Thai drug mules caught in India

New Delhi: Two Thai women were arrested in India for trying to smuggle drugs to Thailand after smuggling capsules with the narcotics, police said on Saturday.
Identified only as Pranee and Nungrutai by authorities, they are in custody at a New Delhi hospital and the capsules are being flushed out of their stomachs. Thirty-four capsules have been recovered till now - one capsule can contain between 8 to 16 gms of contraband.
Police are not even certain of what drug they were carrying. The women were then taken to a court where the Customs took permission for medically examining the accused. "We are carrying out the flushing of capsules from their stomach," said a customs official. The process will probably take two to three more days, he said. A Customs official said 20 capsules had been recovered from one accused and 14 from the other.
Pranee (37) and Nungrutai (20) were arrested by Customs at the IGI Airport two days ago as they were crossing the customs check on their way to boarding a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok.
Officials are now trying to track down the missing links in the chain. But the accused do not appear to know much about the suppliers. "They have just been able to tell us that the men in Delhi who supplied them drugs were Nigerians. We are interrogating them and have gathered some leads. More arrests are likely," an official said.
27/05/07 Bangkok Post, Thailand

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