Foreigner arrested at Suvarnabhumi with cocaine worth 20 million Baht

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Foreigner arrested at Suvarnabhumi with cocaine worth 20 million Baht


Image: Daily News

BANGKOK:-- A Bolivian man was arrested on Tuesday after customs officials at Suvarnabhumi airport found him to be in possession of 5.2 kgs of cocaine.

Jose Alberto Martinez Soto, 45, was paraded in front of the media at a press conference on Wednesday, reports Daily News.

At the press conference, deputy director general of Thailand’s Customs Department, Mr Photiyod Chamroen, explained that Mr Martinez had travelled with the drugs from Sao Paulo in Brazil to Dubai before heading onto Bangkok.

Customs officials became suspicious after x-raying luggage belonging to Mr Martinez.

Upon interrogation, Mr Martinez admitted that he had been paid to transport the drugs and that he had planned to smuggle the cocaine to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The drugs are estimated to have a street value of approximately 21 million Baht.

Source: Daily News


-- 2015-09-17

[khwaibah]

Some more high quality tourist and investment ops.

Colombia reaches out for Thai investments

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Colombia-reaches-out-for-Thai-investments-30268844.html

Bring on that white line fever.

[jaidam]

I would far rather be sitting next to this lad with his 5 k's on a plane, than next to Kamronwit with his loaded and unregistered gun. Doubt the punishment will reflect that.

[phuketrichard]

why would he take it to PP when there is not as much demand there as here?

$590,000 worth

[zaphod reborn]

why would he take it to PP when there is not as much demand there as here?

$590,000 worth

Dubai - Cambodia: connect the dots. I think the future drug kingpin of Poipet was concerned about some competition. Retirement at the casinos is good if you are hauling THB 355 million out of Thailand.

[darrendsd]

Some more high quality tourist and investment ops.

Colombia reaches out for Thai investments

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Colombia-reaches-out-for-Thai-investments-30268844.html

Bring on that white line fever.

He is a drug smuggler not a tourist

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NARCOTICS
Thai customs nab Bolivian with 5 kg of cocaine in luggage

BANGKOK: -- Thai authorities said Wednesday a Bolivian had been charged with drug trafficking after more than five kilograms of cocaine was found hidden in his luggage at Bangkok's main airport.

Jose Alberto Martinez Soto, 45, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday afternoon when authorities discovered the 5.2 kilogram (11.5 pound) haul on his arrival from Sao Paulo via Dubai.

Airport officials found five plastic bags of white powder hidden in special compartments when they X-rayed his two pieces of luggage, the Thai Customs Department said in a statement released Wednesday.

A test revealed the substance was cocaine with a street value of 20.8 million baht (nearly $580,000), it added.

Soto was handed over to police. He faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if convicted of attempted drug smuggling and trafficking, according to an anti-narcotics official.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thai-customs-nab-Bolivian-with-5-kg-of-cocaine-in--30268983.html


-- The Nation 2015-09-17

[phuketrichard]

5kgs= $590,000

wow selling /cut gram price LOL

[Lupatria]

He won't have to worry about the cost of Thai language lessons for a while...

[chrisinth]

He obviously liked living on the edge if he/they were prepared to route through Dubai with a suitcase full of the stuff........................

[jimstar1]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

[brewsterbudgen]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

He's hardly a tourist.

[rubadub77]

Probably best he clears his diary for the foreseeable.....

[huss14]

Really risking life imprisonment for $590.000, that is really sad.

He may be forced to do this otherwise he is stupid ass <deleted>.

[kkup]

Why risk a flight, much better chance going over the border by land.

[Broken Record]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

He's hardly a tourist.

No, just another poor guy caught up in a web spun by ridiculous drug laws sponsored by Big Pharma and Alcohol Corporations.

[dutchisaan]

Why risk a flight, much better chance going over the border by land.

Look's like you have some experimece!

[EnglishJohn]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

He's hardly a tourist.

No, just another poor guy caught up in a web spun by ridiculous drug laws sponsored by Big Pharma and Alcohol Corporations.

You think cocaine should be legal ?.

I just read on the internet that it is so addictive, if you train a mouse to get a tiny bit each time it presses a lever, eventually it will simply stand there pressing the lever until it dies from overdose. It wont stop for a drink or food or anything.

Was this guy working for you ?.

[Traveller45]

He obviously liked living on the edge if he/they were prepared to route through Dubai with a suitcase full of the stuff........................

Keep in mind that he was just in Transit

[AdamRich]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

He's hardly a tourist.

No, just another poor guy caught up in a web spun by ridiculous drug laws sponsored by Big Pharma and Alcohol Corporations.

You think cocaine should be legal ?.

I just read on the internet that it is so addictive, if you train a mouse to get a tiny bit each time it presses a lever, eventually it will simply stand there pressing the lever until it dies from overdose. It wont stop for a drink or food or anything.

Was this guy working for you ?.

And if you train some humans to drink alcohol will they not do the same thing? Different people have different addictions. Some to food, some to sex, some to their favorite drug or drink. Why should one be legal and the other not?

[soalbundy]

Why risk a flight, much better chance going over the border by land.

If he had snorted all the 5 kilo's himself he could have flown here without an airplane.

[Briggsy]

I suspect Cambodia is where the Vietnamese take charge of the shipment to traffic it to Australia, Hong Kong, etc.

Phnom Penh is to drug shipment now what Thailand was 30 years ago.

[Spleen]

He cannot possibly be guilty , He's not even pointing at the drugs

[Lingba]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

He's hardly a tourist.

wellactually, not a potential tourist as he was headed tp Cambodia...he was just in transit

[thai006]

have a good life in bkk hilton

[ldiablo]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

He's hardly a tourist.

No, just another poor guy caught up in a web spun by ridiculous drug laws sponsored by Big Pharma and Alcohol Corporations.

You think cocaine should be legal ?.

I just read on the internet that it is so addictive, if you train a mouse to get a tiny bit each time it presses a lever, eventually it will simply stand there pressing the lever until it dies from overdose. It wont stop for a drink or food or anything.

Was this guy working for you ?.

Wow. You read it on the internet, so in that case it must be true.

[Spleen]

The Quality of Tourist gets better every Day have a great day TAT

He's hardly a tourist.

wellactually, not a potential tourist as he was headed tp Cambodia...he was just in transit

Its only a bit of Personal then

[ray richards]

Scumbag give him the death penalty same as i would do any drug smuggler.

[huss14]

AdamRich

Are serious?

Lets make drugs legal and everyone ges and dead, Great idea.

If you make drugs accesible to people what do you think would happen.....

Alcohol, sex, food etc is controlable by people and less addictive, and the most drugs one time use is addictive and deadly.

Next time just use your brain instead of talking bla bla bla

[Berto]

A foreigner? What does a foreigner mean? Don't answer! Think!