Thai Examiner
Thai hostess to face the music for her actions as Prime Minister pushes to close drug trafficking gaps
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Thai PM orders sweeping airport security crackdown after heroin cases linked to Australia, with investigators increasingly convinced a Thai Airways hostess knowingly joined a trafficking network as police in three countries hunt the syndicate behind the shipments.
Key facts
- With Government sources saying the Prime Minister believes 26-year-old Ms Meena bears responsibility for carrying the heroin and exploited the trust placed in airline crew, security chiefs have been ordered to close airport screening
- Thai PM orders sweeping airport security crackdown after heroin cases linked to Australia, with investigators increasingly convinced a Thai Airways hostess knowingly joined a trafficking network as police in three countries hunt the
- Prime Minister orders sweeping review of airport security after heroin smuggling cases alarm government
- Anutin widens probe beyond one suspect as officials prepare sweeping aviation security overhaul
- Security chief refuses operational details before Prime Minister unveils new anti-drug directives on Friday
- Australian investigators trace intended heroin recipient as Thai authorities expand cross-border investigation
Summary
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered Thailand’s toughest anti-narcotics response in months after a string of heroin smuggling cases linked to flights to Australia culminated in the arrest of a Thai Airways flight attendant in Melbourne.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will convene Thailand’s top security agencies on Friday after reacting with anger and frustration to a succession of heroin smuggling cases linked to flights from Thailand to Australia.