CRIME TRACK
Iranians top police watch list for possible drug traffickers
Couriers continue to take big risks bringing ice into Thailand
- Published: 13/12/2010 at 03:07 AM
- Newspaper section: News
Iranian drug traffickers take risks in using Thailand as a regional distribution hub for crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as "ice". Yet still they keep coming.
Most drug smugglers arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport are from Iran, says the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB). Iranian nationals travelling to Bangkok appear at the top of drug police watch lists as potential trafficking risks.
Drugs police this year have arrested 75 Iranians carrying a total of 164kg of the illicit drug.
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About the author
- Writer: Wassayos Ngamkham
- Position: Reporter
