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Thailand tightens airport screening after Thai Airways drug arrests
Thailand has introduced stricter airport screening for all outbound passengers and airline crews following heroin arrests in Australia, ending the trust-based screening of crews. New rules ban unnecessary personal items for crew, expand K9 units, retrain X-ray staff, and intensify baggage checks. The reforms follow a June 26 arrest of a Thai Airways hostess in Melbourne and an earlier case in late May.
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