Gang sold cocaine delivered in bread buns

Bangkok Post - Nov 9, 2026

A complaint about spoiled buns covered with ants outside a Bangkok condominium room led to police seizing cocaine worth about 2 million baht from a gang that hid it inside baked goods for delivery.

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