Thai drug bust

Paraded in front of Thai television cameras, 23-year-old Nolubabalo "Babsi" Nobanda, of Grahamstown, South Africa was caught by Thai authorities for trying to smuggle 1,5 kg of cocaine matted in her hair. Visit http://www.witness.co.za for more.

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[wlsjoh013]

All I see is a poor woman desperate for a better life who now most probably has to pay for her crime with her life while the actual criminals (the drug lords) get away...it's not right. It is time that drugs are legalised. If they were, this would never happen, involuntary prostitution would stop, and the money currently given to criminals for this service would go to the government.

[Henrietta Langeveldt-Alberts]

I feel so sorry for this young girl. She's in a foreign country caught with drugs. What a disaster. How can this still happen after all the warnings the media has given us about this?

[mrraiven1]

Maybe shes got no choice maybe she was forced to do it maybe they tretted her kids aso..

[FadedHolySoldier]

feel really bad for her.. a stupid mistake she made and now she will be in one of asia's toughest prisons

[exzavian diaz]

so bad sorry. uhmmmmmmmmm

[honipop]

To all you people who have no pity, none shall be granted to you... It's a different story if it happened to someone you know or love...... The war on drugs is a FARCE.... if people want to do drugs let them, you certainly don't care about them when they get busted, why would you care if they use drugs?

[honipop]

She's looking at the death penalty which will be reduced to life if she pleads guilty, maybe get a king's pardon after doing 20-30 years most likely at Lard Yao women's prison. Legalize all drugs and stop this crap, when drugs are leagalised drug use goes DOWN amongst the population.

[Mark Traina]

This is the way America should handle DRUG DEALERS!

Sad, Very Sad to Ruin Such a Young Life.

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[321lolwat]

You people feeling sorry for her are retarded. She had a choice to do this, and she's supplying dealers with drugs that ruin other lives. Sure drug users have a choice as well, which is why she should be held the same responsibility of drug users.

[Tum Izzy]

CAUGHT THE BIG BIG DEALER!!!!! SHE IS VICTIM!!! I wish her for the best :'( poor girl ....she is foreign in someone country and got caught for smuggling drug ,coz she wanted the money to change for better life ,but now she ended up in jail for the rest of her life .....!!!!

[roughnidas]

as much we want to get rid of all these nigerian drug dens and pimps South African women are their right hand men helping them marry legally, opening bank accounts becomeing prostitutes and pimp ladirs and not forgetting being mules.Eveyone has a choice but i guess some easy money is what hey want and this is the price they pay