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Arrested for heroin smuggling
[Straits Times] A PAKISTANI man was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport after he was found to be carrying almost a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of heroin in his stomach, Thai customs officials said Friday.Shabbir Ahmad, 27, was stopped at Suvarnabhumi Airport late Thursday night after he arrived from Lahore, Pakistan, on a Thai Airways flight. Authorities said they had been tipped off that a Pakistani national would be smuggling drugs and Ahmad was stopped as he tried to clear customs. X-rays showed he had swallowed 90 packs of heroin weighing a total of 830 grams (one pound) with a street value in Bangkok worth 2.5 million baht (S$106,394), officials said. Ahmad was charged with trafficking and smuggling class A drugs, which is punishable by death in Thailand. Ahmad is the third Pakistani national to have been arrested this month attempting to smuggle heroin through Suvarnabhumi Airport. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-30 |
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