webfact Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Pakistan man nabbed at airport with 1kg heroin in stomach BANGKOK: -- Jan 29 (TNA) – A Pakistani man was arrested by Thai customs officials at Bangkok’s Suvaranbhumi International Airport Friday with 90 packets--almost one kg--heroin in his stomach. Ahmad Shabbir was arrested during immigration procedures when customs officers believed him to be acting suspiciously and required him to pass through an X-ray scanner, finding many bags of unidentified matter in his stomach. The detainee was ordered to a toilet to defecate and officials found 90 packages of heroin, weighing nearly one kilogramme. The estimated street value of the heroin is some Bt2.5 million (US$75,000). Mr Shabbir was charged with possessing and trafficking drugs and is being held at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau for further investigation, said the customs officials. (TNA) -- TNA 2010-01-29 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Now I understand what they mean, when the junkie in the movies says" Man this is good shาt " Edited January 29, 2010 by ratcatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecropper Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Was he arriving or departing? It's slightly unclear. If he former, the phrase 'coals to Newcastle" springs to mind. Edited January 29, 2010 by sharecropper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 SO... they are putting that new scanner test to good use eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfinger Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 for sure, now he is "Departing...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensei Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 WIKI has this to say, "The whole digestive system is around 9 meters long. In a healthy human adult this process can take between 24 and 72 hours." They saw that package in his stomach and just asked him to go to the toilet? Vomiting could have been a better option. Do they know the difference between the stomach and the intestines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leozaza Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Tragic how there'll always be some people who think they wont get caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wade72 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 WIKI has this to say, "The whole digestive system is around 9 meters long. In a healthy human adult this process can take between 24 and 72 hours."They saw that package in his stomach and just asked him to go to the toilet? Vomiting could have been a better option. Do they know the difference between the stomach and the intestines? I am sure they know the difference in the Thai language, before going off with stupid comments like that go read it in Thai and tell me if it makes more sense then. The facts are the nabbed a drug trafficker it looks like, good on them. Possibly next time they can get Sensei to come check their grammar and the contents of the toilet so they can be sure which part of the body the drugs were present in when x-raying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaneggspurt Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 WIKI has this to say, "The whole digestive system is around 9 meters long. In a healthy human adult this process can take between 24 and 72 hours."They saw that package in his stomach and just asked him to go to the toilet? Vomiting could have been a better option. Do they know the difference between the stomach and the intestines? I expect as he was caught he was about to sh1t himself anyway ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiawatcher Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Tragic how there'll always be some people who think they wont get caught. Sure as hel_l he will either have a long time to think about the consequences or look forward to his execution. Not being of Western origin he may well get the death penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowImEasy Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 WIKI has this to say, "The whole digestive system is around 9 meters long. In a healthy human adult this process can take between 24 and 72 hours."They saw that package in his stomach and just asked him to go to the toilet? Vomiting could have been a better option. Do they know the difference between the stomach and the intestines? Again, A criticism before any real facts are known. Why jump on Thai officials at every chance? They caught the guy!! Nuf Sed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Gee I did not know that they had a proctologist at customs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salween Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Wow, sounds like someone at immigration just read John Bardett's recently released 'The Godfather of Kathmandu'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forkinhades Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 must be bringing it in from pakistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JibJab Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Who cares!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Read again: they required him pass through an x-ray scanner. That is not the same as the millimetre wave (which is RF) or backscatter airport devices that would show what one might have strapped to his or her body. An x-ray scanner powerful enough to produce imaging adequate to yield stomach contents uses real, ionising radiation, which of course can result in cancer-causing chromosome damage. I do hope that we are not all about to be subject to mandatory x-rays in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiChai Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) I don't understand why TV sent an email out of this. Drug dealers/mules are getting caught all the time. Whats the big news? Edited January 29, 2010 by MaiChai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 "required him to pass through an X-ray scanner" the new scanning machine, installed just only on Tuesday, is only on departures and it's not an x-ray but microwave. It does not detect internal objects, but only those outside the skin. as to x-ray mashine is highly harmful for human and only a single picture can be made - and it's not "walk through". X-ray scanner in only used for the luggage. most probably he was put on the x-ray mashine and than ordered to seat on the toilet, for whatever long it takes - the article doesn't say when he as arrested and when the drugs were confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibkk Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 if this is the kind of foreigners thailand does not want, i agree 200% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampal Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hasn't anybody heard of laxatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaRanter Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 for sure, now he is "Departing...." Dead wrong, he is coming in. The Thai drug supression department have almost destroyed all the groups bring in heroin from the golden triangle into Thailand. Or they have made the trade unlucrative and uncertain. For years this drug has been exported from south asia in huge quantities dirt cheap. And about him getting the death penalty just because he is not western, thats simply not true, if he was Nigerian he will be eligible to go home 8 years from today. Something about a 'treaty'. I keep wondering what the kingdom get for their leniency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty5x5 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 He's just a mule and maybe even forced into doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigger Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Tragic how there'll always be some people who think they wont get caught. Saddly becuase many dont get caught, atleast not the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 for sure, now he is "Departing...." not for a long time or maybe on the end of a rope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibreaker Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 He's just a mule and maybe even forced into doing it. And you know this because... ?? Maybe you have some experience? Sadly many probably dont get caught, so lets give this new machine some credit here. If those will stop or slow down this traffic, then some really good things come out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backsoon Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 He's just a mule and maybe even forced into doing it. Yesss, and he is poor, uneducated and has lots of kids to support... I feel my heart starts bleeding for this fellow... Don't cry for him, Pakistani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibreaker Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 He's just a mule and maybe even forced into doing it. Still he has a head on top of his shoulder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion76 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Customs have a medical x-ray machine at the airport that they can use to x-ray suspects stomachs, this has nothing to do with the new bomb scanners. After that a laxative will do the rest. I don't think they care if it takes 15 minutes or 15 hours to get it out. I doubt they'd be concerned about delaying the man's travels. Swallowing packets of contra band is a common way of smuggling, why wouldn't they have an x-ray machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissrev1 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Actually it's more likely that this guy was the mule that was sacrificed. It has long been believed that the drug lords in Thailand, and those outside of Thailand have cut a deal with The Thai officials. The officials look the other way for a while, and then the drug kingpins feed them a patsy to bust. So the drug dealers make their money, bribe the airport officials, and give them a stooge to make them look good. It's a classic, easy scam. I doubt the guy showed any signs at all. They probably knew who he was before he arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forkinhades Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Actually it's more likely that this guy was the mule that was sacrificed. It has long been believed that the drug lords in Thailand, and those outside of Thailand have cut a deal with The Thai officials. The officials look the other way for a while, and then the drug kingpins feed them a patsy to bust. So the drug dealers make their money, bribe the airport officials, and give them a stooge to make them look good. It's a classic, easy scam. I doubt the guy showed any signs at all. They probably knew who he was before he arrived. spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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