A flight attendant on an international flight has been detained at Melbourne Airport after a kilogram of heroin was found in her luggage. The accident occurred on June 25. The Paddle Your Own Kanoo portal reported this on Monday, June 29.
A Thai national was stopped by customs officers after they noticed anomalies when checking her luggage. In the secret pockets of the bag, they found 12 packages containing a white powder that turned out to be drugs. The authorities did not reveal the name of the airline in which the flight attendant worked.
Australian Border Force Commander Clint Sims said: “Anyone who attempts to bring drugs into Australia, regardless of rank or position, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
The flight attendant was taken into custody and a hearing in her case is scheduled for September. She says she faces up to 25 years in prison. message.
On June 24, the Moscow First Court of Appeal acquitted flight attendants Yulia Suchkova and Kamila Iksanova, accused of drug smuggling from the United States. The women, without knowing it, brought banned substances in shampoo to the capital.