This archive report was first published on 22 August 2019.
On August 22, 2019, Thai authorities arrested a Kenyan man, Glenn Chibasellow Ookow, at Bangkok's international airport for attempting to smuggle 68 capsules of cocaine into the country.
The capsules, weighing a total of 1.2kg (2.6lb), were discovered after an X-ray revealed the objects in Ookow's stomach.
According to the Thai Nation paper, Ookow had been hired by a Nigerian man to bring drugs to Thailand and other countries in the region.
As part of a crackdown on drug trafficking, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) had arrested 43 suspects since last October.
ONCB's Niyom Termsrisuk stated that the arrests were part of a larger effort to dismantle a drug network in Thailand.
