16 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

I disagree.

Australian authorities will be working to find her contact in Australia. She may end up informing on the contact for a reduced sentence.

Investigations like this don't just end with the seizure of drugs and the arrest of the courier.

I know , but they should , those higher up the chain are not as stupid as the idiots who carry the stuff through customs it is a waste of money to pursue this matter any further

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

"Delivered by a hooded man

Yup and he has spoken out....

https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/delivery-rider-denies-involvement-after-online-link-to-australia-drug-smuggling-arrest/61866?fbclid=IwY2xjawSxgYlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxdHA3R3BuZkpzV1BBRkZ5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpmkMXEyet5qbhT9aQOYqcNOnM8nJc1Ix9nZFs0DcbbU2DpWSCBbfDDnQ6bx_aem_UYPTyC_2ca2tf7TWQeCMEg

A delivery rider has reported to police to clear his name after his image was widely circulated online in connection with the arrest in Australia of a TG flight attendant in a drug smuggling case.

The rider, identified only as “Kittikorn,” asserted his innocence, insisting he had no knowledge of any illegal activity and that he was simply performing his normal delivery duties.

He went to Samrong Nuea Police Station shortly before midnight last night.

Kittikorn said he decided to approach police after CCTV footage of him delivering a package to a condominium in the Bang Na area circulated online. He said he felt uneasy over speculation linking him to the arrest in Australia of “Meena,” a TG cabin crew member.

“I am just a delivery worker. I deliver parcels as assigned. I have nothing to do with this case,” he said, adding that on the day in question he was covering for a colleague who was ill and delivered more than 100 parcels as part of his regular route.

Thai and Australian authorities are investigating claims that a Thai Airways flight attendant was deceived into transporting heroin through an online courier offer. The 26-year-old was arrested at Melbourne Airport after more than one kilogramme of the drug was allegedly found hidden inside the lining of 12 bags.

Messages reportedly show that an online account offered her 8,800 baht to carry what was described as products for Thailand’s overseas community. She and her boyfriend initially questioned the suspicious account but eventually accepted the delivery. Investigators are now attempting to identify the sender and determine whether others were involved in the operation.

Source: The Thaiger

11 hours ago, SBNZ said:

On 6/30/2026 at 12:28 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

If you have anything to justify that claim I'm sure you're going to post a link to one of those forums.

Check out the most popular Facebook group for Thais in New Zealand, คนไทยในนิวซีแลนด์ (Thai - New Zealand Community). Feel free to search it for yourself and you will see many posts over the years from Thais asking others to carry items for them as well as people saying they have x kg weight allowance left and would be willing to carry items at $15 / $20 per kg. There are MANY such posts

Bearing in mind the drug trafficking context of this thread, your implication was that there are many forums catering to those wanting to smuggle drugs. If that was not what you were implying, then you were gratuitously posting irrelevant off-topic information.

On 6/30/2026 at 9:17 AM, SBNZ said:

On the TV news this morning there was much speculation that she was paid to carry the items to Australia for a stranger. This is quite common amongst Thais travelling internationally who do not use up their full weight allowance. There are forums where people post that they are willing to carry x number of kg on a flight to a certain destination as well as people asking if someone could carry items for them. The person travelling is paid anything from a few to several hundred baht / kg. The system has traditionally worked well but it seems it may now be being abused by drug traffickers.

28 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Bearing in mind the drug trafficking context of this thread, your implication was that there are many forums catering to those wanting to smuggle drugs. If that was not what you were implying, then you were gratuitously posting irrelevant off-topic information.

@SBNZ said there were forums, not “many forums” as you erroneously state.

Also, he states “The system has traditionally worked well but it seems it may now be being abused by drug traffickers.” Clearly and obviously on topic. I see no implication at all that he was referring to forums “catering to those wanting to smuggle drugs.”

You may not want to admit that you were wrong but SBNZ has demonstrated there is at least one forum dedicated to exactly what he said it was.

Relevant, topical and useful information.

2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

I know , but they should , those higher up the chain are not as stupid as the idiots who carry the stuff through customs it is a waste of money to pursue this matter any further

If they do not pursue ones higher up the chain a certain politican who also comes from Phayao would not have been caught in 1993.

Why hasn't her Mugshot or name been published ??

24 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

I see no implication at all that he was referring to forums “catering to those wanting to smuggle drugs

His comment was on a thread on this forum specifically about smuggling drugs, hence it is not unreasonable to assume that that is what he was referring to!

