PHUKET: A woman passenger was arrested on arrival at Phuket airport and charged with smuggling cocaine worth about 10 million baht on Wednesday night.
Pol Col Salan Tantisasanakul, chief of Sakhu police station in Phuket, said Weerawan Saengwichian, 27, was taken into custody after 2.3 kilogrammes of cocaine were found in her luggage when her flight from Dubai arrived about 7.30pm.
Customs officials had been tipped off about her arrival.
At the airport, her two bags were X-rayed and suspicious content was detected in one. An inspection revealed a false bottom hiding packaged cocaine.
Pol Col Salan said Ms Weerawan was a native of Bangkok and had travelled from Istanbul via Dubai, where she boarded Emirates flight EK 396 to Phuket. The case is continuing.