Bangkok police arrested a British man with about nine kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice’, in his hotel room on Tuesday.
Bangkok police chief Pol Lt Gen Sayam Boonsom said that an informant tipped police who then arrested Wilson Allaway, 23, in a room on the fourth floor of Le Fenix Sukhumvit Hotel on Sukhumvit 11 Road in Watthana district on Tuesday.
Police found a total of 9.15kg of crystal meth in 10 tea bags in the room.
According to Pol Lt Gen Sayam, the suspect said he received the drug from another Briton known only as ‘Snoopy’. The latter paid him 20,000 baht to deliver the drug to buyers.