The "she is too young for international flights" comments are simply ridicoulous. I guess these comments come from people not very experienced with that kind of flights. Most companies work now with beautifull young ladies to attire the passengers. This is part of their brand image

On 6/30/2026 at 8:45 AM, Thingamabob said:

It certainly used to be the case that many Thai flight attendants came from influential families.

I can confirm that.

Yup and he has spoken out....

https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/delivery-rider-denies-involvement-after-online-link-to-australia-drug-smuggling-arrest/61866?fbclid=IwY2xjawSxgYlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxdHA3R3BuZkpzV1BBRkZ5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpmkMXEyet5qbhT9aQOYqcNOnM8nJc1Ix9nZFs0DcbbU2DpWSCBbfDDnQ6bx_aem_UYPTyC_2ca2tf7TWQeCMEg

A delivery rider has reported to police to clear his name after his image was widely circulated online in connection with the arrest in Australia of a TG flight attendant in a drug smuggling case.

The rider, identified only as “Kittikorn,” asserted his innocence, insisting he had no knowledge of any illegal activity and that he was simply performing his normal delivery duties.

He went to Samrong Nuea Police Station shortly before midnight last night.

Kittikorn said he decided to approach police after CCTV footage of him delivering a package to a condominium in the Bang Na area circulated online. He said he felt uneasy over speculation linking him to the arrest in Australia of “Meena,” a TG cabin crew member.

“I am just a delivery worker. I deliver parcels as assigned. I have nothing to do with this case,” he said, adding that on the day in question he was covering for a colleague who was ill and delivered more than 100 parcels as part of his regular route.

I gave you a like because it's good info. Thanks for that! I'm not passing judgment on whether he's telling the truth.

7 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

16 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I doubt this woman had any idea what she was actually carrying.

I'm not so sure, Everybody who has ever flown has been asked the question "are these your bags" ? and has heard the countless warnings about carrying Items for somebody else. She was a flight attendant, she was well aware of the risks involved,

I am so sure - back in the day I dated a handful of flight attendants - here in Thailand and from a couple of neighbouring countries - carrying stuff for others was / is quite the norm.

Its not unusual at all for regular travellers to be bringing things back for friends etc - My Wife is bringing designer products back for her friends all the time - things that are cheaper in Europe (with one caveat - if stopped by customs, the friend is on the hook for any tax charged etc).

This system of 'pay for carriage' amongst flight crews seems very normalised - its not as if this girl was going to be bringing cellophane wrapped packages in bulk - she was carrying 12 'non-designer' handbags - she would have been able to take a look at them and they would have looked perfectly normal - this would hardly raise an eyebrow IMO - particularly when everyone else is doing something quite similar.

Its out side of your scope of understanding because its outside of your scope of experience and you are applying 20/20 hindsight - but I guarantee you - people are carrying things for friends all the time - this is just taking it a step further and monetising the carriage.

21 minutes ago, impulse said:

I gave you a like because it's good info. Thanks for that! I'm not passing judgment on whether he's telling the truth.

I'm pretty sure he's telling the truth - but equally so, it would be easy enough to identify where the 'package came from' - tracking back the receipts etc - but of course, a 'mule account / name' will have been used for the package 'drop off' at the delivery centre.

IMO - in this case - IF Australian Customs wanted to - they could have allowed this to 'play out' and track the bags, allowing the Flight attendant to go through the process of entering Australia - and then watching whoever picked up the packages and following them - thats where the real criminals get caught. I imagine there's a few 'drops' before flight attendant, pickup and 'end user' however - it is possible to track and the end recipient would be a far bigger fish to catch.

1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

Why hasn't her Mugshot or name been published ??

Should direct this query to the Australian Police

IMO - in this case - IF Australian Customs wanted to - they could have allowed this to 'play out' and track the bags, allowing the Flight attendant to go through the process of entering Australia - and then watching whoever picked up the packages and following them - thats where the real criminals get caught. I imagine there's a few 'drops' before flight attendant, pickup and 'end user' however - it is possible to track and the end recipient would be a far bigger fish to catch.

I think that window of opportunity closed when they had to take the tote bags apart to find out what was sewn into the lining. (Assuming her baggage stayed with her and not into the hold with the passenger baggage. In that case, they'd have been able to figure out what it was without alerting her.) Obviously, I wasn't there. But I envision her getting caught at the Arrivals customs x-ray.

