Thai customs arrest Australian man for smuggling ketamine

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Australian nabbed smuggling ketamine
By English News



SA KAEO, Nov 5 - Thai customs officers and police on Monday arrested an Australian man for smuggling nearly a hundred small bottles of liquid ketamine, also known as K, from Cambodia.

A drug checkpoint was set up at Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province to help stem the smuggling of illicit drugs into the country before the Loy Krathong celebrations starts next week.

Ninety-six 10 millilitre bottles of liquid ketamine were found in the baggage of 22-year-old Australian, Luke Craig McCann, as police carried out random checks on him and a group of foreign tourists as they entered Thailand from the Cambodian town of Poipet.

Police also discovered 23 used syringes in Mr McCann’s baggage.

The suspect said he is employed as a contractor in Australia and that he purchased the drug in Cambodia intending to sell and distribute the vials in Australia.

The syringes, however, were not drug-related but used for hormone injections to build his muscle more quickly as he is an dedicated bodybuilder.

Mr McCann was detained for further investigation at Klong Luek Police Station in Aranyaprathet. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-11-05

[pgrahmm]

Didn't know what it was until I looked it up.....dangerous stuff....no way it was going to Aussie land....he was going to use it on somebody......

[JoeThePoster]

before the Loy Krathong celebrations starts next week

I thought they were postponed.

[Rionoir]

Didn't know what it was until I looked it up.....dangerous stuff....no way it was going to Aussie land....he was going to use it on somebody......

I don't think he would need 96 bottles of it to use on someone. This is a pretty common recreational drug in Thailand, so I'm guessing it is other places as well.

[Naam]

Didn't know what it was until I looked it up.....dangerous stuff....no way it was going to Aussie land....he was going to use it on somebody......

he was going to use nearly one thousand doses (96 bottles each 10ml) of a drug that causes hallucinations on "somebody"?

[chooka]

It's Australia week, an Aussie rock spider, an ATM skimmer and now one trafficking/importing illegal substances. I have noticed on here that we have a week of one certain nationality. I wonder who it is next week

[hansgruber]

We won't do much time over horse tranquilizer. Maybe a fine and on his way.

[ratcatcher]

I am sure that had he been dressed a little more conservatively, he might have succeeded in passing through, unless he was fingered.

As it is, his appearance, replete with tattoos and tank top, probably set off a few alarm bells.

Have a g'day mate, your cage awaits you.

[skippybangkok]

I am sure that had he been dressed a little more conservatively, he might have succeeded in passing through, unless he was fingered.

As it is, his appearance, replete with tattoos and tank top, probably set off a few alarm bells.

Have a g'day mate, your cage awaits you.

Trying to blend in with UK tourists is my take

[ratcatcher]

I am sure that had he been dressed a little more conservatively, he might have succeeded in passing through, unless he was fingered.

As it is, his appearance, replete with tattoos and tank top, probably set off a few alarm bells.

Have a g'day mate, your cage awaits you.

Trying to blend in with UK tourists is my take

True enough, had he been kitted out like Mick Dundee, then he'd be free and clear.

[Andre0720]

I am sure that had he been dressed a little more conservatively, he might have succeeded in passing through, unless he was fingered.

As it is, his appearance, replete with tattoos and tank top, probably set off a few alarm bells.

Have a g'day mate, your cage awaits you.

And also an avid bodybuilder.. Get bigger...

More room for other tattoos.

He wanted to get more conspicuous

It did work out that way...

[John71]

It's a known date rape drug that can be cystalized in a microwave and then smoked or added to something else being smoked. Think twice before you smoke anything. Never leave a drink on a table and come back to finish it off. Never drink or smoke anything offered by a stranger or "new friend". Be aware of what might be added to cheap bucket drinks.

[harrry]

Nasty drug and after having had it for a couple of operations I cannot understand why anyone would voluntarily use it.

Definitely a dealer and in his case I am glad he was caught here and not in Australia. I do not think they give well equipped gymnasiums in the prisons here.

[coma]

What a fool ! And dressed the way he is, with no respect for Thai culture, he was bound to get pulled up and checked. Good luck getting a syringe full of growth hormone in jail big boy !

[JulesMad]

"A drug checkpoint was set up at Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province to help stem the smuggling of illicit drugs into the country before the Loy Krathong celebrations starts next week."

What has Loy Krathong to do with drugs?!?

[jacko45k]

It's Australia week, an Aussie rock spider, an ATM skimmer and now one trafficking/importing illegal substances. I have noticed on here that we have a week of one certain nationality. I wonder who it is next week

They do it alphabetically.

Be wary if you are Austrian, and to those Zimbabweans on remand, good luck.

[yankee99]

Maybe he had a prescription..

[yougivemebaby]

This is your brain on steroids.

[bangkokheat]

why would you carry 23 used syringes, dont make sense

[harrycallahan]

He'll be stuck in the K-hole longer than he was reckoning for. (Klong Prem!)

[aveabeeror2]

why would you carry 23 used syringes, dont make sense

Ozzies dont litter.

[soihok]

What a fool, and a danger to the public (23 used syringes and a load of drugs).

Enjoy your holiday mate.

[simple1]

We won't do much time over horse tranquilizer. Maybe a fine and on his way.

For personal use/dealing ketamine is a banned category 11 drug in Thailand

[canman]

We won't do much time over horse tranquilizer. Maybe a fine and on his way.

Ketimine is often used as a human tranq as well.

[bender92]

why would you carry 23 used syringes, dont make sense

They can be reused. If shared, that can spread disease.

[chooka]

Is the little guy on the left rear taking his own happy snaps on his mobile?

[winstonc]

he was wearing that top..so someone would say wow mate do you work out...hes probably got his little brothers t-shirts to make him look even bigger.. what a plum...

[ronrat]

More waste of Aussie taxpayers money. His dear old Mum will be all over TV saying, "he has never done this before, he is innocent"

[TroyT]

"It has only recently been discovered that ketamine can cause very serious bladder problems with severe pain and difficulty passing urine, and can even result in surgical removal of the bladder."

http://www.talktofrank.com/drug/ketamine

Allegedly - toilets in prison are dangerous places and best avoided anyway!

[Andre0720]

It's a known date rape drug that can be cystalized in a microwave and then smoked or added to something else being smoked. Think twice before you smoke anything. Never leave a drink on a table and come back to finish it off. Never drink or smoke anything offered by a stranger or "new friend". Be aware of what might be added to cheap bucket drinks.

Using date rape drug in Thailang.

Cannot get more of a loser than that...