A British tourist is confronted with a maximum of 10 years in prison after being arrested because he reportedly tried to smuggle 38 kilos of cannabis through an airport in Thailand while trying on board a flight back to London.
Daniel James Hallett, 38, Van Hull, was held by customs officers, because he reportedly tried on board the flight from Krabi's international airport in the south of the country on March 9.
Officials had marked his luggage as suspicious during routine security checks. At the further inspection, they reportedly discovered 35 vacuum-through-transmission packages of cannabis flowers wrapped in double-laying bags to prevent the comprehensive scent of the drug escaping.
Hallett, which ran a transport company, was photographed by watching the airport while wearing a T-shirt from the charity setting from the armed forces to starboard. He had two gigantic suitcases that are reportedly containing the medicines.
The cannabis was seized and Hallett was taken into custody at the police station of Na Khlong District for further legal action. His case is currently being investigated and the authorities continue to revise evidence with regard to the smuggling attempt.
The Brit was accused of violating the Thai Customs Act, and violating laws on controlled herbs. If he is convicted, he could be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Police Colonel Apichat Jinaphen, chief inspector of the police station of Nuea Khlong, said: 'Although cannabis is not illegal in Thailand, importing or exporting without permission against the law is.
'In this case, Mr. Daniel was arrested for trying to export goods that had not undergone a customs defense, contrary to the Customs Act, as well as the traditional Thai Medicine Protection and Promotion Act with regard to controlled herbs (cannabis) for commercial purposes.
The British tourist Daniel James Hallett, 38, from Hull, is in prison for up to ten years after he was arrested because he reportedly tried to smuggle 38 kilos of cannabis through an airport in Thailand while trying on board a flight back to London
Hallett was held by customs officials, because he reportedly tried on board the flight to London from Krabi International Airport in the south of the country on March 9
Officials had marked his luggage as suspicious during routine security checks. After further inspection, they reportedly discovered 35 vacuum-through-alled cannabis flowers wrapped in double-laying pockets to prevent the demanding scent of the drug escaping
“Mr Daniel was held at the police station for two days before he was brought to court. The legal fine includes a prison sentence for a maximum of ten years, a fine or both, in addition to the seizure of the seized items. The final decision will be made by the court.
'We want foreign tourists to be more aware of cannabis -related laws. Importing or exporting it without permission remains illegal, and we want to emphasize this through efforts for the awareness of public consciousness. '
The police have tightened security at Thai airports in the midst of a wave of cannabis smuggling atmosphere in recent weeks.
With marijuana legally – and generally available – many addicts have tried to hit the product before they return to their home countries.
On March 4, British tourist Luziela Aaliyah Carvalho, 19, reportedly caught with 35 kg (80 pounds) Marijuana while trying on board an airplane at the International Airport of Chiang Mai.
She was planned to fly to Hong Kong before she took a second flight to London on Cathay Pacific Flight CX 251 before officers reportedly discovered the smuggling war in her luggage.
Her arrest came after three Malaysian nationals were blocked for human trafficking in the same week by the same airport.
In January, six British tourists were arrested for alleged cannabis from a holiday villa in Thailand.
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Allegedly the British smoked cannabis – now legally in the country – because they held a raw overnight festival in the luxury building on the island of Phuket on January 22
Allegedly the British smoked cannabis – now legally in the country – while on January 22 they held a raw overnight festival on the luxury building on the island of Phuket.
The malfunction lasted until early Thursday morning, January 23, when the police arrived in the villa to serve a house search order after complaints of furious neighbors.
Officers comb through the building and reportedly found 3 kg cannabis in packages.
They also said that they discovered 39 buses of nitrogen oxide or laughing gas, that inducing euphoria and hallucinations when inhaling.
The police arrested the tourists – identified as Abdifatah Gulaid Ahmed, 31, Esah Muse Mohamed, 22, Ismail Mustafa Waleed Ahmed Taha, 20, Noah Ihiekwe Chidi Eze, 30, Darian Gledabis, 24, and Kierany.
In November 2024, a reality star who was too hot on Netflix dating show to use prison after being caught smuggling £ 150,000 in drugs to the UK on a flight from Thailand.
Olga Bednarska, 27, was arrested in October after he was stopped by customs officers at Manchester airport with two large suitcases with 40 kg cannabis.
According to the news from Manchester Evening, she claimed that she received the bags from a friend called 'Tex'.
Olga Bednarska, 27, was stopped by customs officials on Manchester Airport on a flight back from Thailand with two large suitcases with 40 kg cannabis.
Olga, depicted in a scene of the show, was a finalist in series three of them too hot
The influencer, who appeared in series three of the hit Netflix show, claimed that this person paid her flights and wanted her to bring back designer clothing and watches from Phuket.
A court heard that Bednarska, from Poland, but in Manchester, “had lived past her resources” and had collected £ 16,000 debts.
To pay this off, she had resorted to crime and agreed to fly to Thailand on a paid journey for the import of the land from the country in exchange for £ 18,000.
Thai authorities said they discussed strict security measures to intercept cannabis smugglers, who can achieve great profit from the arbitration with their home countries.
Cannabis with less than 0.2 percent of the THC was decriminalized in Thailand in June 2022, as a potentially cash crop for poor farmers and ministers connected to the pharmaceutical industry.
Smoking cannabis is permitted for personal use in private areas, but remains prohibited in public areas.
However, bungelf officials are now trying to ban recreational cannabis, making it the badly regulated use of alleged drug abuse and an increase in the number of cases of tourists who exaggerated in the medicine.
Tourist destinations such as Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya have seen the negative consequences of legalizing the drug, where tourists have been regularly arrested for misbehavior while they are under the influence of cannabis.
