Two Cambodian men were arrested near the Thai-Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province, after they smuggled about 1.1 tonnes of pork, worth about 137,000 baht, into Thailand.

 

Acting on information received, a combined team of customs and livestock officials and border troops was dispatched to Ban Nong Ian in Tha Kham sub-district, close to the Cambodian border, to investigate.

 

On approaching a shelter, they found two men about to transfer some bags, which were found to contain frozen pork, into the structure. Both were arrested and charged with smuggling banned meat into the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/two-cambodians-found-with-1-1-tonnes-of-smuggled-pork-near-border/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-12-27

 

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Moving 1.1t of frozen pork is impressive

Sounds like a lot of hog wash to me...

17 minutes ago, JohnOFphon said:

Sounds like a lot of hog wash to me...

Oh, you swine !

Something is fishy when smuggling frozen pork into Thailand is lucrative.

What ever it is, i would advised to anyone not to touch said 'smuggled pork' as good pork it ain't..

I don't get it. Are import taxes so high as to restrict importing pork? Is there enough profit in smuggling to make it worth jail time?

Many years ago I was on the banks of the Mekong River near Nong Khai. There seemed to be small boats crossing the river from Laos with no apparent checks at all. I would think there must be staggering amounts of 'contraband' coming into Thailand every year in such places.

4 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

Something is fishy when smuggling frozen pork into Thailand is lucrative.

But very profitable...

8 hours ago, webfact said:

men were arrested ..................................................... after they smuggled about 1.1 tonnes of pork, worth about 137,000 baht, into Thailand.

Well, they certainly appeared to have made a "pig's ear" of the operation!!

So much for my surprise New Years eve barbeque you were all invited to....

 

A big blow to the Pork Cartels.

4 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I don't get it. Are import taxes so high as to restrict importing pork? Is there enough profit in smuggling to make it worth jail time?

It's illegal to import pork from Cambodia due to African swine fever  and 

pork is cheaper there so that's the incentive to smuggle it in ,profit .

 

regards Worgeordie

8 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

Something is fishy when smuggling frozen pork into Thailand is lucrative.

Pigs in blankets.