Woman arrested
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A Laotian woman has been arrested for the alleged possession of crystal methamphetamine worth Bt3 million, Customs Department officials said yesterday.
The arrest of Vientiane resident Ponchan Bandawong, 29, was made at 6.30am at the Thai-Laotian Friendship Bridge checkpoint in Nong Khai’s Muang district after customs officials allegedly found 1 kilogram of crystal-meth tablets in her bag.
Ponchan reportedly confessed to police that she worked as a hairdressing teacher and was hired for Bt5,000 by a Laotian man identified only as Tao On to carry the drugs to a Thai customer at the Nong Khai Bus Terminal.
She said she did not know who the customer would be, as she was told another man with a bag identical to hers would exchange it at the terminal and she had to bring the exchanged bag to Tao On to get paid.
