Navy captures adapted boat carrying 100,000 litres of smuggled oil

By THE NATION

 

 

Navy officials swooped down on a boat, adapted to look like part of Thailand’s marine flotilla, near Chonburi’s Koh Phai in the wee hours of Monday (July 20).

 

Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre’s First Area Commander Vice Admiral Sutthinan Samanrak had learned about the suspicious boat the night before.

 

Upon boarding 40-metre-long vessel, officials found it was manned by a captain and three crew members, and had 100,000 litres of oil in its bilge. There were no documents on excise tax payment or customs clearance. The captain, 50, said he had steered the boat from Samut Sakhon’s Mahachai sub-district before being caught.

 

The captain and his crew were arrested as authorities investigate the origin of the oil.

 

Earlier this month, the Navy cracked down on six cases of smuggling and seized more than 500,000 litres of oil.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391606

 

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5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

learned about the suspicious boat the night before

Bit of Midnight Oil then .. 

13 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Bit of Midnight Oil then .. 

Looks like their beds are burning.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

authorities investigate the origin of the oil.

I bet it came out of the ground.

Do your job boys, but just don't touch those hundreds of makeshift gas stations here in the very South selling Malaysian petrol.

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maybe that is the polluting gasoline that are using the songtao in Pattaya?

21 hours ago, angy said:

maybe that is the polluting gasoline that are using the songtao in Pattaya?

It is likely diesel and I agree a chance it is as cheap as they can get. Some years ago there was rumour Russia was supplying some smokey stuff to Thailand... maybe it is now from the fish fryers!

The biggest issue was not paying the proper red envelop tax 

14 minutes ago, G950 said:

The biggest issue was not paying the proper red envelop tax 

Brown! It's brown envelopes. Red envelopes are for Chinese New Year.

 

You only had the one trope to trot out and you totally blew it.