Nigerian, Thai wife arrested, charged with smuggling crystal methWanwisa Pilatan, 24, watches as police search her room in Bangkok's Ratchathewi district on Tuesday. She and her Nigerian husband were charged with attempting to smuggle 9kg of crystal methamphetamine to Hong Kong hidden in a shipment of shoulder bags. Officers found a total of 9 kilogrammes of crystal meth hidden in 18 of the 30 shoulder bags. Pol Maj Gen Jirabhop said the extended investigation found that the sender was a woman, identified later as Ms Wannisa. In a separate operation, police arrested two Nigerian men in Samut Prakan for other offences.

Source: Bangkok Post August 25, 2021 09:45 UTC