Online Courier Offer Linked to Flight Attendant’s Heroin Arrest

Thai anti-narcotics officials are investigating a social media courier network after a Thai Airways flight attendant was arrested in Australia with more than one kilogramme of heroin. The 26-year-old was detained at Melbourne Airport on June 25 after the drug was discovered hidden inside the lining of 12 bags she was carrying. Chat records indicate that an account named “Rose” recruited her to transport what was described as Thai community products in exchange for 8,800 baht. The flight attendant and her boyfriend reportedly questioned the account’s lack of a profile photograph before eventually accepting the assignment, while a parcel was later delivered to her Bangkok condominium. Thai and Australian investigators are now tracing the sender and other possible participants as the flight attendant remains in custody awaiting further court proceedings.