Jun 7, 2024
Thai woman with impaired hearing arrested for using mute people as drug couriers
Police in Bangkok arrested a 53-year-old woman with impaired hearing, Prayoon, for using mute people as drug couriers. She was apprehended after a tip-off led officers to a mute man, Pattarasin, who was delivering drugs. Prayoon confessed to selling drugs after returning from a drug party and implicated two powerful figures in the drug trade, but cited fears for her safety in not providing further details.