbezoz said:

Thai police should have let them board but tip off their Indonesian counterparts. That way the "death" smugglers could have got a death sentence.

Just maybe it's because they get they're own drugs back and save their own citizens from a draconian death sentence.

 

 

11 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I was going to say the same why do Thais want to get involved?

To take selfies?

12 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I was going to say the same why do Thais want to get involved?

Greed! Pure greed!

...considering where the drugs were found....

 

...'allegedly trying to smuggle'.......

 

...jeez....

 

...and of course 'it's someone else's fault'.......