Officers of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) arrested a British man and a Dutch man at a Bangkok condominium on 5 November 2024 after tracing a suspicious parcel sent from Britain.[1] The parcel, seized on 4 November, held 210g of MDMA, and officers watched the two men collect it.[2][1] A raid on their Sathu Pradit condominium found no drugs, but the men led officers to a rented house in Khlong Toei and another condominium in Phra Kanong.[1] The house held 30kg of cannabis in vacuum-sealed bags ready for delivery, with documents for shipment to Britain mislabelled as pillows, plus about 1.4kg of cannabis glandular trichomes.[2][1] The Phra Kanong flat held 6kg more cannabis in vacuum-sealed bags.[1] The ONCB said British police had seized growing amounts of Thai cannabis that year and announced closer joint work against the route.[2][1]
British and Dutch men held over 36kg of cannabis for UK parcels
Thailand's anti-drug agency arrested a British and a Dutch man in Bangkok on 5 November 2024 after tracing an MDMA parcel from Britain to them. Searches found 36kg of cannabis packed for shipment to Britain, plus 1.4kg of cannabis resin; both face possession and attempted-export charges.
🇹🇭 Sathu Pradit, Bangkok · Thailand
- Arrested
- 2
- Charged
- 2
- Cannabis
- 36 kg
- Agency
- ONCB
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 2
- Charged
- 2
- Cannabis
- 36 kg
- Agency type
- Anti-narcotics agency
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (36 kg)
- Setting
- Home, Mail or parcel
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Route
- Thailand → United Kingdom
Sources
- ASEAN Nowaseannow.comBritish and Dutch men arrested in Bangkok for drug trafficking
- Thailand Tribunethailandtribune.comTwo Foreigners Arrested with Drugs Concealed in Parcels Ready to be Sent to England.
Open questions the AI reported
- One source's summary line says 37 grammes of cannabis where its own detailed account gives 36 kilograms; the report uses the detailed account.
- The suspects' names were not published.
- The 210g of MDMA seized in the same operation is left out of the cannabis figures.
- No court outcome has been reported.
