Roi Et policeman, wife caught for smuggling face masks

[snoop1130]

Roi Et policeman, wife caught for smuggling face masks

By The Nation

 

 

A Roi Et police officer and his wife face charges for smuggling face masks after 7,500 pieces of the protective equipment were found in the boot of his car on Wednesday (April 8).

 

Face masks have been included in the government’s price-control list in line with efforts to control the spread of the deadly virus.

 

The pair had also been arrested a day earlier for violating the government-imposed night-time curfew.

 

The suspect, who confessed that he had imported the face masks from Vietnam to sell them in Roi Et, also faces charges for bringing the items into the country illegally.

 

The 7,500 face masks have been seized and will be handed over to the Commerce Ministry soon.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30385690

 

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[Thaiwrath]

Another "inactive post" about to be filled !

[trainman34014]

Just can't help themselves can they; if there is a quick buck to be made the Cops are some of the worst thieves in the country !

[sapson]

Wheres the finger pointing photo with the investigation team?

[Ian Nagle]

"The 7,500 face masks have been seized and will be handed over to the Commerce Ministry soon"

 

'soon'    Why not now just give them free  to the people of Roi Et?

 

Edited April 9, 2020 by Ian Nagle

[JimmyTheMook]

34 minutes ago, Ian Nagle said:

"The 7,500 face masks have been seized and will be handed over to the Commerce Ministry soon"

 

'soon'    Why not now just give them free  to the people of Roi Et?

 

 

They are establishing a fair market price that's why.

[cardinalblue]

So true...

[Phuketshrew]

With positions being bought instead of earned on merit throughout the entire police force and the BIB being paid poor salaries they see it as their right to generate income from other sources. These range from roadside shakedowns to whatever nefarious activities they can get their grubby hands on. Because they are BIB (alleged enforcers of the law) they think they are above it. Rotten to the core. Whatever happened to those police reforms that Uncle Tu promised?

[TKDfella]

Ha, gotta love it. Would anyone have believed that face masks would be 'up there' along with drugs, Gold etc. etc.

[colinneil]

Good heavens, a policeman smuggling masks, how absolutely terrible.

This being done by a supposed pillar of the community, shocking.

There was i thinking all policeman were upstanding honest citizens.????

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Whatever happened to those police reforms that Uncle Tu promised?

Same as his promise to stop corruption... a task to difficult to fulfill !

[RJRS1301]

Oh the cynicism of some TVF posters????

[Iron Tongue]

Hey, if the cops are busy moving masks, they don't have time to push yaba!

[justin case]

no big board this time, oh yes, that is only for farangs on overstay...

 

guess they can park the smart car in the garage the next couple of (hopefully) months

[RichardColeman]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The 7,500 face masks have been seized and will be handed over to the Commerce Ministry soon.

Wonder how many will make it ? 

[tandor]

20 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Another "inactive post" about to be filled !

..must be a huge station.

[ubon farang]

6 hours ago, colinneil said:

Good heavens, a policeman smuggling masks, how absolutely terrible.

This being done by a supposed pillar of the community, shocking.

There was i thinking all policeman were upstanding honest citizens.????

Me to Col Just cant believe they would do this . Even got the wife involved guess he can blame everything on her. what you think? Inactive post and 500 Baht finefor him and her going to jail?