All for 20,000 baht! Two Pakistani mules stopped with drugs worth 95 million baht at Bangkok airport

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Picture: Daily News

 

Two Pakistani drug mules told customs they were paid just 20,000 baht each to bring almost three dozen kilos of drugs from their country to Thailand. 

 

The men - named only as A and B aged 26 and 35 - were stopped in the Green Lane. 

 

Heroin weighing 1.1 kilos and 30.6 kilos of Ketamine were concealed in instant tea sachets in their luggage. 

 

The flight had come from Karachi and Dubai. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Customs chief Phachorn Anantasin said that neither man had been to Thailand in the last two years reported Daily News. 

 

Pressed by the media if this case was linked to others Phachorn said it was not.

 

He said it was part of a renewed drive to stop smuggling after moves initiated by PM Prayuth Chan-ocha. 

 

The suspects - who were to hand the drugs over to a contact outside the airport if successful - are now in the hands of the Narcotics Control Board and narcotics police. 

 

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[Gsxrnz]

They must have looked too innocent.  I always show anger and frustration at customs and passport officials.  They think that anybody as offensive and rude as me would not dare to act in  that manner if I was smuggling.

 

I always get through NZ customs with 2,000 ciggies when the limit is only 50.

[JoePai]

For the young readers three dozen = 36  ????

[Chris.B]

24 minutes ago, JoePai said:

For the young readers three dozen = 36  ????

..... but this is Asean Now, there aren't any young readers! ????

[Phuket Stan]

1 hour ago, Gsxrnz said:

They must have looked too innocent.  I always show anger and frustration at customs and passport officials.  They think that anybody as offensive and rude as me would not dare to act in  that manner if I was smuggling.

 

I always get through NZ customs with 2,000 ciggies when the limit is only 50.

I have just sent this off to Jacinda.....She will be waiting for you ????

[steven100]

so why not let them meet their accomplices outside and nab them also .....

oh wait  !    that's to sensible .....    lol

[Gsxrnz]

2 minutes ago, Phuket Stan said:

I have just sent this off to Jacinda.....She will be waiting for you ????

She already is.  Bitch!

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, Gsxrnz said:

They must have looked too innocent.  I always show anger and frustration at customs and passport officials.  They think that anybody as offensive and rude as me would not dare to act in  that manner if I was smuggling.

 

I always get through NZ customs with 2,000 ciggies when the limit is only 50.

Almost all are caught from tip offs from inside the drug rings.

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, JoePai said:

For the young readers three dozen = 36  ????

not if they were bakers

[Hans Johnson]

It’s funny that they never follow through where the consignment of drugs are bound for and who is the receiver or sender is. Get the media and all our friends in for a photo shoot with covered faces and lots of pointings to the table. 
 

[ronster]

And yet again another mule arriving from Dubai loaded with drugs .

Is Dubai awash with drugs now or has the golden triangle moved ? 

[mvdf]

5 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

I always get through NZ customs with 2,000 ciggies when the limit is only 50.

All good things come to an end. The day will come when a certain overeager, highly motivated, supervisor-wannabe NZIS/Customs intern will find your antagonistic strategy a reason for sniffing and digging deeper in those bags. Then you will remember your post above and how not all Christmases fall on your travel day.

 

[BostonRob2]

4 hours ago, JoePai said:

For the young readers three dozen = 36  ????

So naive....you haven't factored in the 10% kept aside for the policeman's ball ????

[ChipButty]

Not very smart to me, Thai customs I mean it quite likely they were tracking that shipment from Dubai, could have put tracking devices in the luggage to see where it was going and that amount is some serious people involved, 

[sammieuk1]

Now plod has the gear the stooges are off to the big house the supplier gets nowt all profit for Joe Ferrari Jonny Maserati ????

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The men - named only as A and B aged 26 and 35 - were stopped in the Green Lane. 

By the time they see daylight again they'll be Y& Z and retired.

[007 RED]

If I recall correctly, new x-ray scanners were installed in the baggage arrival section of Suvarnabhumi airport in 2019 to enable customs to automatically scan all arriving baggage for contraband.  Apparently, many types of drugs show up as a specific colour and density which sets off an alarm.  The case is then monitored via CCTV and when the owner collects it from the arrival belt they are be greeted by a welcoming party.

 

Edited December 1, 2021 by 007 RED
Typo

[ChipButty]

I suppose a Thai jail is slightly better than a Pakistani jail

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Two Pakistani drug mules

Photo taken in Lahore!!

 

[Gsxrnz]

1 hour ago, mvdf said:

All good things come to an end. The day will come when a certain overeager, highly motivated, supervisor-wannabe NZIS/Customs intern will find your antagonistic strategy a reason for sniffing and digging deeper in those bags. Then you will remember your post above and how not all Christmases fall on your travel day.

 

The immigration service in New Zealand is called "Immigration New Zealand", not New Zealand Immigration Service.

 

They obviously opted for this because if it was called "New Zealand Immigration Service" or NZIS as you have unwittingly suggested, is just a trifle too close for comfort to the very suitable acronym of "NAZIS".  

 

The New Zealand Institute of Sport are referred to as NZIS. They let men compete in women's sport so they could never be called NAZIS.  Idiots and fools yes, but not NAZIS.

 

 

[xtrnuno41]

I wonder if they even get paid. There are gangs, they tell , do it, otherwise we ll pop your family.

[pacovl46]

Riiiiight, like anyone brings their own instant tea satchels with them on holiday, leave alone to the tune of 30 kilos. How inconspicuous!
 

Well, enjoy your free five star stay in the Bangkok Hilton for the next 25 years!

[JeffersLos]

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I suppose a Thai jail is slightly better than a Pakistani jail

It's probably better than a Pakastani house. 

[The Hammer2021]

They were set up to allow the other nine smugglers to get through..lol

[bristolgeoff]

No visa  needed,no quarantine or health insurance.Come this way everything free  now for you,for the next 20yrs.For 20,000 baht how stupid are some people

[BusyB]

8 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

I wonder if they even get paid. There are gangs, they tell , do it, otherwise we ll pop your family.

Especially where debts are involved as well. Only really poor sods get knocked off like this.

I've heard they are also offered up as a kind of 'tribute' while the real consignment sails through ... but 36 odd kgs seems like more than a tribute, unless they're shipping tonne or two of the stuff.

[Scott]

Abusive, inflammatory post reported and removed.

 

[Freddy42OZ]

22 hours ago, Chris.B said:

..... but this is Asean Now, there aren't any young readers! ????

Speak for yourself. 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 12/1/2021 at 10:47 AM, JoePai said:

For the young readers three dozen = 36  ????

Very odd "journalistic" licence by Thaivisa, the original article didn't mention "dozen" anywhere.  Maybe next time they'll continue to extract the Michael by slipping in bushels and pecks.

Edited December 4, 2021 by Liverpool Lou