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Fri, 01/29/2010 - 18:05
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Pakistan man nabbed at airport with 1kg heroin in stomach
BANGKOK, Jan 29 (TNA) – A Pakistani man was arrested by Thai customs officials at Bangkok’s Suvaranbhumi International Airport Friday with 90 packets--almost one kg--heroin in his stomach.
Ahmad Shabbir was arrested during immigration procedures when customs officers believed him to be acting suspiciously and required him to pass through an X-ray scanner, finding many bags of unidentified matter in his stomach.
The detainee was ordered to a toilet to defecate and officials found 90 packages of heroin, weighing nearly one kilogramme.
The estimated street value of the heroin is some Bt2.5 million (US$75,000).
Mr Shabbir was charged with possessing and trafficking drugs and is being held at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau for further investigation, said the customs officials. (TNA)
Ahmad Shabbir was arrested during immigration procedures when customs officers believed him to be acting suspiciously and required him to pass through an X-ray scanner, finding many bags of unidentified matter in his stomach.
The detainee was ordered to a toilet to defecate and officials found 90 packages of heroin, weighing nearly one kilogramme.
The estimated street value of the heroin is some Bt2.5 million (US$75,000).
Mr Shabbir was charged with possessing and trafficking drugs and is being held at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau for further investigation, said the customs officials. (TNA)
