NIGERIAN MAN AND HIS THAI GIRLFRIEND APPREHENDED IN BANGKOK WHILE SHIPPING 490 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE TO AUSTRALIA
A Nigerian national, Obimma Kelechi Anthony, alongside his Thai girlfriend, Marisa Noipitak, has been apprehended in Bangkok while shipping 490 grams of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) to Australia.
The couple were nabbed by the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) on Friday evening August 13.
The security personnel arrested them when they brought the drugs hidden in a parcel holding a spindle photo frame and a Buddhist monk offerings to a private company to send to Australia.
Marisa was taken to her residence in Ramkhamhaeng soi 50 where another 985 grams of Ice was found in another spindle frame.
Subsequently, Obimma’s house in Samut Prakan was searched and 35 grams of heroin, 89 grams of Ice and 82 grams of cocaine were found.
The Nigerian man and his Thai girlfriend are now being held by the Narcotics Suppression Division 3.
They have been charged with illegal drug possession and the police are investigating the case further.
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