Edit: I'd add that, most of the airports I fly into now, Customs doesn't even x-ray my checked baggage. Just the carry-on. Because the checked bags have already been inspected for contraband. I just don't see them doing it.

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I am so sure - back in the day I dated a handful of flight attendants - here in Thailand and from a couple of neighbouring countries - carrying stuff for others was / is quite the norm.

Its not unusual at all for regular travellers to be bringing things back for friends etc - My Wife is bringing designer products back for her friends all the time - things that are cheaper in Europe (with one caveat - if stopped by customs, the friend is on the hook for any tax charged etc).

This system of 'pay for carriage' amongst flight crews seems very normalised - its not as if this girl was going to be bringing cellophane wrapped packages in bulk - she was carrying 12 'non-designer' handbags - she would have been able to take a look at them and they would have looked perfectly normal - this would hardly raise an eyebrow IMO - particularly when everyone else is doing something quite similar.

Its out side of your scope of understanding because its outside of your scope of experience and you are applying 20/20 hindsight - but I guarantee you - people are carrying things for friends all the time - this is just taking it a step further and monetising the carria

and the award for the most condescending reply goes to

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Its out side of your scope of understanding because its outside of your scope of experience

priceless. yes its a long time since i smuggled heroin I must have forgotten

Here is what I understand

people are carrying things for friends all the time, Often they are breaking customs regs and evading duty / tax this time , she did indeed "take things a step further" she was carrying a kilo of heroin , and this time she finally got caught, nobody's luck lasts forever . Of course she was "innocent", but that's a bonus , where she is heading for they are all "innocent" or so they will tell you.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIYeLHgWGMZJhwTUeBhgniH3oxneH-TOtBtd7dyPiJ5w&s=10

You might want to have a word with your smuggling wife this seems to be the season for crackdowns , certainly not a good time to be taking things "a step further"

Oh this poor lady needs to be released immediately!!

Regular travelers carrying things for friends and family.

With an iota of grey matter, they should know WHAT they are carrying and the international regulations!

Justifying your own crimes is a human trait.

As she is still technically WORKING, she should be following the policies / procedures of her Airline

The workplace Policy is NOT to carry other person's luggage / parcels ..

She will be dismissed

6 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

31 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I am so sure - back in the day I dated a handful of flight attendants - here in Thailand and from a couple of neighbouring countries - carrying stuff for others was / is quite the norm.

Its not unusual at all for regular travellers to be bringing things back for friends etc - My Wife is bringing designer products back for her friends all the time - things that are cheaper in Europe (with one caveat - if stopped by customs, the friend is on the hook for any tax charged etc).

This system of 'pay for carriage' amongst flight crews seems very normalised - its not as if this girl was going to be bringing cellophane wrapped packages in bulk - she was carrying 12 'non-designer' handbags - she would have been able to take a look at them and they would have looked perfectly normal - this would hardly raise an eyebrow IMO - particularly when everyone else is doing something quite similar.

Its out side of your scope of understanding because its outside of your scope of experience and you are applying 20/20 hindsight - but I guarantee you - people are carrying things for friends all the time - this is just taking it a step further and monetising the carriage.

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and the award for the most condescending reply goes to

Call it condescending if it makes you feel better. The reality is your reply simply demonstrates that you're viewing this entirely through the lens of hindsight and your own limited experience.

You seem incapable of separating two completely different things: carrying something known to be illegal, and carrying something you genuinely believe is perfectly legitimate. That distinction is the entire discussion, yet you've bulldozed straight past it because "she had heroin" is the only conclusion you're capable of working backwards from.

6 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

31 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Its out side of your scope of understanding because its outside of your scope of experience

priceless. yes its a long time since i smuggled heroin I must have forgotten

Here is what I understand

people are carrying things for friends all the time, Often they are breaking customs regs and evading duty / tax this time , she did indeed "take things a step further" she was carrying a kilo of heroin , and this time she finally got caught, nobody's luck lasts forever . Of course she was "innocent", but that's a bonus , where she is heading for they are all "innocent" or so they will tell you.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIYeLHgWGMZJhwTUeBhgniH3oxneH-TOtBtd7dyPiJ5w&s=10

You might want to have a word with your smuggling wife this seems to be the season for crackdowns , certainly not a good time to be taking things "a step further"

As for my "smuggling wife"... thanks for proving the point.

She brings back perfectly legal goods for friends, exactly as thousands of travellers do every day. If Customs decide duty is payable, the duty gets paid. That's not drug smuggling, despite your apparent inability to distinguish tax regulations from trafficking heroin - your repsone is an just an unintelligent attempt at a win rather than to discuss the topic - try harder, or just be smarter, if you can !!! (now you have an example of condescending).

