PHUKET: An Australian couple holidaying in Thailand have claimed they were about to become victims of a drugs scam while travelling from Bangkok to Phuket.
A woman who used only her first name, ''Georgia,'' told a popular Melbourne radio shock jock today that she and her boyfriend found marijuana had been planted in their luggage.
The Australian embassy advised them to dump their bags. That's what Georgia and her boyfriend did.
Georgia told the radio commentator that she and her boyfriend were just about to check in for a flight to Phuket when they noticed their luggage had been tampered with.
Instead of going ahead and catching a flight to Phuket, the pair checked in to a Bangkok hotel near the airport and carried out a thorough search of the bags.
They discovered a handful of marijuana hidden inside one of the bag's pockets, Georgia told DJ Neil Mitchell.
The couple believe the drug was planted when they left their bags at the Bangkok hotel where they had been staying.
One theory was that they would have been intercepted at the airport by fake Customs officers or local police, she said.
Instead, having discovered the bags had been tampered with, they went to a different hotel, found the marijuana, then cleaned all their clothes and replaced damaged luggage.
Georgia was calling the radio station from Thailand. DJ Mitchell said 3AW had the woman's full name. He described the incident as ''really scary stuff.''
The anonymous couple's account was receiving a wide coverage in the Australian media today with headlines reading: 'Melbourne Couple's Thai Nightmare.'
Some reports, however, mistakenly had the incident occurring before a flight from Phuket to Bangkok rather than the other way around.
None of the articles said whether the couple or the Australian embassy had taken the trouble to inform Bangkok police, so the incident could not be confirmed.
A tourist in Thailand explains how she almost became a victim of what appears to be an airport drugs scam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8VNvjyqYE
A woman who used only her first name, ''Georgia,'' told a popular Melbourne radio shock jock today that she and her boyfriend found marijuana had been planted in their luggage.
The Australian embassy advised them to dump their bags. That's what Georgia and her boyfriend did.
Georgia told the radio commentator that she and her boyfriend were just about to check in for a flight to Phuket when they noticed their luggage had been tampered with.
Instead of going ahead and catching a flight to Phuket, the pair checked in to a Bangkok hotel near the airport and carried out a thorough search of the bags.
They discovered a handful of marijuana hidden inside one of the bag's pockets, Georgia told DJ Neil Mitchell.
The couple believe the drug was planted when they left their bags at the Bangkok hotel where they had been staying.
One theory was that they would have been intercepted at the airport by fake Customs officers or local police, she said.
Instead, having discovered the bags had been tampered with, they went to a different hotel, found the marijuana, then cleaned all their clothes and replaced damaged luggage.
Georgia was calling the radio station from Thailand. DJ Mitchell said 3AW had the woman's full name. He described the incident as ''really scary stuff.''
The anonymous couple's account was receiving a wide coverage in the Australian media today with headlines reading: 'Melbourne Couple's Thai Nightmare.'
Some reports, however, mistakenly had the incident occurring before a flight from Phuket to Bangkok rather than the other way around.
None of the articles said whether the couple or the Australian embassy had taken the trouble to inform Bangkok police, so the incident could not be confirmed.
Airport Scam: Today's Must LISTENING
A tourist in Thailand explains how she almost became a victim of what appears to be an airport drugs scam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8VNvjyqYE
If someone planted drugs at the Bangkok hotel , it would be a very long shot to know where they were going later or even if they knew they were going to the airport then to find them would be difficult amongst the thousands of people there . Why would anyone do this to draw attention to themselves later. It seems too far fetched to me .
Posted by P win on August 26, 2013 10:44