An Austrian man is in hospital after surgery to remove three drug packages that had burst inside his intestines at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok.

The man was rushed from the airport to Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday after suffering convulsions and severe abdominal pain. Medical examinations revealed three packages, one of which had ruptured, in his intestinal tract.

The man, identified as Wolfgang Gantner, 43, was admitted to the emergency room with pink fluid discharging from his rectum. A CT scan detected several round objects inside his intestines, one of which he had already passed. The objects were suspected to be illicit drugs.

Police were notified and confirmed that the 255 red pills recovered were methamphetamine tablets, a Category 1 narcotic.

An Austrian man is in hospital after surgery to remove three drug packages that had burst inside his intestines at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok.

The man was rushed from the airport to Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday after suffering convulsions and severe abdominal pain. Medical examinations revealed three packages, one of which had ruptured, in his intestinal tract.

The man, identified as Wolfgang Gantner, 43, was admitted to the emergency room with pink fluid discharging from his rectum. A CT scan detected several round objects inside his intestines, one of which he had already passed. The objects were suspected to be illicit drugs.

Police were notified and confirmed that the 255 red pills recovered were methamphetamine tablets, a Category 1 narcotic.