Thai Police Detain 2 in Loei Over Parcel Linked to 1kg Heroin Airport Arrest
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Updated · Bangkok Post · Jul 3
Thai Police Detain 2 in Loei Over Parcel Linked to 1kg Heroin Airport Arrest
3 articles · Updated · Bangkok Post · Jul 3
Summary
Loei police detained Arthit, 43, and his Lao wife Thatsaphon, 42, for questioning over a parcel allegedly sent to a Thai Airways flight attendant arrested in Melbourne with about 1 kilogram of heroin.
Arthit told investigators he had been paid 8,000 baht per shipment by a Lao national to send six parcels to Bangkok, with the latest dispatch on June 28.
Officers from the ONCB and local police first searched the couple's Chiang Khan home, then tracked Arthit to a construction site at Wat Tham Pha Mak Ho and later found Thatsaphon at a rubber plantation in Erawan district.
Thatsaphon denied involvement and said she knew nothing about the alleged activity; police said both remained under questioning and no charges had been filed at the time of reporting.