Drug mule Brit arrested for trafficking meth from Thailand to Australia

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Drug mule Brit arrested for trafficking meth from Thailand to Australia
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PERTH: -- A 45-year old British man has been arrested in Perth after he was found to have smuggled half a kilo of Methamphetamine to Australia from Thailand on a flight last Saturday.

The man was allegedly carrying the drug inside his body, in 106 separate pellets.

During a baggage examination at Perth airport, border force officials pulled the man aside after suspecting that he may have concealed drugs somewhere about his person.

A subsequent medical examination saw him eliminate 106 pellets, which had each been stamped pink, weighing around 500 grams in total. Although the pellets are currently undergoing rigorous testing to determine their purity levels, it’s believed at this stage that they contain Methamphetamine. As such, the man was charged with the importation of a ‘marketable quantity’ of a drug and will face trial at Perth Magistrates Court.

The mule should be relieved that his alleged transgressions were caught in Australia, rather than Thailand.

Full story: http://whatsonsukhumvit.com/drug-mule-brit-arrested-for-trafficking-meth-from-thailand-to-australia/


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[justaphase]

Should have left it inside his stomach.

[Suradit69]

A subsequent medical examination saw him eliminate 106 pellets

There's a mental picture that will haunt me for awhile.

[colinneil]

What a plonker.

[kinmaew]

Another one taxpayers have to pay USD 100k to support this <deleted> for the next 10 years after that he will demand rehab etc etc meanwhile the rest of us are trying to make ends meet send him back to UK prison.

[Lannig]

6 posts and no explicit "hang him high" post yet? (although two came quite close).

TV posters are getting old.

[canopus1969]

6 posts and no explicit "hang him high" post yet? (although two came quite close).

TV posters are getting old.

Congratulations - you were the first

[mickjn]

Very lucky guy,

[monkey4u]

Too bad he wasn't caught in Thailand

In prison in Aus life is better than the pensioners have

[Brigante7]

Meanwhile the other 10 drug mule's walked through with no problems.

[phycokiller]

nothing against drugs or drug dealers but... why carry the stuff when you can mail it?

[Raymonddiaz]

Lucky for him. If we was caught in Thailand it is going to be another story

[true66]

Another one taxpayers have to pay USD 100k to support this <deleted> for the next 10 years after that he will demand rehab etc etc meanwhile the rest of us are trying to make ends meet send him back to UK prison.

He should not have been accepted here (Aust) and sent back to Thailand were a prison is a prison and not like here a 5 star hotel,

[phitsanulokjohn]

Mule is an apt name,coz that suits the silly pr$@k.

Can thank his lucky stars he was caught in Oz and not here.

[phycokiller]

nothing against drugs or drug dealers but... why carry the stuff when you can mail it?

Are you serious.....?

yeah, also those mules are usually not drug addicts or dealers but naive desperadoes, I met a guy doing it from Pattaya, been on the streets for a few years after his wife left and suddenly he had money, but got caught the next trip. but the guys that operate these things will just find another and nothings changed but a homeless guy is now in a Maltese prison

[SteveB2]

nothing against drugs or drug dealers but... why carry the stuff when you can mail it?

Are you serious.....?

Yer right - mail it

Australian Border security and postal customs will catch that this right away with the CBR scanning run on 100% of all incoming parcels.

To summarise, the 'chump' is caught whatever method he chooses - in this instance he is very lucky to be caught in OZ - if he was caught in Thailand it would be a different story.

Here's Oz's border security at work

Edited March 1, 2016 by SteveB2

[BigC]

Should have made it in Austrailia all he had to do was watch breaking bad and he would have been made

Silly &lt;deleted&gt;

He could have had a franchise in burger bars to Launder his money

Loads of RVs and cooks

But no he didn't watch breaking bad now he has broken the law

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[Chicog]

Another one taxpayers have to pay USD 100k to support this <deleted> for the next 10 years after that he will demand rehab etc etc meanwhile the rest of us are trying to make ends meet send him back to UK prison.

