Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested...

Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested at Bangkok airport when customs officials found 2.4kg (5.3lb) of heroin in his luggage. Thai officials said he faces drug-trafficking charges which could result in the death penalty. A British Foreign Office spokeswoman confirmed the details of the case. Although Thai dealers and traffickers are regularly killed, foreigners usually escape with hefty prison terms, part of which British offenders can now serve in UK jails under a prisoner transfer scheme. Also an Indonesian man and two Singaporeans face the death sentence in Thailand after being charged over the kingdom's largest seizure of the party drug Ecstasy. The Office of the Narcotics Control Board said it worked with British and Swiss police to arrest the gang on Thursday and seize 62,363 Ecstasy tablets.