Phuket busts nab heroin, cocaine suspects

Phuket Gazette

Ms Kiriya was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital for an x-ray, which revealed she was carrying cocaine in her stomach. Photo: Phuket NCB

Phuket Narcotics Control Board officers watch over three of those arrested for heroin possession. Photo: Phuket NCB

PHUKET: -- In a busy two days for drug law enforcement officers in Phuket, a woman was arrested in possession of cocaine at Phuket International Airport on Wednesday and five men with heroin were arrested at an address south of Phuket Town just 24 hours earlier.

Lt Col Suthirat Tojumpa, chief of the Phuket branch of the Narcotics Control Board, told the Phuket Gazette today that he and a team of officers had gone to the airport on Wednesday at the request of Customs officers after a suspicious female had been stopped at arrivals.

“Customs officials suspected that 26-year-old Thai national Kiriya Inmek, who arrived in Phuket on a flight from Brazil, was concealing drugs. However, an initial search failed to confirm those suspicions.

“We escorted Ms Kiriya to Vachira Phuket Hospital, where staff took an x-ray of her stomach. The x-ray image confirmed that she had swallowed 22.35 grams of cocaine,” said Col Suthirat.

The colonel went on to provide details of an unrelated drugs bust on Tuesday, when officers seized 878g of heroin and arrested five men at two residences south of Phuket Town.

The officers first raided a house in Wichit, where they arrested four men from Chiang Rai in possession of 819g of heroin.

The suspects were named as Jarjing Sae-yang, 42; Chima Ja-ue, 30; A-Lae Mayer, 35; and Athiwat Thanthanachart, 35.

“Our investigation then led us to the house of another gang member on Chao Fa West Road. There we arrested Jungong Sae-yin after discovering 59g of heroin hidden in a wardrobe,” Col Suthirat said.

The news follows airport Customs officers last month arresting Hortencia Ferreira Novela, 37, from Mozambique, who attempted to smuggle 6kg of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) into the country in her suitcase.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2012-12-01

Silly girl. She'll regret this for the rest of her life.

I wonder who she was travelling with, if anybody, or who put her up to it.

Wonder what made customs "suspect"she was carrying dope? Something someone said, setup big time.

Wonder what made customs "suspect"she was carrying dope? Something someone said, setup big time.

Yes, the activities of many of these 'mules' are known to the police of many nations.

Wonder what made customs "suspect"she was carrying dope? Something someone said, setup big time.

Of course someone tipped them of so the guy carrying the mother load could go through customs unnoticed because they were busy with the girl.

She will pay a big price for an amount that would last an average rock star about 1 hour..

Wonder what made customs "suspect"she was carrying dope? Something someone said, setup big time.

Another reason why i would never do business with thais again , they cant be trusted in crime let alone business , you see it everytime , within an hour of their arrest they spill the beans , the only real mafia in thailand wear brown uniforms , the other criminals are small time gangsters and thugs who think only of themselves with no honour or loyalty , " im not a grass , they just heard me thinking aloud " !!

22 grams wouldnt cover the cost of the flight.