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.

Joshua Cook, 34, and Kanyarat Wechapitak, 40, who were arrested last December have been sentenced to death

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.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News .


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Published 14 November 2018 9:32am
Updated 14 November 2018 2:33pm
By AAP-SBS
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
Source: AAP, SBS News


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