Man busted in UK smuggling cannabis from Thailand to clear debt

[Scouse123]

I can't believe he would do this.

 

He looks such a smart guy as well.

[Sig]

3 hours ago, jcmj said:

How did Thailand miss it when he departed? Either they didn’t check properly or didn’t want to do anything and just notified the UK. Same with Dubai. Seems like they are getting lax as well. 

A smarter move by them would be to have known he was carrying it, having been alerted by dogs or other technology, and letting him go back to his home country so as to avoid wasting money prosecuting and jailing him. Contact his home country and let them know he's on his way and let them deal with all the financial burden he's gonna cause the legal system/taxpayers.

[newbee2022]

Not the brightest candle...😂

[ronster]

How did he get it on the plane in Thailand and did he actually stay in Dubai and then check in there with the weed or was he just sitting in the airport for a few hours ?

These drug couriers like trying to get caught by stopping a lot , instead of one direct flight it seems 🙈

[Darksidedude]

not very bright

[Brave-Fart]

1 hour ago, wombat said:

One would assume you are correct.

But only if you do not know the universal code , which everyone has now been informed of.

[Yagoda]

They need to legalize weed in Blighty. Calm your crazies down a bit and make some money.

[radiochaser]

Regarding bags being checked in the middle east (Dubai, Qatar I don't remember which).

 

I flew from Thailand to the Middle East, on to Europe, then on to the U.S. of A.   In the middle east I was notified that I needed to go to such and such counter.   When I found it and identified myself, a U.S. of A. government official  advised me that my bags had been checked during the transfer from one airlines to another.   

 

She then applied a sticker to the outside of my passport.   She would not tell me what they had been looking for.

[henryford1958]

1 hour ago, lordgrinz said:

26 months (if he does all of it) for 53kgs of drugs is a slap on the wrist, no wonder he took the chance. 

 

It will end up being less than a year. No wonder drug smugglers try it on. No penalty at all. Until you give 20 + years or death they will keep doing it.

[mikebike]

20 years or death for weed. Are you insane?

[CFCol]

1 hour ago, BKKBike09 said:

 

Probably a TSA approved lock - combo with a small key lock for TSA or other agencies to use to unlock your case. 

 

In the pre-TSA days Customs used to have large bunches of suitcase keys to hand so was just a matter of finding one that fit. 

 

New cases come with 000 as a default setting. He was obviously too lazy to change it.

[Freddy42OZ]

2 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

I must be missing something here - wouldn’t that make these locks worthless?

 

The default code on new bags is 000   the idiot didn't change the code. 

 

[Kinok Farang]

23 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

A lazy amateur effort.

 

The only way to import drugs successfully is the suppository method.

 

They often check your bags at airports but I have never experienced a cavity search.

Even though you requested one.

[steven100]

Well,  he should be thankful he wasn't in Singapore ....  

 

zero sympathy for drug people.   they chose the wrong path,    and everyone knows right from wrong.

[lordgrinz]

Just now, steven100 said:

Well,  he should be thankful he wasn't in Singapore ....  

 

zero sympathy for drug people.   they chose the wrong path,    and everyone knows right from wrong.

 

Yup, he was well over the limit of what could have gotten him a death sentence.