Described: 16 Mar 2025 at 21: 09
Looking THANI: Police in this southern state have detained 13 international” tourists” over the past four days who had marijuana that would have a total market value of 75 million baht. They have also detained a number of “visitors” who attempted to bring suitcases containing it out of the country.
Surat Thani’s immigration officers captain, Pol Col Naruwat Phutthawiro, reported on Sunday that authorities detained four British men on Saturday with 131 kilos of dried hemp buds in overall before they boarded a plane to Singapore.
Antony, 63, Billy, 37, Philld, 63, and John, 34, were the offenders ‘ names. The captain claimed that each suitcase contained 131 kg of cannabis in all of the bags.
When the eight sacks were X-rayed, Samui airport personnel spotted hemp buds in them. The immigrants escaped from the aircraft, but authorities later made all of them their arrests. They were accused of bringing marijuana into the country illegally and of breaking the law.
Britain were hired abroad to travel to Thailand as travellers, according to immigration officers in Surat Thani. In Thailand, Masterminds paid for their planes and lodging. They were actually given the task of moving marijuana-containing bags out of the state.
They were hired to transport cannabis from Koh Samui to Singapore first and then another nations by private flights from Bangkok to Koh Samui in Surat Thani. They would receive 2, 000 pounds ( roughly 87, 000 baht ) in exchange if their smuggling was successful. Some traffickers would receive restitution for their bills.
At Samui airport, authorities seized 375kg of marijuana from 22 bags containing 13 of these” travelers” over the course of four times. If properly smuggled out, cannabis may cost 200, 000 baht per kilogram on the international market. Overall sales of the seized thc could have been worth about 75 million ringgit.
Eight of the nine foreigners wanted to leave for Hong Kong after being earlier detained for trafficking marijuana at Samui aircraft. Britain, Germany, and Singapore were their last places on the list. They received a four-month prison term from the Koh Samui Provincial Court.
A backpack that a Surat Thani couple falsely removed from the southwestern state while joining a recent tour group in Japan was included in the cannabis-smuggling ring, according to Pol Maj Gen Sermpan Sirikong on Sunday.
The case was opened in Japan, and authorities discovered 24 kg of dried cannabis outside.
A 51-year-old American man named Mark Barlow was really the owner of the backpack.
Mr. Barlow made his way to Thailand on March 6 at the Suvarnabhumi airport. He left Surat Thani Airport next Thursday and headed for South Korea the following morning, according to Pol Maj Gen Sermpan, without going to any holiday destinations in Thailand.
Authorities weigh the marijuana that was seized from the four defendants on Saturday. Immigration officers in Surat Thani, photo