I doubt this story

Stuff reports:

Kiwi pensioner Eric Chang says he thought he’d flown to Thailand to pick up a Covid-19 award from the United Nations. Instead, it turned out to be two kilograms of heroin. …

According to court documents obtained by Stuff, the Aucklander said he believed he was flying to Thailand to pick up an honour from the United Nations for the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

I’m sorry, but why would you think that a random person is selected to receive an honour on behalf of a country, and that the UN would hand it out in Thailand?

While he was in Bangkok, a woman met Chang at his hotel and gave him a black carry-on bag with “carry gifts for officials he would be meeting in Australia”, the court documents said.

He told police that inside the bag he had only seen soap and clothing wrapped in plastic.

After taking the gifts to the “officials” in Melbourne, Chang would then receive US$23 million and the certificate.

If someone is promising you $23 million for nothing except transporting a bag, you are being wilfully ignorant.