Theerarak
Suthathiwong
Swallowing a condom full of illegal drugs turned out
to be a bitter pill indeed for a Nong Plalai Prison inmate after the
methamphetamines poured into his bloodstream, sending him to the
hospital. He died en route.
Traipob Srilasom, 27, was transported to Chonburi
Hospital July 19 after the condom containing 50 ya ba tablets and 5 g.
of ya ice released into his system sent him to shock and a coma.
Warden Songkran Suprawiriyamongkol said Traipob had
been imprisoned on drug charges since April 2010 and had become part of
a gang that managed to smuggle drugs, cigarettes and cash into the
prison. On July 14, he’d been taken to Pattaya Provincial Court for a
hearing where a gang member on the outside gave him drugs to sell inside
the jail, the warden said.
Traipob supposedly took a laxative to pass the bag of
drugs, but it didn’t work. Two days later, he collapsed with abdominal
pain.
Prison guard commander Somchai Wimansak said while
rules prevent inmates from taking or selling drugs, actually stopping
them from doing so is difficult. It was not Traipob’s first pass at
passing drugs. He suffered similar abdominal problems with a condom full
of ya ba last year, officials said.
