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Drug smuggling Iranian arrested at Suvarnabhumi carrying 3 kilos of ‘ice’
BANGKOK, Oct 8 – An Iranian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling three kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine also known as ‘ice,’ worth nearly Bt10.5 million (US$350,000) into the kingdom, a senior Thai customs officer said on Friday.
Saeid Golestani, 25 year-old Iranian national, was apprehended at the arrival terminal of Thailand’s main international airport Thursday evening, according to Wisan Wuthisaksilp, Principle Advisor on Development of Customs Control System.
When Mr Golestani was passing through the terminal, customs officers asked him to stop to inspect his baggage check as well as a microwave oven which he carried, bypassing an X-ray scanner.
A scan test found a package of crystal meth in a plastic bag with a total weight of three kilos hidden inside the microwave oven, Mr Wisan explained.
The illicit drug was valued at $350,000.
Initial investigation found the suspect flew from the Syrian capital of Damascus via the United Arab Emirates’s Abu Dhabi to Thailand.
Initially, Mr Golestani was sent to the Narcotics Suppression Bureau for further investigation.
In the first seven days of October, the customs department has registered two cases of ‘ice’ smuggling at the main international airport totaling about 5.65kg worth about Bt19.8 million (some $658,000).
From October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010, the Customs Department made arrests in 109 cases of all kinds of drug smuggling, worth nearly Bt730 million ($24.3 million).
Seventy of the cases were 'ice' smuggling with a total weight of over 128 kg valued at more than Bt450 million (over $15 million) in value. (MCOT online news)
Saeid Golestani, 25 year-old Iranian national, was apprehended at the arrival terminal of Thailand’s main international airport Thursday evening, according to Wisan Wuthisaksilp, Principle Advisor on Development of Customs Control System.
When Mr Golestani was passing through the terminal, customs officers asked him to stop to inspect his baggage check as well as a microwave oven which he carried, bypassing an X-ray scanner.
A scan test found a package of crystal meth in a plastic bag with a total weight of three kilos hidden inside the microwave oven, Mr Wisan explained.
The illicit drug was valued at $350,000.
Initial investigation found the suspect flew from the Syrian capital of Damascus via the United Arab Emirates’s Abu Dhabi to Thailand.
Initially, Mr Golestani was sent to the Narcotics Suppression Bureau for further investigation.
In the first seven days of October, the customs department has registered two cases of ‘ice’ smuggling at the main international airport totaling about 5.65kg worth about Bt19.8 million (some $658,000).
From October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010, the Customs Department made arrests in 109 cases of all kinds of drug smuggling, worth nearly Bt730 million ($24.3 million).
Seventy of the cases were 'ice' smuggling with a total weight of over 128 kg valued at more than Bt450 million (over $15 million) in value. (MCOT online news)
