Australian man, Thai wife sentenced to death in Bangkok for drug smuggling

NEWS: Perth man Luke Cook and his wife have been sentenced to death in Bangkok over a failed bid to smuggle half a tonne of crystal meth into Australia via Thailand.

โจชัว คุก วัย 34 ปี และ กันยารัตน์ เวชพิทักษ์ วัย 40 ปี ซึ่งถูกจับกุมเมื่อเดือนธันวาคมถูกตัดสินประหารชีวิต Source: Source: Narcotics Suppression Bureau

A Perth man and his Thai wife have been sentenced to death in Thailand on drug smuggling charges, according to a media report.

Luke Cook, 34, and wife Kanyarat Wechapitak, 40, were arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport last December and charged with attempting to smuggle half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine into Thailand and on to Australia in 2015.

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