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Thailand steps up Japan drug smuggling probe

A box brought by a Thai “carry-for-hire” courier was found to contain crystal methamphetamine concealed in coffee sachets when officials at Fukuoka Airport examined it. (TV screenshot)

Thai authorities are continuing to coordinate with their Japanese counterparts over the case of a 28-year-old Thai woman arrested at Fukuoka Airport after crystal methamphetamine was found hidden in coffee sachets she was carrying into Japan.

Japanese prosecutors are due to decide on Friday whether to indict Juthathip Thongnoi, according to Areepak Ngernbamroong, deputy secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

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