New Zealander Caught Smuggling Cocaine in Passport at Phuket Airport

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Facebook Phuket Airport Immigration

 

A 24-year-old New Zealander has been arrested at Phuket International Airport after attempting to smuggle cocaine into Thailand, concealing the drug inside his passport.

 

Phuket Immigration officials reported that the arrest took place on 8 April at around 15:10  following a joint operation between the Phuket Airport Immigration Investigation Unit and Sakoo Police.

 

 

During a routine check at the international arrivals hall, officers discovered 0.18 grams of cocaine hidden inside a small resealable plastic bag, which had been tucked into the suspect’s passport.

 

The suspect, whose name was not released by authorities, was promptly taken into custody and will be charged accordingly.

 

Picture courtesy of Facebook Phuket Airport Immigration

 

-- 2025-04-10

 

[ozz1]

What a tool what are these people thinking inside a passport Darwin award and monkey house awaits

[watchcat]

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

officers discovered 0.18 grams of cocaine hidden inside a small resealable plastic bag, which had been tucked into the suspect’s passport.

 

0.18 gram Wow!

[chuang]

A moron..

[ronster]

Another idiot that has given his passport over with cocaine in it 🤣🤣🤣

Can't make it up ! 😂

[bbbbooboo]

hmm… 0.18 of a gm. So small, you would wonder why?

 

[newbee2022]

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture courtesy of Facebook Phuket Airport Immigration

 

A 24-year-old New Zealander has been arrested at Phuket International Airport after attempting to smuggle cocaine into Thailand, concealing the drug inside his passport.

 

Phuket Immigration officials reported that the arrest took place on 8 April at around 15:10  following a joint operation between the Phuket Airport Immigration Investigation Unit and Sakoo Police.

 

 

During a routine check at the international arrivals hall, officers discovered 0.18 grams of cocaine hidden inside a small resealable plastic bag, which had been tucked into the suspect’s passport.

 

The suspect, whose name was not released by authorities, was promptly taken into custody and will be charged accordingly.

 

Picture courtesy of Facebook Phuket Airport Immigration

 

-- 2025-04-10

 

What an idiot. Face the law and consequences. Enjoy 😂

[khunjeff]

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

During a routine check at the international arrivals hall, officers discovered 0.18 grams of cocaine hidden inside a small resealable plastic bag, which had been tucked into the suspect’s passport.

 

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

the arrest took place on 8 April at around 15:10  following a joint operation between the Phuket Airport Immigration Investigation Unit and Sakoo Police

 

I've never seen any "routine check" of an arriving passenger's pockets at any airport in Thailand, ever. Or did he literally hand the passport containing the drugs to the immigration officer? And if this all stemmed from this magical "routine check", how had they organized a "joint operation" to arrest the guy?

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

A 24-year-old New Zealander has been arrested at Phuket International Airport after attempting to smuggle cocaine into Thailand, concealing the drug inside his passport.

A candidate for Mastermind... not

[ignore it]

Don't hide your coke when your stoned.

 

(Memo to self by Hunter Bden)

[Purdey]

I doubt there will be a long jail term. Just put him on the next plane back to bananaville.

[Dcheech]

4 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

've never seen any "routine check" of an arriving passenger's pockets at any airport in Thailand, ever. Or did he literally hand the passport containing the drugs to the immigration officer? And if this all stemmed from this magical "routine check", how had they organized a "joint operation" to arrest the guy?

You got it. There is a Thai model/actress in jail for over 30 years for a tenth of a gram of coke (or meth). I don't see how that case, or this, are anything more than a set up. I would like to think he is guilty of something else, .... never will know.

Phuket airport is also where they found bullets in the luggage of two departing tourists. That little event cost 6 weeks plus in the pokey and roughly 50K USD  each.  In one of those cases, the perp asked to see the bullet, they never showed it to him. Instead he got the old Sierra Madre routine ... we don't need no stinking bullets.

[PomPolo]

Can't fix stupid he could have probably got a gram on the way back from the airport

[Tarteso]

unripe kiwi

[Srikcir]

8 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

0.18 gram Wow!

He could have tucked the package under his tongue or split it in half and tucked it into both ear canals. Not very likely immigration would look into these places.

[Mad Mustang]

Good way to wreck your life. What an utter fool

[mfd101]

I read somewhere yesterday that if you rub the hair off the skin of a kiwi you can eat it whole.

[Marco100]

Can't believe he forgot he had a line in the passport 😳  ?? Pport he would handle at immigration? Just finish it , or throw it , on board . ...  Uhmm 🤔 funny ....

[Captain Flack]

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[Harrisfan]

3 hours ago, bbbbooboo said:

hmm… 0.18 of a gm. So small, you would wonder why?

 

Forgot obviously

[Peabody]

I'd venture a guess that it somehow accidentally found its way into his PP. Like PP and coke were in the same pocket/bag and it got stuck in PP. He probably thought he lost it but wasn't concerned, as it was a small amount. 

[black tabby12345]

NZ's dumbest criminal.

Who else is stupid enough to hide narcotics in the documents 100% certain to be checked?

[jcmj]

I agree he probably had it on his carry on bag with his passport, Wallet and other things and probably did the rest of the bag on the trip and just stuck it in the pocket and it slipped into his passport. I don’t want to think he was that stupid to put in there on purpose, but I guess we’ll never know. Stupid either way and he’ll pay for it. 

[kiwikeith]

21 hours ago, ronster said:

Another idiot that has given his passport over with cocaine in it 🤣🤣🤣

Can't make it up ! 😂

looks chinese Nz but hard too see photo to blurry but might as well have used a go straight to jai card 

[Quack]

I guess he just put the coke in his bag and it somehow slipped into the pages of his passport. He might have even forgotten it was there. I mean, it's such a pathetically small amount, it's easy to forget, especially if you're wasted. I bet it was a shock when the officer started thumbing through his passport and it just fell out though, lol. 

[Woke to Sounds]

Good to see the Kiwis in the headlines again!