Troops catch up with smuggled Porsche in Tak

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai man was arrested early on Wednesday after he was caught transporting a Porsche supercar with fake licence plate from the Myanmar border to downtown Tak.

 

The arrest was made at 12.10am by troops, customs officials and police at the Hin Fon checkpoint on Asia Highway No 12 in Tak's Mae Sot district.

 

The smuggling suspect was identified as Sakda Sarimook, 43. He was caught driving a six-wheel truck with the Porsche on board. The authorities checked and found that the Porsche was using plates from another vehicle.

 

Sakda said he was hired to transport the car from a garage in Mae Sot to a client in Tak's Muang district.

 

Authorities said the used car had been shipped from Japan to Myanmar before being smuggled over the border.

 

The arrest comes after customs officials recently seized over 1,000 used cars parked at a pier in Mae Sot longer than the legal limit, on suspicion that they would be later smuggled into Thailand.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30354284

 

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An old Boxster   

6 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

An old Boxster   

Even an old Boxster would be worth about four to six million baht here with a fake blue book. If a car is older then 10 years old then it can not be imported to Thailand even if you  wanted to do so legally paying the three hundred and twenty five percent tax..A friend of mine just sold his 80s model Corvette for three and a half million baht and it had a legal blue book.

2 hours ago, AsiaHand said:

.A friend of mine just sold his 80s model Corvette for three and a half million baht and it had a legal blue book.

Well it just goes to show, not all con artists are Thai

 

 

"payingthe three hundred and twenty five percent tax"

 

Source for the tax rate, please.

 

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The arrest comes after customs officials recently seized over 1,000 used cars parked at a pier in Mae Sot longer than the legal limit, on suspicion that they would be later smuggled into Thailand.

 

 

Was this pier in Mae Sot, Thailand? If so, the cars were already in Thailand so how could they be smuggled in later?

 

Anyway, expect a few 'new' cars in the Mae Sot Customs office employee car park soon?

9 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

An old Boxster   

Not a Boxster but a 996tt (911 twin turbo from early 2000s)

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, AsiaHand said:

Even an old Boxster would be worth about four to six million baht here with a fake blue book. If a car is older then 10 years old then it can not be imported to Thailand even if you  wanted to do so legally paying the three hundred and twenty five percent tax..A friend of mine just sold his 80s model Corvette for three and a half million baht and it had a legal blue book.

Depending on how old, a boxster can be had for under 2,000,000

 

at 6,000,000 you’re getting pretty close to new.

58 minutes ago, BigBadGeordie said:

Well it just goes to show, not all con artists are Thai

 

 

"payingthe three hundred and twenty five percent tax"

 

Source for the tax rate, please.

 

 

It’s actually up to 328% 

 

http://en.customs.go.th/content.php?ini_content=individuals_151007_01&lang=en&left_menu=menu_individuals_151007_01