Two arrested in Sydney over alleged 300kg heroin seizure in Thailand

[webfact]

 

SYDNEY/BANGKOK, Nov 21 (dpa): Two Sydney men were arrested in connection to a major seizure of heroin in Thailand, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have confirmed to the media.

 

The AFP said the two men, including a 38-year-old alleged to be one of Australia's "most significant organised crime threats," conspired to import some 314 kilograms of heroin from Thailand to Australia.

 

According to police, they used closed encrypted platforms including AN0M, a service covertly operated by FBI agents.

 

Full story: https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/11/21/two-arrested-in-sydney-over-alleged-300kg-heroin-seizure-in-thailand

 

[RichardColeman]

I'd make the punishment fit the crime - life in prison or the two of them use it all up in 48 hours.

[mokwit]

Are we sure the photo is from Thailand. Looks like somewhere else.

[sattahip]

3 minutes ago, mokwit said:

Are we sure the photo is from Thailand. Looks like somewhere else.

Police are Malaysian

 

[madmitch]

A career in politics awaits????????

[ezzra]

If you come to think of it, importing 10 kg or 300 kg you get the same punishment...Lucky for those two guys that Australia no longer have the death penalty on their books...

[giddyup]

14 minutes ago, ezzra said:

If you come to think of it, importing 10 kg or 300 kg you get the same punishment...Lucky for those two guys that Australia no longer have the death penalty on their books...

The last person hanged was in the 60's and the death penalty was totally abolished in 1973.

[mjakob007]

photograph depicts a 'tasting event'?

[ChrisY1]

2 hours ago, mokwit said:

Are we sure the photo is from Thailand. Looks like somewhere else.

Not Thailand....it's either Indonesian or Malaysian....journalists just too lazy or blind to see the difference. Barrier tape is Indonesian I think

 

[ChrisY1]

And of course....no mention of the source of the drugs!

[mtls2005]

2 hours ago, mokwit said:

Are we sure the photo is from Thailand. Looks like somewhere else.

Malaysia?

 

 

Fascinating that a huge bust in Thailand results in the arrest of traffickers elsewhere. Nothing to see HERE.

 

This was the paint bucket bust at Laem Chabang in July.

 

 

 

[bdenner]

4 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Not Thailand....it's either Indonesian or Malaysian....journalists just too lazy or blind to see the difference. Barrier tape is Indonesian I think

 

KASTAM: Malay for Custom

[tandor]

1 hour ago, madmitch said:

A career in politics awaits????????

...seems to be the preferred pathway.

[tandor]

8 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

And of course....no mention of the source of the drugs!

i think poppies!

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

If you come to think of it, importing 10 kg or 300 kg you get the same punishment...Lucky for those two guys that Australia no longer have the death penalty on their books...

You know the old saying: "might as well get hung for a sheep than a lamb" 

[raccos21]

I don’t think that was Thailand, since when the Thai police changed their uniform color and the word“kastam".
Isn't it too early for April Fools?

[Phredd]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

If you come to think of it, importing 10 kg or 300 kg you get the same punishment...Lucky for those two guys that Australia no longer have the death penalty on their books...

For interest sake, the Importation of any item containing Asbestos in to Australia, has the same Penalties as those of importing illicit drugs.

[TigerandDog]

3 hours ago, mokwit said:

Are we sure the photo is from Thailand. Looks like somewhere else.

A google search shows that "Kastam" is Malaysian Customs.

[bbko]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

According to police, they used closed encrypted platforms including AN0M, a service covertly operated by FBI agents.

Does this mean the FBI set up & ran a platform where people thought their messages would be hidden/secure/private? 

[Clarkey611]

Can someone ask an ex Thai politician for comment about the source? Yes, the one that spent some time in a hotel on Australia.

[ThaiFelix]

I hope they checked with the CIA first to make sure this wasnt one of their operations to raise funds to support the overthrow of some democratically elected government or possibly to finance their war on drugs??

[StevieAus]

46 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

And of course....no mention of the source of the drugs!

I thought that was made quite clear in the second paragraph of the article

“……. heroin from Thailand to Australia”

[ThaiFelix]

5 minutes ago, Phredd said:

For interest sake, the Importation of any item containing Asbestos in to Australia, has the same Penalties as those of importing illicit drugs.

Does that include Johnson and Johnson baby powder?

[riparian]

3 hours ago, sattahip said:

Police are Malaysian

 

 

From the photo’s metadata:

 

FILE PHOTO: Malaysian Customs display 1,187kg of Methamphetamine worth 71 million ringgit ($17.8 million) seized during a news conference in Nilai, Malaysia May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Angie Teo/File Photo

 

[pacovl46]

That's a lot of dope!

 

Also, great work telling the whole world that ANOM is covertly operated by the FBI. Providing that information to criminals was VERY helpful for future operations. They might as well just shut it down now 

[Edwin Cameron]

Just saying, it looks like to me that the Narcotics originated in Thailand,Burma and transported down to one of the ports in Malaysia, to be shipped to Aussie, the FBI and Australian Feds were able to get into their encrypted phones and virtually knew everything that was happening before the smugglers ( aka. Dumb and Dumber) great bust, congrats to all police concerned.

[mtls2005]

44 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

I thought that was made quite clear in the second paragraph of the article

“……. heroin from Thailand to Australia”

 

Thailand is merely the trans-shipment country. Thailand offers secure shipment, provided you've paid the tariff to the proper "officials". I assume this came across a border, Laos, or Myanmar.

 

It was re-packaged here into locally-sourced, used paint buckets.

[ibtg68]

Looks like this covert operation did fairly well. Here’s some more information regarding AN0M. 
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM

[mtls2005]

12 minutes ago, Edwin Cameron said:

Just saying, it looks like to me that the Narcotics originated in Thailand,Burma and transported down to one of the ports in Malaysia, to be shipped to Aussie

314kg of heroin hidden in paint buckets seized in Chonburi port just before being shipped to Australia

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/40002927

[Boedog]

314kg , looks like 1kg bricks there's nearly 300 on the table alone with 32 boxes on the floor someone is tell fibs, 1 for you 2 for me