PUBLISHED: 6 Nov 2024 at 16: 41
American officials have requested that Thai officers detain Britons who smuggle marijuana back to the country in exchange for a free trip to Thailand with pocket cash.
Pol Lt Gen Phanurat Lukboon, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board ( ONCB), revealed this to reporters on Wednesday.
He claimed that American embassy Mark Gooding gave the ONCB a visit from the UK’s National Crime Agency next month. They pleaded for help in halting the immigration of marijuana into Britain.
The group received a notification that medicine smugglers were using the Telegram chat app to recruit people in Britain. They offered complimentary tour to Thailand, plus pocket cash, in exchange for trafficking cannabis back to Britain.
According to Pol Lt. Gen. Phanurat, American officials have been seizing thousands of kilograms of illegal marijuana. This year, the amount had substantially increased.
” These people who are recruited in Britain are not defrauded. They are tempted with free trips, lodging and meals in Thailand, plus pocket cash, in exchange for their agreement to send cannabis again to Britain”, he said.
He said cocaine authorities have now begun an inspection.  ,
Additionally, Pol Lt Gen Phanurat reported that they discovered a package that had been labeled as having 210 grams of a diet product. A American man and a Dutchman who live in Bangkok received the package from the UK.
36 kg of cannabis in sealed packages, packaging materials, and 1.4 kilogrammes of cannabis resin with an illegally high tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ) content were discovered in a search of their rented condominium and house in Bangkok.
Prin Mekanandha, ONCB director of cocaine law enforcement, said the two gentlemen had arrived in Thailand as visitors about four months ago. They allegedly sourced hemp from Thailand for smuggling to the United Kingdom.
The seized marijuana was about to be shipped in packages to Britain. He claimed that the narcotics authorities discovered slips that claimed the mailed items contained cushions.
Mr. Prin claimed that the cannabis was also being distributed to Britons and other nations who had been hired through the Telegram app and did n’t need to apply for a visa to enter the country.
According to Mr. Prin, they hid the marijuana in their bag before going back to Britain.