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I arrived 2+ months ago but friends of mine come last week and they had the same. Yes they are screening some bags as we came through customs, but as there was several people in front of me they told me to go through. My friend wasn't so lucky they stopped him. Not a problem as he didn't have anything that was dodgy. So if your thinking of bringing anything that's as stated dodgy be extra careful.

 

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17 minutes ago, brucegoniners said:

Thanks. Nothing dodgy, just some supplements they may want to tax.

Worth how much? 

landed at DMK yday, they xrayed a lot of people - more than normally. I didn't get xrayed tho, me and gf were one of the few they winked through actually.

 

They mostly xray thais/chinese that come from abroad, as those often bring stuff to resell here. They are usually not interested in westerners at all from my experience.

 

20 000 THB is the free amount on personal goods u won't have to declare, this is for new items u are bringing in and would also apply to your supplements.

 

http://www.customs.go.th/list_strc_simple_neted.php?ini_content=individual_160503_03_160905_01&lang=en&left_menu=menu_individual_submenu_01_160421_01#targetText=Personal belongings in reasonable quantity,or restricted goods or food&targetText=For the excess quantities of,prosecution will be carried out.

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Maybe the point is missed? responses here are the customs group who randomly screen bags on exit. Its the bags once they loaded into the airport for the carousel that get screened. I took my suitcase off the carousel to go upstairs for domestic travel and there was a new sticker on it screened by Swampy.

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19 minutes ago, legend49 said:

Maybe the point is missed? responses here are the customs group who randomly screen bags on exit. Its the bags once they loaded into the airport for the carousel that get screened. I took my suitcase off the carousel to go upstairs for domestic travel and there was a new sticker on it screened by Swampy.

 

That's normal, all bags get screened for security. If they see something suspicous and open yours you get a sticker imo.

That's also why you need to use a TSA lock in case you lock your bag, so they can open it without using a wire cutter.

 

The want to install xray scanners at the baggage drop tho and xray again everything, thats the new thing they reported about, but from what i saw at least at DMK those arent installed yet, 2 weeks ago i came from mauritius to swampy there also seemed to be nothing new installed.

 

The xray directly at luggage belt is to detect smuggled goods i suppose but should not effect anyone just carrying his usual stuff, i would guess they will get rid of the scanners on exit after the belt scanners are installed

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Returned thru Swampy yesterday (Monday) and breezed thru the X-ray team like greased lightning- all three staffers were preoccupied with themselves. About 30 folks ahead of us also weren't stopped. FYI????

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I recently arrived at CNX from Europe via SIN, Silkair, 10:35 a.m.. I had 4 suitcases full of Swiss cheese, chocolate, dry meat etc., but nothing restricted to my knowledge. The superviser ordered all 4 suitcases to be scanned, but I claimed I just had a lumbago, and doctors did not allow me to lift more than 5 kilos. The supervisor had no other choice but to put all suitcases on the belt himself, and back to my trolley after scanning. My wife was waiting outside, I pushed the trolley towards her and told her to move on to the car quickly. Then I returned to the supervisor and told him that the customs checks might be more efficient if the guy behind the screen was not sleeping deeply.....

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Recent reports I'm aware of (and discussed on here) mentioned that new X Ray equipment was being installed with the ability to screen all incoming hold bags.  Due to the volume of these, it was expected that this would be done prior to bags coming up at each baggage carousel, and the amount of X Ray machines they claimed to be installing matched exactly with the amount of baggage carousels at  international arrivals.  They claimed that these would be operational before the end of the year.

 

I think the answer to the OP is we won't know even if they do X Ray everything.  Even once the machines are confirmed as in place and operational we still won't know, as they may not be manned full time.

 

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2 hours ago, paddyfield7 said:

Then I returned to the supervisor and told him that the customs checks might be more efficient if the guy behind the screen was not sleeping deeply.....

Of course you did  :coffee1:

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16 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

Thanks. Nothing dodgy, just some supplements they may want to tax.

I have been bringing sups in and out of Bkk (both airports) for about 27 years. On the average I bring in about 26 bottles ( and pkts), usually in my carry on. Have yet to have a problem with bringing in supplements. HOWEVER, my sister sent me a container of barley grass....through the mail. And of course she stated the "real" price on the mailing slip. I had to pay 100% duty, or dump the barley grass, so I paid the fifty bucks. On another note, I was NOT allowed to board the plane at Don Muang going to Nom Pen because I had a small bottle of clarkia in my carry on. Clarkia is a mixture of worm wood, black walnut and ground cloves. The Immigration lady didn't know what it was. So....dump it or no plane ride. I gave her the bottle, and told her, sweetly and with a nice smile what she could do with it. ( under my breath, of course ) By the way, some time back you were not allowed to bring iodine into Thailand, and you could not buy it there. People use it to make illegal drugs. Dunno if this policy has changed or not.

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I arrived from the US via Hong Kong on August 2.  I had 2 big checked bags plus a backpack.  My bags did not get x-rayed.  Several times in the past I did but had no problems even though I had 3-4 bottles of wine.  When I went through on the 2nd there were not very many people.  There was a guy and a girl running the x-ray machine but they were too busy talking to even notice me.

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