A Kenyan woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly smuggling 2.6 kilograms of "ice", crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride, worth Bt7.8 million.
Following a tip-off that a passenger on Air Ethiopia flight EL608 was smuggling drugs into Thailand, police arrested suspect Barbra Wabue, 29, at Suvarnabhumi Airport while she was about to take another plane to Phnom Penh. Police said the bag of ice was found in her travel bag, which she then claimed to have collected from an African man without knowing the drug was hidden inside.
She was initially charged with having the drug in possession with intention to sell and bringing the drug into Thailand without permission.