Farhat Ur Rehman
BANGKOK – Farhat Ur Rehman a 21 Year Old Pakistani National has been arrested for allegedly smuggling nearly a kilogram of heroin into through Suvarnabhumi Airport by swallowing 65 packets of the drug.
Farhat Ur Rehman, had flown from Karachi on a Thai Airways International flight before he was caught on Sunday morning and taken to a news conference at the airport’s customs office Monday.
Customs officers said an X-ray examination showed he had a large number of “suspicious chunks” in his stomach. It turned out had swallowed 65 packets of heroin, weighing 950 grams, with a street value of 2.85 million baht.
Police said Mr Rehman confessed he was an auto mechanic in the city of Lahore but could not make ends meet and decided to smuggle the drug for a gang there for 30,000 baht. He was charged with the possession of illegal substances and drug trafficking.
Mr Rehman is the second Pakistani man arrested for drug trafficking at the airport in a month. On Sept 7, Muhammad Shoaib, 22, was busted upon arrival from Karachi for allegedly swallowing 380 grams of heroin in 20 packets.
, 21, had flown from Karachi on a Thai Airways International flight before he was caught on Sunday morning and taken to a news conference at the airport’s customs office Monday.
Customs officers said an X-ray examination showed he had a large number of “suspicious chunks” in his stomach. It turned out the Pakistani national had swallowed 65 packets of heroin, weighing 950 grammes, with a street value of 2.85 million baht.
Police said Mr Rehman confessed he was an auto mechanic in the city of Lahore but could not make ends meet and decided to smuggle the drug for a gang there for 30,000 baht. He was charged with the possession of illegal substances and drug trafficking.
Mr Rehman is the second Pakistani man arrested for drug trafficking at the airport in a month. On Sept 7, Muhammad Shoaib, 22, was busted upon arrival from Karachi for allegedly swallowing 380 grams of heroin in 20 packets.