Eligibile for home transfer after 1/3rd of his sentence I believe.

[gandalf12]

Another one taxpayers have to pay USD 100k to support this <deleted> for the next 10 years after that he will demand rehab etc etc meanwhile the rest of us are trying to make ends meet send him back to UK prison.

Dont send him to a UK prison he will think he is in a holiday camp. Send him to a Thai jail

[Shawn0001]

Another one taxpayers have to pay USD 100k to support this <deleted> for the next 10 years after that he will demand rehab etc etc meanwhile the rest of us are trying to make ends meet send him back to UK prison.

Why do you assume that he need rehab after 10 years in an Australian jail?

[donnybay]

No meths manufacturer in Perth area??? job opening for Mr White?, plenty of wide open space to set up a lab

[Berkshire]

Lucky for him. If we was caught in Thailand it is going to be another story

If he had been caught in Thailand, the usual TV suspects would be criticizing the Thais for going after the mule and not the "real drug dealers" higher up the food chain.

[springheeled jack]

I really do think there are a lot of stupid people in the world today attempting to conceal drugs on his body by dying them pink possibly to match his body colour shows the mentality of the man.

[Shawn0001]

Mule is an apt name,coz that suits the silly pr$@k.

Can thank his lucky stars he was caught in Oz and not here.

Not that apt, mules are associated with stubbornness, these people should be called drug donkeys.

[Nowisee]

Another one taxpayers have to pay USD 100k to support this <deleted> for the next 10 years after that he will demand rehab etc etc meanwhile the rest of us are trying to make ends meet send him back to UK prison.

Exactly why he should not be sentenced to long time... make him work and pay fines and go to counseling and do community service... FAR FAR cheaper than incarceration and with benefits.

Change the thinking.

[SteveB2]

nothing against drugs or drug dealers but... why carry the stuff when you can mail it?

Are you serious.....?

Yer right - mail it

Australian Border security and postal customs will catch that this right away with the CBR scanning run on 100% of all incoming parcels.

To summarise, the 'chump' is caught whatever method he chooses - in this instance he is very lucky to be caught in OZ - if he was caught in Thailand it would be a different story.

Here's Oz's border security at work

and here at time-stamp 16:08 -21:42 is why trying to send drugs by post to Australia is such a bad idea.

[Guitar God]

"The mule should be relieved that his alleged transgressions were caught in Australia, rather than Thailand."

Getting arrested for something in countries with less severe penalties has always been a reason to party for most people.

[GAZZPA]

Another one taxpayers have to pay USD 100k to support this <deleted> for the next 10 years after that he will demand rehab etc etc meanwhile the rest of us are trying to make ends meet send him back to UK prison.

Exactly why he should not be sentenced to long time... make him work and pay fines and go to counseling and do community service... FAR FAR cheaper than incarceration and with benefits.

Change the thinking.

And in the process make it much less risky to carry drugs across boarders,,, change your thinking.

[GAZZPA]

Yet another idiot prepared to risk his life and freedom for the sake of some money carrying drugs inside his person. There seem to be so many of these people getting caught, makes you wonder how many actually get through, it must be a huge amount or this method of transporting drugs would not be used anymore.

The only way this is ever going to end is when people just stop using the stuff. Whilst there is demand it will be met, however they can meet it. Education and a change of thinking is needed and all of the "pro drug" people out there should just shut up and let society ridicule and persecute those who are stupid enough to try it.

When it becomes "untrendy" (for want of a better word) then it will eventually fade away into a much smaller demand. About 25 to 30 years ago nearly 40% of the world were smokers, now it has fallen to below 25%. I know it is still 25% but it is much more difficult to smoke with bans in public places and designated smoking areas, over time this will reduce further i am sure and the stigma associated with smoking is one of intolerance and disgust (I think it is fair to say that)

I hope that this kind of thing happens with drug use, and I mean all drug use.

[PabloEsteban]

Do you include Alcohol in that ?