Australian charged with drugs smuggling

December 18, 2008

Thai customs have charged an Australian man with smuggling drugs after arresting him at a Bangkok airport with packs of heroin allegedly strapped to his body, officials said on Wednesday.

Andrew Hoods, 36, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi international airport's departure hall on Wednesday afternoon in possession of 12 packets of heroin weighing three kilograms in total, an official said.

A customs official estimated that the drugs would have a street value of 12 million baht in Thailand.

Police said that another Australian, believed to be a friend, managed to escape.

Thailand toughened its stance on illegal drugs in 2002, but remains a transit point for narcotics produced in neighbouring Myanmar, the world's second largest opium producer and a major methamphetamine hub.

Drugs trafficking carries the death penalty in Thailand.

AFP

Good, lock him up with 30 Thai men all vying to be his proctolagist, he won't do it again.

What an idiot!!!

Ohh well whats 30 to 50 years in a thai jail between drug runs

No pity for him....hope he likes fish head soup!

Police said that another Australian, believed to be a friend, managed to escape.

how did he escape from the departure hall?

Police said that another Australian, believed to be a friend, managed to escape.

how did he escape from the departure hall?

perhaps he just slipped on a yellow shirt & stood in the corner waving a 'handclapper' .....ohh sorry I forgot, that was last week....you didnt expect the departures hall to be secure did you?