Bangkok: A Pakistani man was arrested at
Bangkok`s main international airport after he was found to be
carrying almost a kilogram of heroin in his stomach, Thai
customs officials said on Friday.
Shabbir Ahmad, 27, was stopped at Suvarnabhumi Airport
late yesterday night after he arrived from Lahore on a Thai
Airways flight.
Authorities said they had been tipped off that a
Pakistani national would be smuggling drugs and Ahmad was
stopped as he tried to clear customs.
X-rays showed he had swallowed 90 packs of heroin
weighing a total of 830 grams with a street value in Bangkok
worth USD 75,757, officials said.
Ahmad was charged with trafficking and smuggling class
A drugs, which is punishable by death in Thailand.
Ahmad is the third Pakistani national to have been
arrested this month attempting to smuggle heroin through
Suvarnabhumi Airport.
PTI
