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British tourist faces up to 20 years in Thai prison after 'he is caught with a bag of cocaine hidden in his PASSPORT by immigration staff'
Jamie Louis Swain arrived in Thailand on Thursday night and was arrested
By MIRIAM KUEPPER

PUBLISHED: 12:47 BST, 3 May 2024 | UPDATED: 15:10 BST, 3 May 2024


A British tourist is facing up to 20 years in a Thai prison after he was allegedly caught with a bag of cocaine hidden in his passport by immigration staff.

Jamie Louis Swain, 29, from Enfield, north London, arrived in Phuket, Thailand on an Etihad Airways flight on Thursday night.


When he handed his passport to an immigration officer, the cop noticed a small plastic bag (pictured on weighing scale) with white powder inside when flicking through the document to find an empty page to place the visa stamp

When he handed his passport to an immigration officer, the cop noticed a small plastic bag with white powder inside when flicking through the document to find an empty page to place the visa stamp.

Officers said that Swain reacted with surprise, before he started swearing and shaking , prompting authorities to conduct further inspections and scanning his luggage.

He was arrested at Phuket International Airport, where police tested the substance found in his passport and confirmed it was 0.42 grams of cocaine.



Jamie Louis Swain (pictured), 29, from Enfield, north London, arrived in Phuket, Thailand on an Etihad Airways flight on Thursday night



He was arrested at Phuket International Airport, where police tested the substance found in his passport and confirmed it was 0.42 grams of cocaine


Police Colonel Padthongtew Damapong, superintendent of Phuket Airport Immigration, said: 'An immigration officer found the cocaine when she was checking the tourist's passport.

'The suspect was charged with importing category II narcotics, namely cocaine, into the country and possessing them.

'The suspect was handed over to Sakhu Police Station for further legal action.'

Under Thailand's Narcotics Act, importing cocaine into the country carries a maximum jail term of 20 years to life and a fine of £43,000 to 108,000 (2,000,000 – 5,000,000 Baht).

Cocaine possession is punishable with up to five years or a fine not exceeding £2,000 (100,000 Baht) or both.

This post has been edited by perfectedservice: May 6 2024, 09:55 AM

i didnt know passport also can hide thing

Bangkok Hilton welcomes him

Luckily in siam. If kena in temasek, already hukum gantung.

0.42 grams not enough

Singapore law for cocaine is 30 grams

lol wat a dumfuk

So the bag of cocaine was hidden in this passport by immigration staff ke apa?

Should be :

A British tourist is facing up to 20 years in a Thai prison after he was allegedly caught by immigration staff with a bag of cocaine hidden in his passport.

This post has been edited by Capt. Marble: May 6 2024, 09:44 AM

ANGMOH

Why he bring in to Thai.. he didn't know Thai also a producer?

lol just came back from phuket.. ada weed legal mau cocaine pulak bodo brit

Comparing quality...

hahaha...
this kind of whitekok tat /k amdk like to suk...

0.42 Grams is a lot for personal consumption ? Sounds really little man

That is not a passport. It is a hard drive named PASSPORT!

0.42 how much is that?

Salt for my egg also 3g.

Lol, I thought is immigration staff put the cocaine in his passport.

what should be kept in the asshole should stay in the asshole !

bodo
why wanna bring sand when going to beach
can always get what he want in Siam mah

Must be the easiest case for customs officers lol

What an idiot

i guess his gf put it there

now can go stay at bangkok hilton liao
oh yea

now let see got double standard treatment or not.

lol, how can he pass when depart from his origin

0.42g only.

That's not even enough for 1 night la.

Ktard have no idea how corrupt Thai pigs are lmao, they are the biggest distributors in that country.

but now already viral...kena tahan maruah

Lololol what a brilliant place to store drugs

Oh, same blue crystal like in Breaking Bad

he probably do this for a long time and forgot where he store it

The big boss will like to speak to him, want to snatch his market?

Always buy local. buy Thailand first for your drug usage.

Like here we always buy medicine from KKM FIRST!

Crystal blue is after testing with the reagent la…
Original is white.

Kesian, can just buy in Thai far cheaper than in England, apasal want bring over….

lol bodo brits

now he got 20 years to buy from Thailand

damn no future already

Go lui lian orchard no need bring ur own lui lian la ... buy there kan senang.

Could be trapped by someone with access to his luggage.

most probably leftover from his entertainment during his long haul flights

kad family , kad pujuk Brit gov tolong .....


thailand.... no sorry, you bring shit here....you follow the law....unless you wanna settle for GBP$10 million?...kekekekekekek.....

Whole bloody phuket smells of weed wei

For own consumption?

same... i had to re-read again to make sure

🤣 especially bangla road..

Now can holiday for 20 years in land of smile

Mostly after he stamp his passport at last departure place then at boarding place have a high and place the packet in his passport

When he reach thailand he totally forget about it or when he reach thailand and then have a high at the toilet before chopping his passport

These ang mor really think they own the world and keep thinking we asian country need to bow down to them, they till think we are in the 60's or 70's

Dadah musuh negara

eventually, if they're influential or rich enough, his country (well obviously someone made a deal with the embassy) will request for him to be sent back to his own country and serve punishment there.
it happens more often than you think.
we've quite a few cases ourselves. and please don't tag me if you found the cases, i dont want to get on the suicide list.

also, i think this dude made the biggest blunder of his life. it seems like he knew he put it there but just forgot to take it out before stamping.

Probably he was high and totally forgot about the drug.

This one sounds so fishy, like it was planted by the immigration themselves to extort money.

ada cannabis at thailand still not enough?

Don't understand why certain people involved in drug

Some of them even proud with themselves of taking drug

Mankind have been taking drugs since the dawn of time.

Anti drug propaganda is only recent.

Puak mabok and puak tokok proudly talk about their drug use in this forum, never go attack them?

akceli coffee bean was one of drugs

Caffeine hahaha.. most white collar worker addicted to it.

Ish! Junkie this. Tahi masyarakat! Stay away from them.

Thai imigresen also extorrt Malaysians who drive into their country . Say we forgot to give them borang kastam . Kena Fine thousands of baht some more