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Drug traffickers using social media to hire Thai airline staff as couriers
Drug traffickers are using social media platforms like TikTok to recruit Thai airline staff as couriers. A flight attendant for a regional budget carrier received a suspicious message about flying to Australia and carry-for-hire, while another Thai Airways flight attendant was charged with smuggling over one kilogram of heroin into Australia.
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