Man arrested for allegedly hoarding face masks, gels, PPE suits

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Man arrested for allegedly hoarding face masks, gels, PPE suits

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has arrested an alleged hoarder of controlled products in Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district, seizing face masks, alcohol gels and PPE suits worth over Bt5 million, Dr Trairit Temahiwong, the DSI deputy director-general, said on Friday (May 1).

 

“DSI was working with Royal Thai Police Headquarters, Food and Drug Administration and Department of Internal Trade in tracking down a hoarder of controlled products to a two-storey townhouse in Thawi Watthana district,” he said. “We have arrested Ton Oppin, the owner of the house which was modified into a warehouse for storing products.”

 

 

Officials reportedly found 565 boxes of sanitary facemasks (totalling 28,250 pieces), 8,200 face-mask filters, a large number of alcohol-based hand sanitisers and 1,800 sets of PPE [Personal Protective Equipment] suit, all of which are products listed as controlled goods under the Prices of Goods and Services Act BE 2542 worth over Bt5 million. The owner was initially charged with illegally importing and storing controlled goods, cosmetics and medical equipment.

 

 

“DSI and partner agencies were acting on a tip off that this house was used to illegally store products imported from overseas without going through Customs procedures,” he said. “The department will further investigate the products to see if any other laws were violated, such as regarding quality standard and product labels.”

 

 

“If you have any information regarding the hoarding of controlled products, contact DSI call centre at 1202 or at https://register.dsi.go.th/CaseControlledProducts. The department will keep your information confidential,” he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30387174

 

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[scorecard]

So he imported this stuff without going through customs.

 

How did that happen?

 

Corruption and collusion just as bad, just as blatant as 1 year ago, 30 years ago.

[colinneil]

The D.S.I. need to find who allowed the goods into the country.

Rather a large amount to have been carried in in a suitcase.????

Some official some where got a backhander to let the goods pass, they should be found and prosecuted also.

[ChipButty]

See if any laws have been broken I can see a few already dont need to be Einstein to work that out

[petermik]

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

The D.S.I. need to find who allowed the goods into the country.

Rather a large amount to have been carried in in a suitcase.????

Some official some where got a backhander to let the goods pass, they should be found and prosecuted also.

At the border point the customs officer looked at the crate and asked what was in it...the owner informed the customs officer it was full of discarded PPE from a Covid 19 lab and he was authorised to incinerate it..."would you like me to open the crate sir so you may inspect it" no replied the customs officer so a couple of thousand baht was sneakily passed over and with a salute it continued on it,s journey  

[stephenterry]

Distribute all the goods to government hospitals, and hand a significant fine to the hoarder. That problem sorted. 

[Relocated]

What is the charge? Hoarding or importing sanitary products?  

[sirocco]

I think so too. post 3,
To have such quantities, there is complicity at the high level.
But since Adam and Eve, there has always been corruption.
"I give you an apple, you give me children"

 

 

[Knocker33]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

The D.S.I. need to find who allowed the goods into the country.

Rather a large amount to have been carried in in a suitcase.????

Some official some where got a backhander to let the goods pass, they should be found and prosecuted also.

That's never going to happen.

They've got their man. Why do any more looking

 

[ukrules]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

The D.S.I. need to find who allowed the goods into the country.

Rather a large amount to have been carried in in a suitcase.????

Some official some where got a backhander to let the goods pass, they should be found and prosecuted also.

All this happens while they confiscated my single ear thermometer which I ordered from the US

[TheFishman1]

Amazing how they get stuff pass customs TIT

[rebo]

9 hours ago, scorecard said:

So he imported this stuff without going through customs.

 

How did that happen?

Via Lao and boat for example.

[frequentatore]

Next in the news...

Man arrested for allegedly hoarding beer

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 hours ago, scorecard said:

So he imported this stuff without going through customs.

 

How did that happen?

 

Corruption and collusion just as bad, just as blatant as 1 year ago, 30 years ago.

 

One thing they surely WON'T investigate is just how the guy managed to get all those products into Thailand without going thru official channels.... Because the answers to that question would probably prove very embarrassing to some.

 

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

One thing they surely WON'T investigate is just how the guy managed to get all those products into Thailand without going thru official channels.... Because the answers to that question would probably prove very embarrassing to some.

We know who won't be investigated, that's for sure!