News Forum - Down under dilemma: Australian arrested at Phuket Airport with cocaine stash hidden in passport

[Thaiger]

A 26 year old Australian national found himself in hot water upon his arrival at Phuket International Airport. The arrest came about after a small quantity of cocaine was discovered hidden within his passport by vigilant immigration officers. The young man, whose name was conspicuously absent from the first reports released by the Phuket Immigration … …

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[TheDirtyDurian]

Pretty stupid keeping it there. I'm guessing he forgot about it.

[Pinetree]

1 hour ago, TheDirtyDurian said:

Pretty stupid keeping it there. I'm guessing he forgot about it.

well to be fair, Aussies don't have much brain power to spare for logical thinking.  

[ChrisS]

Got to be a complete muppet smuggling cocaine into Thailand in the first place but smuggling it in your passport is a whole new level of stupid!

[23RD]

He looks really Australian in the picture possibly Aboriginal. 

[Kangaloo]

On 11/16/2023 at 8:58 PM, Pinetree said:

well to be fair, Aussies don't have much brain power to spare for logical thinking.  

Turns out to be an English/Indian.

Generally speaking the poms are around 55% in front of every other nationally for getting themselves into trouble in Thailand.