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Koh Samui: Man Tries to Smuggle Drugs in Sandwich to Prisoner

A Thai man was arrested at Bo Phut Police Station after officers found 1.94 grams of methamphetamine hidden inside bread he was trying to deliver to a detained female friend.

Police evidence photo of seized drugs
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A 36-year-old Thai man was arrested at Bo Phut police station in Thailand while attempting to pass methamphetamine hidden in bread to an incarcerated female friend.

A 36-year-old man was arrested on 2 October at the Bo Phut Police Station in Surat Thani province. He was attempting to bring drugs into the police station premises to hand them to a detained woman.

The suspect had arrived at the station with several food items which he wished to give to a friend in custody for a firearms possession case. Suspected by Sgt. Jaroeng Phet Sri, who was on duty that day, he was immediately searched.

The officers discovered that the bread contained 1.94 grams of methamphetamine. The man was taken into custody and charged with possession and attempted supply of category 1 narcotics.

Photo: Local police

The investigation was assigned to Lieutenant Phanumat Chukuea, of the Bo Phut police investigations department. The case was forwarded to the prosecutor.

Local source