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Police arrest 13 cannabis-smuggling 'tourists' at Samui airport

Four British men were arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle cannabis in suitcases through Samui airport in Surat Thani province on Saturday. (Photo: Surat Thani immigration police)

Police in Surat Thani have found many “visitors” who tried to smuggle suitcases containing cannabis out of the country as over the past four days they have arrested 13 foreign “tourists” with cannabis that would have a total market price of 75 million baht overseas.

Police said on Sunday that authorities arrested four British men at Samui airport on Saturday with 131 kilogrammes of dried cannabis buds in total before they took a flight to Singapore.

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