Thai authorities stumble on 7.5 kilos of heroin destined for Australia

[snoop1130]

 

The authorities have discovered 7.5 kilograms of heroin concealed in a seat cushion and heading for Australia.

 

Khirisak Tantinawachai, commander-in-chief of the Narcotics Suppression unit, says police were alerted by a young Thai woman who is studying in Australia.

 

The woman had posted on social media, offering to transport items on her upcoming return flight to Australia. She then received a payment of 3,500 baht from a man who asked her to transport what he said was a “woman’s purse”.

 

By Peter Roche

Caption: PHOTO: Thai Rath

 

Full story: Phuket GO 2024-01-05

 

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[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The woman had posted on social media, offering to transport items on her upcoming return flight to Australia. She then received a payment of 3,500 baht from a man who asked her to transport what he said was a “woman’s purse”.

Which of course is highly illegal.

[2baht]

Gutter drugs!

[Darksidedude]

totally see all that fitting in a women's purse, couldn't make this up if you tried ha ha

[stoner]

she doesn't know anyone in the agricultural ministry does she ? 

[tomazbodner]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Which of course is highly illegal.

It is when it's actually a seat cushion loaded with drugs...

[bamnutsak]

More poison from Myanmar.

 

Thailand is quietly complicit in offering trans-shipment services.

 

 

Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan to become world’s leading opium producer, UN says

 

Myanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban imposed a ban on poppy cultivation, according to a new United Nations report.

 

The Southeast Asian nation produced an estimated 1,080 metric tons of opium in 2023, the highest since 2001, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in its report.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/13/asia/myanmar-worlds-leading-opium-producer-intl-hnk/

 

 

 

Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2023 Cultivation, Production, and Implications

 

https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2023/Southeast_Asia_Opium_Survey_2023.pdf

 

 

[Olmate]

2 hours ago, Darksidedude said:

totally see all that fitting in a women's purse, couldn't make this up if you tried ha ha

Some ladies have very big 'purses'!! 

[Mike Lister]

3,500 baht in exchange for the rest of your life, hardly seems equitable.

[mikebell]

Another success for RTP as they stumble on in their bumbling way to mediocracy.

[brianthainess]

At least the reference to an Australian airhostess involved doesn't appear in this version as it did in the last one by another news outlet, as it was complete BS.