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Anutin warns Australia-bound drug smugglers will not escape as Thailand tightens airport rules
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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul warned that anyone trying to smuggle drugs into Australia would be intercepted, as he vowed to tighten airport and airline-security rules following the arrest of a Thai Airways flight attendant on heroin-smuggling c
Key facts
- Anutin said Australia had strict border checks and that attempts to carry narcotics into the country by air were unlikely to succeed
- The prime minister said he had summoned the secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, or ONCB, for an immediate briefing and would chair an urgent meeting on July 3 with relevant agencies, including Airports of
- The July 3 meeting will focus on tightening airport procedures and closing gaps that may be exploited by drug-smuggling networks.
- Australian police said a 26-year-old Thai airline employee was arrested and charged after allegedly importing more than 1kg of heroin into Melbourne
Summary
Anutin said Australia had strict border checks and that attempts to carry narcotics into the country by air were unlikely to succeed. He described such attempts as “short-sighted” and said the government would move quickly to “seal” loopholes in Thailand’s airport procedures.
Anutin added that Thailand was not a transit point for narcotics because the country maintained strict suppression measures.