A local media outlet reported on Sunday ( Mar 16 ) that Thirteen foreigners posing as tourists had been detained at a Thai airport over the course of four days for trying to smuggle 375kg of marijuana outside of the country.
According to the Bangkok Post, 12 of the 13 detained were headed for Singapore, and the other was headed for Hong Kong. The United Kingdom, Germany, and Singapore were among their last sites planned.
According to the news channel, some of the travellers were hired to transport the cannabis abroad, citing Thai authorities. If they succeeded, they were promised repayment or debt settlement.
The cannabis was found in 22 bags at Samui Airport, and it was estimated to have been sold for roughly 75 million baht ( US$ 2.2 million ) in total.
Five BRITISH MEN TURNED OUT.
Four English people were detained at the airport on Saturday with 131kg of , dried hemp flowers in eight suitcases in response to the most recent occurrence.  ,
The Bangkok Post identified them as John, 34, Philld, 63, and Antony, 63, Billy, 37, and Philld, 63.
After the hemp was discovered while the sacks were being scanned, the four people fled from Samui Airport. They were later detained and accused of bringing marijuana into the country illegally.
The English people were hired as tourists in Thailand, according to Surat Thani immigration officers, and had their airfares and hotel costs covered.  ,
They traveled by private plane from Bangkok to Surat Thani and hired a transport company to take the thc from Koh Samui to Singapore first, before moving it to other nations.  ,
If successful, they would have received £2, 000 ( US$ 2, 500 ) in exchange, and some would have had their debts paid back.  ,
The various nine immigrants who were previously detained for bringing marijuana into the Samui aircraft were given a four-month sentence.
A briefcase a Thai pair had falsely brought to Japan may also have been involved in the smuggling attempt, according to Police Major General Sermpan Sirikong on Sunday.  ,
The case was opened in Japan, where authorities discovered 24 kg of dried cannabis outside.  ,
A 51-year-old European man was the owner of the backpack. The Bangkok Post reported that the guy made an appearance on March 6 at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport.  ,
According to the authorities director, he evidently left Surat Thani aircraft last Thursday and left for South Korea the following Friday.