Thai Enquirer
Police identify Australian recipient, rule out delivery rider in Thai Airways heroin-smuggling case
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Thai and Australian investigators have identified the intended recipient of a heroin shipment allegedly smuggled into Australia by a Thai Airways flight attendant and ruled out a delivery rider who voluntarily came forward, as authorities expand their investigation into the transnational drug trafficking network behind the case.
Key facts
- Australian authorities estimate the drugs have a street value of about A$500,000 (US$343,000).
- The investigation is being conducted jointly by Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Border Force (ABF) under Task Force Storm, a bilateral operation established in
- The case centres on a 26-year-old Thai Airways flight attendant arrested at Melbourne Airport on June 25 after Australian Border Force officers detected anomalies during X-ray screening of her luggage
- Officers allegedly found more than one kilogram of heroin concealed in the false linings of two of the 12 tote bags she was carrying
Summary
The investigation is being conducted jointly by Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Border Force (ABF) under Task Force Storm, a bilateral operation established in 2016 to combat transnational drug trafficking.
The case centres on a 26-year-old Thai Airways flight attendant arrested at Melbourne Airport on June 25 after Australian Border Force officers detected anomalies during X-ray screening of her luggage. Officers allegedly found more than one kilogram of heroin concealed in the false linings of two of the 12 tote bags she was carrying. Australian authorities estimate the drugs have a street value of about A$500,000 (US$343,000).