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Drugs found on steward

Written by Writer on Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Drugs found on steward

Japanese police arrested and charged a member of Thai Airways International’s cabin crew with smuggling drugs, Japanese police said yesterday. Police said Manus Kirdtas, 40, was caught with a commercial amount of marijuana when he flew from Bangkok to Narita airport in Japan on Aug 28.

Police allege he had 620 grammes of marijuana worth about 2.5 million yen (about 892,000 baht) in his uniform pockets.

THAI said yesterday that the case is still under investigation by the Japanese police department. A lawyer has been appointed to represent the THAI cabin crew member. Should a Japanese court find Mr Manus guilty, he will be dismissed from the company, according to THAI’s rules and regulations.

Bangkok Post
Saturday October 25, 2008

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