The reality from your posts: You weren't trying to understand the circumstances that allowed this to happen. You were looking for a cheap verbal gotcha. Calling my wife a "smuggler" didn't strengthen your argument, it simply advertised that you'd abandoned it with a cheap-shot.

The irony is that your entire position rests on a rather puritanical fantasy that everyone rigidly follows every customs regulation to the letter. They don't. Flight crews, frequent flyers and ordinary travellers have been carrying items for friends, colleagues and family for decades. That's reality, whether you've encountered it or not - I can't remember the last time I entered Thailand with the correct duty-free amount (usually at least 2 bottles of Whisky !) - careful not to pee yourself at that before calling me a smuggler.

The criminality wasn't carrying a few handbags. The criminality was the organised network that exploited a behaviour that had become so commonplace people no longer questioned it.

If you can't grasp that distinction, perhaps spare us the lecture. You're arguing against the world as you imagine it exists, not the one that actually does.

5 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

As she is still technically WORKING, she should be following the policies / procedures of her Airline

The workplace Policy is NOT to carry other person's luggage / parcels ..

She will be dismissed

Of course she will - but you are posting with 20/20 hindsight and presenting it as wisdom - as already highlighted - this behavior were already in place and very normalised - as shown by the FaceBook excerpt shown by Airlee's post - this behavior was quite normal, had being going on for years - its very likely the young lady had picked up this side-hustle to carry items from other crew who were more senior and had been doing the same for years...

...Not as 'drugs mules' of course, but a simple side hustle, brining in luxury items, carrying things to order for others, 'harmless' and legal items - this girl was stitched up by a criminal gang - naive yes - criminal no (depending on the size of stick up yer jaxie)..... And tends of thousands (if not more) of flight attendants have been doing the same around the world for decades.

UPDATE

AFP and Thai Drugs Agency Review Heroin Case

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Of course she will - but you are posting with 20/20 hindsight and presenting it as wisdom - as already highlighted - this behavior were already in place and very normalised - as shown by the FaceBook excerpt shown by Airlee's post - this behavior was quite normal, had being going on for years - its very likely the young lady had picked up this side-hustle to carry items from other crew who were more senior and had been doing the same for years...

...Not as 'drugs mules' of course, but a simple side hustle, brining in luxury items, carrying things to order for others, 'harmless' and legal items - this girl was stitched up by a criminal gang - naive yes - criminal no (depending on the size of stick up yer jaxie)..... And tends of thousands (if not more) of flight attendants have been doing the same around the world for decades.

So this is ok and acceptable?

Nothing to worry about?

49 minutes ago, ravip said:

Should direct this query to the Australian Police

How quick you think the Thai police would have issued his name or her and photo if he or her stepped off a thai Airways flight into the kingdom. He or she would have 10 Cops all pointing the finger at her with the drugs laid out on the Table. Obviously its bad publicity for Thai Airways so they will want it kept out of the press.

3 minutes ago, ravip said:

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Of course she will - but you are posting with 20/20 hindsight and presenting it as wisdom - as already highlighted - this behavior were already in place and very normalised - as shown by the FaceBook excerpt shown by Airlee's post - this behavior was quite normal, had being going on for years - its very likely the young lady had picked up this side-hustle to carry items from other crew who were more senior and had been doing the same for years...

...Not as 'drugs mules' of course, but a simple side hustle, brining in luxury items, carrying things to order for others, 'harmless' and legal items - this girl was stitched up by a criminal gang - naive yes - criminal no (depending on the size of stick up yer jaxie)..... And tends of thousands (if not more) of flight attendants have been doing the same around the world for decades.

So this is ok and acceptable?

Nothing to worry about?

It depends how sanctimonious you are going to be with the 'hang-em-high' response....

This flight attendant was carrying 12x embroidered textile souvenir tote bags - hardly alarming... She was doing nothing illegal until someone stitched her up and lined the bags with drugs.

In the past I've carried 10 or 12 items from Nariya back the UK as gifts for family and aunties etc - the carriage itself is not illegal - the naivety is that the naïve flight attendant was doing this for someone else to make a little side-hustle - if I'm not mistaken she was paid 8500 baht to carry the items.

Is there a problem with that - individually no - IF you know exactly whats being carried. We're back and forth to the UK numerous times per year and bring things back for friends - I've no issues with that / Wife does the same (she's already been called a smuggler by one saddo on this thread) - friends do friends favours.

