Bangkok Post
Thai cabin crew heroin case expands
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Thailand is preparing to elevate a cross-border heroin trafficking investigation involving a Thai cabin crew member detained in Australia to special case status, as a wider syndicate and overseas recipient network come into focus.
Key facts
- Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Secretary-General Pol Maj Suriya Singhakamol confirmed that the case involving Ms Meena, a 26-year-old flight attendant arrested in Melbourne on June 25 with nearly 1kg of heroin, is being
- Thailand is preparing to elevate a cross-border heroin trafficking investigation involving a Thai cabin crew member detained in Australia to special case status, as a wider syndicate and overseas recipient network come into focus.
- The ONCB confirmed the network shows strong links to major heroin cases in 2023 and 2024 in Samut Prakan, as well as a large seizure in Chachoengsao on March 27, where another flight attendant was arrested with more than 20kg of heroin.
- He said intelligence indicates the consignment comprised 12 Otop elephant-pattern embroidered fabric bags, one of which was found to conceal narcotics, while another remains under examination.
Summary
Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Secretary-General Pol Maj Suriya Singhakamol confirmed that the case involving Ms Meena, a 26-year-old flight attendant arrested in Melbourne on June 25 with nearly 1kg of heroin, is being proposed for transfer to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) for handling as a special investigation.
He said the scale of the operation, involving recruitment, packaging, transport and overseas distribution across multiple jurisdictions, meets the criteria of an organised transnational crime network.