By Jerry E. Esplanada
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Reports reaching the Department of Foreign Affairs identified the suspected drug mule as Icoy Bethlehem Mamontong.
Lieutenant General Atitep Panjamanon, head of the Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau, held a news conference on Monday in the Thai capital to announce the arrest of Mamontong.
The same reports also quoted the Bangkok-based The Nation newspaper as saying Mamontong was "arrested at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport upon arrival from Lima, Peru."
Mamontong, 32, was allegedly "hired for $4,000 to deliver the drugs to someone in Vietnam," the same publication also said.
As of this writing, the DFA has yet to comment on Mamontong's arrest.
The foreign office has been warning Filipino travelers against acting as drug mules in exchange for huge sums of money from illegal drug syndicates.
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