In this case - The flight attendent upgraded this behavior to monetise the carriage - everyone's got a side hustle these days and I hardly blame her for that either - she was just very very unfortunate that someone stitched her up.

Let's hope Australia makes an example of the flight attendant and charges her with the maximum jail penalty of their laws. This will discourage others from carrying on, be them thai or other foreign airline staff.

8 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

Let's hope Australia makes an example of the flight attendant and charges her with the maximum jail penalty of their laws.

Don't you think they're better off finding out who the 'leaders' are - who the '12x embroidered textile souvenir tote bags' were supposed to be handed over to ????

It seems in many cases where drug-mules are used - the investigation focuses on them, the low hanging fruit, when there are far greater scope to 'watch them' and find out where the intended drugs are headed and catch those higher up the pyramid.

Catching someone 'carrying something for a friend' - or in this case 'carrying innocent (looking) items' as a side hustle is not catching the criminals - its catching the low hanging fruit for a statistical notch - its 'point scoring' more than it is actual law enforcement.

8 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

This will discourage others from carrying on, be them thai or other foreign airline staff.

I do agree - it will of course stop the 'cash for carriage' side hustle that many people use - but that still doesn't catch the criminals who will simply find other means to use mules and stitch other people up.

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Don't you think they're better off finding out who the 'leaders' are - who the '12x embroidered textile souvenir tote bags' were supposed to be handed over to ????

It seems in many cases where drug-mules are used - the investigation focuses on them, the low hanging fruit, when there are far greater scope to 'watch them' and find out where the intended drugs are headed and catch those higher up the pyramid.

Catching someone 'carrying something for a friend' - or in this case 'carrying innocent (looking) items' as a side hustle is not catching the criminals - its catching the low hanging fruit for a statistical notch - its 'point scoring' more than it is actual law enforcement.

I do agree - it will of course stop the 'cash for carriage' side hustle that many people use - but that still doesn't catch the criminals who will simply find other means to use mules and stitch other people up.

Obviously a never ending battle. For sure, you take down one entire network and there are 10 behind to replace them. Very true. But not to a reason not to do anything starting from the bottom level of trafficking. And in this case it was not a single mom crushed by poverty from south america or africa, but a well established lady with a job that many would envy in Thailand at least.

And if the investigation is done properly, they will surely try to climb up the suppliers and kingpins.

But considering the mule arrested has her family back in Thailand, will she break a deal and give out ? I

for sure would not as these gangs are ruthless.

Thank you. 🙏

8 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

What a strange post . I never buy duty free, and I never carry hand baggage, but I might indeed "push you out of the way" depends on how slow you are moving grandad. and the other passengers would thank me for it .

In "a life threatening emergency" such as a crash landing the elderly and infirm are a liability, their very presence endangers the lives of others, if they cannot prove they are fully fit to fly, including being able to handle an emergency evacuation they should be denied boarding Same goes for the disabled

Health and safety should never be compromised for fear of hurting somebody's feelings

No hand baggage, I don't believe you. But nice that you confirmed you would barge other passengers out of your way. Just a common or garden thug then.

Not quite sure what this rant was about as I didn't raise it In "a life threatening emergency" such as a crash landing the elderly and infirm are a liability, their very presence endangers the lives of others, if they cannot prove they are fully fit to fly, including being able to handle an emergency evacuation they should be denied boarding Same goes for the disabled"

2 minutes ago, Geoff914 said:

No hand baggage, I don't believe you. But nice that you confirmed you would barge other passengers out of your way. Just a common or garden thug then.

Not quite sure what this rant was about as I didn't raise it In "a life threatening emergency" such as a crash landing the elderly and infirm are a liability, their very presence endangers the lives of others, if they cannot prove they are fully fit to fly, including being able to handle an emergency evacuation they should be denied boarding Same goes for the disabled"

If you don't understand the comment then why bother telling us , you now look more stupid

I don't care what you believe I never carry hand luggage I think it should be banned, what do people put in it anyway .

No not just a common or garden thug pal In a life and death situation I would become a violent psychopath, with a zest for life its everyman for himself in those situations if I had to walk over you or a woman or a kid to be one of the survivors then believe me I would, and anybody saying otherwise is a liar or just plain stupid and deserves to die , Feel free to hold the door open for me and the other non losers though, I'm sure you'll get your reward in heaven I'll settle for a few pints down the pub afterwards