Drug trafficker arrested at Phuket International Airport

[News Bandit]

PHUKET, Oct 14 - Customs officials arrested a drug trafficker from Mozambique with six kilogrammes of crystal meth, also known as “ice,” worth around 21 million baht at Phuket International Airport. 

Ms Hortencia Ferreira, 37, was arrested on Saturday when she arrived at the airport from Doha by Qatar Airways, said Monthira Chertchoo, head of Phuket customs office.

The drug was hidden in specially-designed compartments of two notebook computer bags.

She confessed to being hired 50,000 baht to deliver the drug to both Thai and foreign nationals at a hotel on Patong beach. (MCOT online news)

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