Two Nigerian men whose identities is not known have been arrested by immigration authorities in Thailand after they were allegedly found in possession of about six grammes of cocaine.
According to media reports, the two men were taken into custody on Friday after immigration officers raided their apartment in central Pattaya following an anonymous tip-off that one of them was allegedly involved in drug dealing, while the other was suspected of residing illegally in the country.
Pattaya Mail reported that upon searching the house, officers discovered the cocaine hidden inside a kitchen extractor hood. Checks by authorities later showed that one of the suspects had been living in the country undocumented, while the other entered on a tourist visa.
The cocaine was reportedly divided into five small packages wrapped in black adhesive tape, while a preliminary urine test reportedly detected drugs in the system of one of the suspects.
It was gathered that the suspects confessed during interrogation that they had received the cocaine packages from an acquaintance on Walking Street in Pattaya for personal consumption.
They have since been taken to the Pattaya City Police Station for further legal proceedings, while authorities continue investigation to determine the source of the cocaine and whether other individuals were involved.
Meanwhile, the suspects were the latest Nigerian nationals arrested for crimes in the Southeast Asian country. Thai police in May arrested six Nigerians in Nonthaburi over their alleged involvement in romance scams and confiscated phones, laptops, bank notes and other gadgets retrieved from them.
