Cocaine seized at Don Mueang airport
published : 19 Jun 2024 at 08:36
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A 39-year-old Indian man was arrested and charged with smuggling after 5.7 kilogrammes of cocaine, worth an estimated 17 million baht, were found in his bags on arrival at Don Mueang airport from Laos.
The man, whose name was not released, had arrived about 4.40pm on a flight from Luang Prabang on Sunday. His behaviour at Don Mueang airport was suspicious.
His luggage was X-rayed and examined more closely. Officials said the two backpacks and two small travel bags were unusually heavy. They opened the bags and found four packages of cocaine weighing 5.7kg in total. The drugs were worth about 17 million baht.
Police said the man claimed he brought the cocaine from Laos intending to deliver it in India, not Thailand. Police were not convinced and were checking his background for any criminal record.
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Vocabulary
- behaviour: the way that someone acts or behaves - พฤติกรรม, การกระทำตัว
- cocaine: (or coke) an illegal drug used as a stimulant -
- convinced: certain; sure - แน่ใจ, มั่นใจ
- criminal record (noun): a police record of arrests and/or crimes that a person was found guilty of -
- examine: to look at somebody/something closely, to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem - ตรวจ
- intend: to plan to do; to want to happen - ตั้งใจให้เกิดขึ้น, วางแผนไว้
- luggage (noun): baggage; all the cases and bags that you take with you when you travel - กระเป๋าเดินทาง
- release: making known to the public - การเปิดเผย, การปล่อย
- seize: to take something using official power - ยึด
- smuggling: secretly and illegally taking goods or people into or out of a country or place - การลักลอบ
- suspicious: making you believe that something is wrong, dangerous or illegal - น่าสงสัย
- unusually: different from what is usual or normal - ผิดปกติ
- Keywords
- drugs
- cocaine
- Don Mueang
- Indian
