Spanish Woman Given Life in Prison for Drug Trafficking

Published March 30, 2011

Spanish woman given life in prison for drug trafficking
A Thai court on Thursday sentenced a Spanish woman to life in prison for attempting to smuggle 2.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine out of the country.
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Spanish woman jailed for life in Thailand for smuggling drugs
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has sentenced a Spanish woman to life imprisonment for drug smuggling. Police arrested 52-year-old Maria Nieves Garcia Alcaraz at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on August 3, 2009, after finding 6.38 pounds (2.9 kilograms) of crystal methamphetamine in her luggage. She had arrived on a flight from Ethiopia. The Criminal Court
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