Bolivians' cocaine odyssey comes to an end in Thailand

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Bolivians' cocaine odyssey comes to an end in Thailand

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Two Bolivians who carried a stash of cocaine on airlines around the world were finally caught when their bags were searched at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

The two drug couriers had taken an unusual flight - they started their journey in Sao Paulo, Brazil before continuing to Togo. From Togo they went on to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia before landing in Thailand, reports Sanook.

 

They were then going to finish their odyssey in Siem Reap in Cambodia.

 

But customs officials got suspicious after two bags were x-rayed in transfer and when they were searched five kilos of cocaine, a class two illegal drug in Thailand, was found.

 

A bag belonging to Mrs Nancy Caseres, 41 contained 2.6 kilos of the drug while her travelling companion Mr Enrique Reque, 39, had 2.4 kilograms.

 

Both were detained on Friday.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-12-12

[Buffy Frobisher]

Extraordinary, or not, that the Customs or law enforcement officials are searching those bags without disposable gloves on their hands. Either brave, stupid, or both. Contamination of the evidence is most assured, but then again, TiT!

[bino]

Mr Enrique is no gentleman- made the woman carry the heavier weight!

[mcfish]

Extraordinary, or not, that the Customs or law enforcement officials are searching those bags without disposable gloves on their hands. Either brave, stupid, or both. Contamination of the evidence is most assured, but then again, TiT! [emoji106]

No need, in around 30 mins the perps will be pointing at the stash, case closed.

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[Jimbo2014]

5 hours ago, Buffy Frobisher said:

Extraordinary, or not, that the Customs or law enforcement officials are searching those bags without disposable gloves on their hands. Either brave, stupid, or both. Contamination of the evidence is most assured, but then again, TiT!

 

Also without masks - catch a nice bit of blow for free

[mcfish]

 
Also without masks - catch a nice bit of blow for free [emoji6]

I must remember to add Bolivia to the bucket list

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[Honthy]

Good job anyhow

[Lingba]

I still shake my head as to why anyone..in this day and age...want to attempt to carry drugs on planes/between countries etc...they must be very naïve, desperate for money, or both...why take such a risk?

[TerrylSky]

Let's see, they smuggled the drugs through 5 countries with 5 customs borders to cross, to get it to 1 country? They'd have better odds playing roulette! 

 

Roulette is fun, smuggling is stupid.

[gemguy]

Possibly, they successfully did a number of drug runs before, into other countries ...but this time...Nope.....did not work out in their favor.

By, By .......Adios .......Enjoy your stay in one of Thailand's finest penitentiaries.

 

Cheers

[hohososo]

I still shake my head as to why anyone..in this day and age...want to attempt to carry drugs on planes/between countries etc...they must be very naïve, desperate for money, or both...why take such a risk?

Or greedy?

Odds of getting caught are maybe 1 in 500.. potential return on investment maybe 100 to 1.

The better question is why dont these traffickers recruit the soon to be pattaya balcony jumpers who ran out of cash.

If they are succesful, they can extend their stay in life. If caught, can commit suicide in jail.

[Get Real]

Just a good and nice place to get caught. Free food and a nice room with a lot of friend for many years. good Luck to them!

[The Deerhunter]

3 hours ago, Lingba said:

I still shake my head as to why anyone..in this day and age...want to attempt to carry drugs on planes/between countries etc...they must be very naïve, desperate for money, or both...why take such a risk?

You already said it.  Naive and desperate for money.  And the guy who arranged it assured them there would be no problems.

[mcfish]

Or greedy?

Odds of getting caught are maybe 1 in 500.. potential return on investment maybe 100 to 1.

The better question is why dont these traffickers recruit the soon to be pattaya balcony jumpers who ran out of cash.

If they are succesful, they can extend their stay in life. If caught, can commit suicide in jail.

Yep, I always have said before committing suicide rob a bank. If you get away with a few hundred thousand dollars then the last thing on your mind would be suicide. Get caught, just stick the gun in mouth, it was gonna happen any way

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[Moonmoon]

7 hours ago, Lingba said:

I still shake my head as to why anyone..in this day and age...want to attempt to carry drugs on planes/between countries etc...they must be very naïve, desperate for money, or both...why take such a risk?

yup drugs are never smuggled by airplanes..

 

not that i know anything about smuggling though..

[retoohs]

I gotta ask why? Surely they Thailand is not one of the lucrative markets.

[autoc]

Why Cambodia has so much drug ?

 

Expats party so much ?

 

 

[Stargeezr]

 

Hope these people get to be girl friends or boy friends in

prison.  I knew a Thai fellow who worked at the jail in

Chang Mai, he said  no  one came out of there over weight

except the guards. Prisoners do not get a lot of meat in most

prisons in Thailand. Unless you count the local animal that

fell into the food vat.

Geezer

[mcfish]

 
Hope these people get to be girl friends or boy friends in
prison.  I knew a Thai fellow who worked at the jail in
Chang Mai, he said  no  one came out of there over weight
except the guards. Prisoners do not get a lot of meat in most
prisons in Thailand. Unless you count the local animal that
fell into the food vat.
Geezer

Meat had zero carbohydrates so it's literally impossible to gain weight on pure meat. They do get rice though but it's the lowest grade available

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[fish monger]

Lucky they didn't stop in Indonesia......

[gk10002000]

16 hours ago, Lingba said:

I still shake my head as to why anyone..in this day and age...want to attempt to carry drugs on planes/between countries etc...they must be very naïve, desperate for money, or both...why take such a risk?

It depends on the country.  On that aussie tv show border control they have the programs on youtube.  One of the shows this really distraught malnourished African fellow got caught and he didn't seem to upset over it.  Some of the poster's comments were that he now had 5 or 6 years in an aussie prison getting fed and sleeping in more comfort than he ever had been and that he probably wanted to get caught as he had few other options in life. 

 

But back to the drug carrying on planes.  I wonder what the actual percentages are of how much drug is transported and how much is caught?  Many ways to count the statistics.  By number of people, size of the cache etc.  Based on the number of travelers, I suspect there is a very measurable amount of people risking traveling with drugs.