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Heroin carried by Thai air hostess traced to Myanmar

Police tracing the heroin carried to Australia by a Thai Airways air hostess believe it was produced in Myanmar and smuggled into northern Thailand through Laos.

Bangkok Post

Courier ‘sorry’ for delivering drugs to flight attendant

The man who delivered a parcel containing heroin to the home of a Thai Airways flight attendant who was later arrested in Australia has apologised for the trouble he caused her.

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Thai cabin crew heroin case expands

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.

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African-led transnational drug ring busted

Authorities have arrested 13 Thai and foreign suspects who were members of a transnational drug network led by a fugitive African known as “Big Jot” and seized 130 kilogrammes of heroin and cocaine worth over 400 million baht.

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Loei couple suspected of heroin links questioned in Bangkok

A Thai man and his Laotian wife were brought to Bangkok from Loei on Friday for questioning by narcotics investigators, who are trying to shed light on a network linked to the heroin carried by a Thai Airways International flight attendant who was arrested in Melbourne.

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Recipient of heroin from flight attendant identified

The intended recipient of heroin found in the luggage of a Thai flight attendant in Australia has been partly identified, while Thai authorities are attempting to locate the car that delivered the drugs to the woman’s residence in Bangkok.

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The 5th Circuit Says a Houston Cop Reasonably Killed 2 Innocent People Falsely Accused of Selling Heroin

The officer's avowed reasons for killing Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were contradicted by the physical evidence.

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Thai man, Lao wife detained in connection to drug smuggling case

LOEI - Police have detained a Thai man and his Lao wife for questioning in connection with a parcel they allegedly sent to a Thai Airways flight attendant arrested at Melbourne Airport on charges of attempting to smuggle in about one kilogram of heroin concealed in her luggage.

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Recipient of heroin from flight attendant identified

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One dead, three ill after unknowing heroin intake

Health authorities are issuing a warning to party drug users after heroin was found in methamphetamine and cocaine products across one state.

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Drug agencies, AoT to meet

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered an urgent meeting of anti-narcotics agencies and Airports of Thailand (AoT) on Friday after the arrest of a Thai Airways International flight attendant in Australia on allegations of attempting to smuggle heroin into the country.

Bangkok Post

“I’m like, ‘I don’t know, man! I’m in Arizona!’” In 1993, Kurt Cobain asked Sepultura man Max Cavalera where to get heroin in Brazil

When trying to score drugs at a South American festival, Nirvana’s leader turned to what he believed to be a local expert

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Investigators asking if flight attendant knew about drugs

Thai authorities are looking into the case of a Thai flight attendant who was arrested for carrying heroin into Australia, to determine whether she was knowingly involved in drug smuggling.

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Thai Airways launches investigation after cabin crew member arrested for smuggling heroin worth £380k

Airline vows full cooperation as Australian police allege drugs were hidden in 12 tote bags

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Thai Airways hostess arrested smuggling heroin into Australia

Thai Airways International has pledged full cooperation with Australian authorities after a Thai air hostess was arrested and heroin seized from her bags at Melbourne airport.

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Drone loaded with heroin crashes in Pakistan's Punjab en route to India

A drone allegedly being used to smuggle narcotics into India crashed near the India-Pakistan border in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said on Monday.

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Thai airline employee arrested in Australia on suspicion of smuggling €302,000 of heroin

The 26-year-old woman was on duty on board an international flight when she arrived at Melbourne Airport on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Thai airline employee arrested in Australia on suspicion of importing heroin

Australian police have arrested a Thai airline employee for allegedly importing over a kilogram of heroin into Melbourne

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Air steward arrested in Australia on suspicion of importing heroin after tote bags searched

Police said an X-ray found white powder concealed in the linings of her tote bags

Bangkok Post

Thai Airways hostess arrested smuggling heroin into Australia

Thai Airways International has pledged full cooperation with Australian authorities after a Thai air hostess was arrested and heroin seized from her bags at Melbourne airport.

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Thai air crew member arrested at Melbourne airport with heroin worth B11m

Australian police have arrested a female member of a Thai aircrew on an international flight at Melbourne airport after an x-ray by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers allegedly found one kilogramme of heroin concealed in her tote bags.

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Airline worker's alleged tote bag drug smuggle attempt

A 26-year-old woman will face court after being accused of trying to smuggle about $500,000 of heroin concealed in tote bags into Australia.

The Times of India

Bikramjit Brar, Hardeep Thind and Purshotam Dhillon: Three Indian-origin men jailed in London for running £174,000 drugs network

In a significant crackdown, authorities have dismantled a large drug trafficking operation in London, orchestrated by incarcerated dealer Hardeep Thind. Three men of Indian descent, including an active magistrate, received prison sentences for their involvement in distributing cocaine and heroin worth £174,000. Following Thind's release, the illegal network expanded, prompting…

Evening Standard

Moment magistrate who helped run major London drug dealing operation arrested on bed - as he is jailed for seven years

Purshotam Dhillon, 59, was a serving magistrate when he was a key member of a crime ring selling heroin and crack cocaine

The Independent UK

Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs

Myanmar authorities have burned more than $600 million worth of seized illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, marijuana and opium, in nationwide events marking the U.N.’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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