Two Men Remanded For Smuggling Heroin To Australia
Two men arrested in July were remanded in custody after allegedly attempting to smuggle heroin to Australia via an air hostess named Mina. Suspects Uthai and Nantawat appeared before Bangkok Criminal Court on charges related to concealing d
Police took two suspects into custody on July 6, 2569 (2026): Uthai, known as the man in the blue hood, and Nantawat, a young man from Phayao, accused of smuggling and concealing heroin in a parcel sent to an air hostess named Mina to carry to Australia. They were transferred from the Narcotics Suppression Bureau command center to Bangkok Criminal Court on Ratchadamri Road. Nantawat emerged first wearing a protective mask, followed by Uthai in a mask and blue hood covering his head. When reporters asked both men if they wished to make further statements or comment on the air hostess case, they declined and immediately boarded the Narcotics Suppression Bureau custody vehicle, a six-wheeled transport truck bound for criminal court. Authorities arranged media personnel on one side only to create an orderly space for the suspects to board the vehicle, as multiple drug-related suspects were being transported together with those in the air hostess case.
