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Major drug money laundering suspect arrested in Tak

A woman accused of laundering money for a major drug trafficking network was arrested in Mae Sot district of Tak province on Tuesday, with assets worth 150 million baht seized from her home.

Bangkok Post · Aug 4

Thailand steps up Japan drug smuggling probe

Thai authorities are continuing to coordinate with their Japanese counterparts over the case of a 28-year-old Thai woman arrested at Fukuoka Airport after crystal methamphetamine was found hidden in coffee sachets she was carrying into Japan.

Bangkok Post · Jul 28

Thailand seeks extradition of ‘Rose Rose’ in flight attendant heroin case

Thailand is seeking the extradition of a woman accused of hiring a Thai flight attendant to carry heroin-filled bags to Australia, as authorities intensify efforts to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking network linked to a notorious drug kingpin in Myanmar’s Shan State.

Bangkok Post · Jul 23

Thai expat in Australia intended recipient of heroin from Thai stewardess

SURAT THANI - A Thai woman who has lived in Australia for over a decade would have been the receiver of tote bags with hidden heroin from a Thai stewardess had she not been arrested, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

Bangkok Post · Jul 6

Air hostess heroin case tied to transnational syndicate

The Department of Special Investigation had taken over the heroin-smuggling air hostess case because it involves a transnational and organised drug network, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board said on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Jul 6

New curbs for airline crew: CAAT

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has announced new regulations aimed at tightening control over airline crew members' handling of personal items, prohibiting them from accepting or transporting goods for others.

Bangkok Post · Jul 4

Innocent until proven ignorant?

The sadly typical story of a Thai citizen being taken into custody in a foreign country on drug smuggling allegations should be almost too mundane to merit meaningful discussion, yet the national interest in the case involving a Thai Airways flight attendant has raised some points of note, notably what…

Bangkok Post · Jul 4

Thai cabin crew heroin case expands

Thailand is preparing to elevate a cross-border heroin trafficking investigation involving a Thai cabin crew member detained in Australia to special case status, as a wider syndicate and overseas recipient network come into focus.

Bangkok Post · Jul 3

How drug gangs use social media to recruit Thai air crew as couriers

Early in the morning on June 18, a message from an unknown account slipped into the TikTok inbox of a flight attendant in Bangkok with a series of questions: "Are you flying to Australia? Do you do carry-for-hire? What is your rate?"

Bangkok Post · Jul 3

Loei couple suspected of heroin links questioned in Bangkok

A Thai man and his Laotian wife were brought to Bangkok from Loei on Friday for questioning by narcotics investigators, who are trying to shed light on a network linked to the heroin carried by a Thai Airways International flight attendant who was arrested in Melbourne.

Bangkok Post · Jul 3