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24-year-old Nigerian man and his Thai woman have been arrested with
kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine or "ice" stuffed into new
handbags imported from China.
Sawaros
Nathawil and John Anike Chinedu who were arrested with 8.5kg of crystal
methamphetamine stuffed into new handbags, appear at a briefing at the
Narcotics Suppression Bureau on Saturday.
A Nigerian man and a Thai woman have been arrested after almost nine kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine or "ice" were found stuffed into new handbags imported from China.
Sawaros Nathawil, 34, and John Anike Chinedu, 24, a Nigerian
national, were arrested separately in Samut Prakan and Bangkok and taken
for a media briefing at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau headquarters
on Saturday.
A total of 8.5kg of crystal methamphetamine hidden in 35 women’s fashion handbags were seized from them.
Ms Sawaros was apprehended when she showed up to receive three
parcels at a car park of a condominium building on Srinakarin Road in
tambon Samrong Nua of Muang district in Samut Prakan on Thursday.
The parcels contained the 35 new handbags, stuffed with drugs, said Pol Lt Gen Rewat Klinkesorn, NSB commissioner.
New
handbags imported from China are displayed during a police briefing on
Saturday after 8.5kg of crystal meth were found stuffed inside. (Photo
by Thiti Wannamontha)
Her arrest came after the NSB received information from Chinese
authorities in Guangzhou that they had arrested an African drug
trafficking gang and seized an invoice detailing goods sent from
Guanzhou to Thailand by the suspects, said Pol Lt Gen Rewat.
When the woman arrived to receive the parcels, officers asked to
search them and found the drugs hidden in the linings, said the NSB
chief.
Authorities then extended the investigation that led to the arrest
of the Nigerian suspect at a rented room in Lat Krabang on Friday. A
pack of crystal meth was found stuffed in a handbag found in his room.
Several handbags similar to those found in the seized parcels were
also found in his room. However, those handbags had earlier been
slashed.
Pol Lt Gen Rewat said he believed the two suspects might be network
members of the Nigerian gang caught in China. The seized drugs were
destined for sale in Bangkok and Pattaya, particularly among wealthy
drug addicts, he added.
The duo have been charged with colluding in smuggling drugs into
the country with intent to sell. They were held in police custody for
legal action.
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