ANOTHER Thai Brit smuggler suspect has been arrested with a cannabis haul bound for the UK following similar cases like Bella Culley and Charlotte May Lee.
The 31-year-old suspect was stopped during a transit stop on his way to Newcastle via Frankfurt and was led away in handcuffs to be locked up in preventive custody at the Korneuburg prison.
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The arrest took place at Vienna International Airport, a city airport on the outskirts of the Austrian capital yesterday.
Customs officers found 11.3kg of cannabis packed into 13 vacuum-sealed parcels concealed among clothes in the man’s suitcase.
The suitcase had been checked in at Bangkok and was labelled for onward travel to Frankfurt and Newcastle.
Police said the street value of the cannabis was approximately £95,000.
According to police, the man, who was not named, refused to confess and made no statement about the contents of the suitcase.
Officials said the investigation is being led by the public prosecutor’s office in Korneuburg.
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