Smuggler NOT Arrested for his 9,000 Ecstasy Pills, But For Being Shirtless

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - A 35-year-old Briton, high on his own supply, smuggled 9,000 ecstasy tablets past eight customs officials in Thailand before being stopped on the street the next day and arrested for not wearing a shirt.

Alan John Kiernan arrived in Thailand from Switzerland Friday and made it through customs with the ecstasy haul -- worth 5 million baht ($127,600) -- hidden in special panels sewn into his sweat pants.

If found guilty, he could face the death penalty.

Police said Kiernan, whose travel documents said he came from Southampton in southern England, had told them he wanted to sell the pills to foreigners in Bangkok.

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