A woman was caught trying to smuggle 1.5 kilograms of cocaine in her dreadlocks on a flight to Bangkok, it was reported today. South African Nobanda Nolubabalo, 23, was arrested and held in Thailand’s capital yesterday after customs officers allegedly noticed a suspicious white substance in her hair.
Officials later carried out a search and discovered she had allegedly matted the Class A drug into her dreadlocks before boarding a flight from Brazil. ‘A search found traces of white substance which turned out to be cocaine. ‘A total of 1.5kg of cocaine was found hidden in her hair.’ Nolubabalo was today being held in custody after being held at Bangkok’s international Suvarnabhumi Airport as she disembarked a Qatar Airways flight which had come from Sao Paolo via Doha. The Bangkok Post reported that the suspect had allegedly admitted trying to smuggle the drug and claimed she had done so after being hired to work as a drug mule by a Thailand-based businessman for £1,200 (60,000 baht). Thailand has some of the toughest anti-drugs laws on the planet, with judges permitted to impose the death penalty for traffickers. The South African’s arrest follows the execution of another South African citizen this week for drug smuggling in China. Janice Linden, 38, was killed by lethal injection on Monday after she was caught in November 2008 trying to smuggle 3kg of crystal meth into the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma appealed unsuccessfully to the Chinese government to commute the sentence before she was put to death in prison. The smuggled cocaine had a street value of £93,000 Nolubabalo, 23, was hired as a drug mule for £1,200 Judges in Thailand can impose the death penalty for drug traffickers
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Posted: at 16-12-2011 01:52 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
he no come tell me say i no go c my children again... he no come tell me say i no go see my family again... he no come tell me say if them catch me them fit send me go jail lol... dosent she see or watch that advert na wa oooooooo. let her face d consequence.
IF U TINK D DEVIL IS A LIAR, THEN LET A GUY LIE TO U AND U WILL KNW DAT D DEVIL IS A LEANER ........
Posted: at 16-12-2011 02:53 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
TripleA3 at 16-12-2011 04:29 PM (13 years ago) (m)
Omo I nor dey understand people, dem know say those countries in Asia nor dey play with offenders at all, na die b the end. At least for Europe na jail or deportation, here its better. Y ppl go dey risk dem lives because of how much wen you know say if dem catch u na death. I dey fear this world oh. God accept her soul sha if she die, but Oh lord u fit give her second chance abeg. Just dis once.
Prayer changes Things.
Posted: at 16-12-2011 04:29 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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