Authorities in Thailand recently uncovered a significant drug smuggling operation involving cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The illicit substance was allegedly smuggled into the country from the United States concealed within clothing racks, as reported by local media sources.
According to Police Lt. Gen. Phanurat Lakboon, the secretary general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in Bangkok, three Nigerian men were apprehended after officials seized 5,360 grams of cocaine from a flight that had originated in the U.S. and landed in Bangkok. The estimated value of the cocaine is approximately 16 million Thai baht, equivalent to around $450,000.
