Russian Drug Mule Arrested Trying To Smuggle Cocaine Into The Country
Published on 24th January 2017 by Stickboy BKK

A 32-year-old Russian woman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport last Wednesday for attempting to smuggle cocaine into Thailand.

Immigration officers became suspicious of Ilia Makuschova when she landed on a flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Following an x-ray she was found to be carrying 57 packets containing 650g of cocaine that she had swallowed. It took five days in hospital for all the evidence to pass through her system.

She confessed to attempting to smuggle the drugs telling officers she was paid $3,500 by an African man in Brazil to bring the drugs to Thailand and deliver them to another African man in Bangkok.

Makuschova was charged with importing, possession and intent to sell Category 2 drugs. She was detained pending further legal proceedings.

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