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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 18:25
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Thai court sentences Australian drug smuggler to life
BANGKOK, Aug 5 (TNA) – Thailand's criminal court on Wednesday sentenced a convicted Australian drug smuggler a life imprisonment after he was found trying to smuggle more than two kilogrammes of heroin from Thailand to Australia.
Andrew Hood was arrested on December 16 last year at Suvarnabhumi Airport after the authorities found that he had hidden seven bags of heroin around his belly, shins and calves.
He was arrested at the departure counter at the airport while he was heading to Australia.
A friend who colluded in the smuggling attempt is still at large.
The court delivered a verdict on Mr Hood, on charges that he had possessed drugs for sale both in Thailand and for export abroad.
The court originally handed down a death sentence to the defendant, but his testimony helped facilitate the case and he pleaded guilty to the criminal charges.
The court reduced the sentence to life imprisonment. (TNA)
Andrew Hood was arrested on December 16 last year at Suvarnabhumi Airport after the authorities found that he had hidden seven bags of heroin around his belly, shins and calves.
He was arrested at the departure counter at the airport while he was heading to Australia.
A friend who colluded in the smuggling attempt is still at large.
The court delivered a verdict on Mr Hood, on charges that he had possessed drugs for sale both in Thailand and for export abroad.
The court originally handed down a death sentence to the defendant, but his testimony helped facilitate the case and he pleaded guilty to the criminal charges.
The court reduced the sentence to life imprisonment. (TNA)
