BANGKOK, July 24 — After signing sister airport agreements with three leading global airports earlier, Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport is preparing to sign a similar accord with an American airport, Serirat Prasutanond, president of Airports of Thailand (AoT) said Friday. During a seminar Mr Serirat said that although Suvarnabhumi Airport, east of Bangkok in Samut Prakan province, ranks as the world’s [...]

BANGKOK, July 21 — Four Iranian men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling 111 packages of crystal methamphetamine with a total weight of one kilogramme. Also known as ‘ice’, the foursome reportedly tried to carry the crystal meth into the kingdom by swallowing the packages, customs officials told at a press briefing on Wednesday. The drugs were estimated to [...]

More than 1,600 pounds of illicit ivory has been seized in Thailand after the elephant tusks were smuggled from Africa in pallets labelled as plywood furniture or notepads. Customs authorities said Friday the 765 kilograms (1,683 pounds) of elephant tusks seized Tuesday was Thailand’s third big ivory seizure this year. The shipment was seized Tuesday after the flight from Kenya [...]

Two Thai bomb suspects arrive Bangkok from Cambodia A man and a woman alleged to have masterminded the bomb blast at the Bhumjaithai Party on June 22 were returned to Thailand from Cambodia on Monday morning, arriving at Suvarnabhumi airport from Phnom Penh. The two – Kobchai Boonplod, 41, and Warisaya Boonsom, 42 – were arrested by Cambodian authorities in [...]

An Iranian man was caught Wednesday at Suvarnabhumi Airport trying to smuggle 1.75 kilograms of ice worth Bt6.1 million into the country. Araj Kharimi Panabandani, 24, who arrived at 8am from Iran’s Tehran, reportedly confessed – after the Customs Department found the crystallised methamphetamine hydrochloride tied around his waist – that he was unemployed and was hired to carry the [...]

Suvarnabhumi Airport, together with the Immigration division, have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve the airport service quality. Starting from 24th June 2010, passengers won’t have to stand in passport queues longer than 24 minutes. This will result in the passengers having more time for pre-boarding activities such as shopping and eating. Their ultimate aim is to put Suvarnabhumi [...]

BANGKOK, June 21 (TNA) – Thai customs officials on Monday arrested two Pakistani nationals for smuggling 1.4 kilogrammes of heroin into the kingdom. Ahmed Sted Asad, 46 and Iqeal Muhammad Abid, 44 were detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport, while waiting for a flight transfer to Thailand’s Andaman island resort of Phuket. Thai authorities had received information that persons from Pakistan would [...]

Filipinos continue to fall victim as drug couriers, with at least five recently arrested on separate occasions in Thailand for attempting to bring several kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine into the kingdom. Three Filipinas were arrested by Thai immigration and police authorities as the Suvarnabhumi International Airport on March 22, April 13, and May 4, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign [...]

A 21-year-old British national has been arrested attempting to leave the Kingdom of Thailand, after Immigration police had become aware that she was travelling on a forged or suspected fake passport. Bangkok, the 27th of April 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 11:00am on Tuesday, police Major General Witsanu Prasartthong O-Sot (Deputy Commission of the Immigration Police) along with the Superintendent of [...]

Two Iranians were arrested at the Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sunday for trying to smuggle one kilo of “ice” or crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride into Thailand. The drug was worth about Bt3.5million. The suspects Morteza Abbasi, 21, and Akbar Zerami, 23, swallowed the drug down their stomach before they boarded a flight from Tehran to the Suvarnabhumi Airport. The Nation Share var [...]