Passenger from Brazil Arrested With 4.8 Kilograms of Cocaine at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Luggage screening at Suvarnabhumi Airport (VTBS)
Luggage screening at Suvarnabhumi Airport (VTBS). Photo: Mattes.

Thai Customs told TPN media on Friday (April 7th) that on Thursday (April 6th) AITF (AIRPORT INTERDICTION TASK FORCE) officers X-rayed a targeted luggage in [Read More…]

South African and Brazilians arrested, cocaine worth B51m seized at Thai airports

Luggage screening at Suvarnabhumi Airport (VTBS)
Luggage screening at Suvarnabhumi Airport (VTBS). Photo: Mattes.

In two separate cases, a South African man was arrested by customs officers at Phuket airport for allegedly smuggling 1.49 kilogrammes of cocaine worth 4.47 [Read More…]

Brazilians arrested, cocaine worth B46.5m seized at Suvarnabhumi airport

Baggage claim at Suvarnabhumi airport
Baggage claim at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport. Photo: Hajime NAKANO / Flickr.

Three Brazilians have been arrested on arriving at Suvarnabhumi airport and 15.5 kilogrammes of cocaine, worth about 46.5 million baht, seized from their luggage. The [Read More…]

Brazilian COVID variant detected in state quarantine as daily infections surge

Suvarnabhumi Airport baggage claim sign
Suvarnabhumi Airport baggage claim sign. Photo: Kazuhiro Nakamura / flickr. CC BY 2.0.

The Brazilian COVID-19 variant has been detected among some arrivals from overseas currently in Thai state quarantine, assistant spokesperson for the Centre for COVID-19 Situation [Read More…]