43kg of heroin found in clothes shipment
published : 8 Mar 2023 at 08:18
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Drug was found in Hong Kong-bound boxes searched by customs officials at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Customs Department officials say they have found more than 43 kilogrammes of heroin worth 107.5 million baht hidden in packages containing hilltribe garments bound for Hong Kong.
The discovery was made on Monday at Suvarnabhumi airport by officials who were suspicious about 29 boxes destined for Hong Kong, Patchara Anultasilp, director-general of the Customs Department, said on Tuesday.
The boxes were declared to contain home appliances, garments, cosmetics and hair removal devices.
Officials initially checked six boxes of the shipment and found hilltribe-style shirts and waist ties. The sleeves of the shirts looked unusually thick and gave off a strong smell, so officials decided to tear the garments.
Inside the sleeves and waist ties, officials found fabric packs containing heroin. After all the clothes were examined, the total amount of drugs found was 43.4kg of heroin worth 107.5 million baht, Mr Patchara said.
Vocabulary
- appliance: a machine or piece of equipment that you have in your home, for example a washing machine or refrigerator - เครื่องใช้
- bound for: going to - มุ่งหน้าไป
- box: a paper container used to ship or send things from place to place - กล่อง
- cosmetics: substances that you put on your face or body which are intended to improve its appearance - เครื่องสำอาง
- Customs Department: a government department which checks and collects taxes on goods leaving or entering the country - กรมศุลกากร
- declare: to tell customs officers (= at the border of a country) the kind of goods you are carrying - แจ้ง, เปิดเผย
- destined: on the way to - มุ่งหน้าไปทาง
- examine: to look at somebody/something closely, to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem - ตรวจ
- fabric: cloth, especially when it is used for making things such as clothes or curtains - ผ้าหรือสิ่งทอ
- garment: a piece of clothing - เสื้อผ้า, เครื่องแต่งกาย
- heroin (noun): a powerful illegal drug made from morphine, that some people take for pleasure and can become addicted to - เฮโรอีน, ยาเสพติดร้ายแรงชนิดหนึ่ง
- hilltribe: a group of people of the same race, and with the same customs, language, religion, etc, living in a mountainous area - ชาวเขา
- initially: at first - ในเบื้องต้น
- package: the paper that a product is covered with in the store before it is sold, container, pack, packet - หีบห่อ, สัมภาระ, ภาชนะบรรจุ
- shipment: a load of goods that are sent from one place to another - ปริมาณสินค้าที่ขนส่งในครั้งหนึ่ง ๆ
- sleeve: a part of a piece of clothing that covers all or part of your arm - แขนเสื้อ
- suspicious: making you believe that something is wrong, dangerous or illegal - น่าสงสัย
- waist: the middle part of the body that is narrower than the parts above and below - เอว
