Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Briton, 23, Arrested in Bangkok Over 9kg of Meth Found in Suitcase

He is scheduled to appear at Bangkok South Criminal Court on October 1 under laws that allow capital punishment for Category 1 drugs.

Overview

  • Thai police identified the suspect as George Henry Allaway Wilson, 23, from High Wycombe, and charged him over 9,152.3 grams of methamphetamine.
  • Officers say they found ten green foil tea packets concealing crystal meth in a pink suitcase during a raid at the Le Fenix hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 11.
  • Body-worn video shows Wilson responding “I don’t know” when asked about the suitcase before an on-camera field test indicated the substance was meth.
  • Police say they tracked the group for days, verified deliveries on hotel CCTV, and executed an ONCB-approved search warrant before making the arrest.
  • Investigators allege Wilson received the bag from a British contact nicknamed “Snoopy” for 20,000 THB and planned to fly the drugs via Suvarnabhumi Airport, with authorities linking the haul to a cross-border network and suspected Myanmar production.