Officials in Thailand discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine, allegedly smuggled in from the U.S. in clothing racks, according to local media reports. The cocaine is worth an estimated 16 million Thai baht, or roughly $450,000, according to local reports.
Officials in Thailand discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine, allegedly smuggled in from the U.S. in clothing racks , according to local media reports. The secretary general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in Bangkok, Police Lt. Gen. Phanurat Lakboon, said in a press conference earlier this month that officials arrested three Nigerian men after seizing 5,360 grams of cocaine from a flight that originated in the U.S.
and landed in Bangkok, Thai newspaper Khaosod reported. The cocaine is worth an estimated 16 million Thai baht, or roughly $450,000, according to local reports. THAI LAWMAKERS CONSIDER BAN ON RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA 2 YEARS AFTER LEGALIZATION The bust was initially spurred by the Customs Department’s Airport Interdiction Task Force at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on March 7. The three Nigerian suspects were reportedly waiting to collect the clothing racks after the shipment landed in Thailand and made its way through customs. The cocaine was concealed in the clothes racks' metal pipes, photos sho
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