5 Filipino drug mules caught in Thailand - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

5 Filipino drug mules caught in Thailand - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "strong warning to Filipinos against accepting and carrying packages or items to Thailand from complete strangers or new acquaintances in exchange for money. It said Thai law metes out the death penalty to people carrying what it calls Category I narcotics like heroin 'for the purpose of disposal.'
On March 22, April 13, and May 4, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thai immigration and police authorities arrested three Filipinas carrying between two to five kilograms of cocaine. Two came from Peru, while one arrived from Brazil.
On May 3, at the Thai-Myanmar border, two Filipinos were arrested for possession of over five kilograms of methamphetamine.
In June last year, a Filipina was arrested for possession of 13 kilograms of marijuana at the Thai-Laos border. The Filipina was told that she was just carrying slimming tea.
A West African drug gang is believed to be behind a large-scale operation where Filipinos are allegedly 'hired' as drug mules.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is working with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and other agencies in a concerted effort to combat the victimization of Filipinos by international drug syndicates"

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