Crime-cracking capers: ECD raids warehouse, nabs Chinese owner, seizes 100,000 tax avoided treasures in Bangkok

[webfact]

 

Police officers from the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) raided a warehouse in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok, resulting in the arrest of its Chinese owner and the seizure of over 100,000 items of tax-avoided goods worth more than 10 million baht.

 

The ECD received a tip-off regarding the importation of tax-avoided and pirated goods from abroad, specifically stored in the mentioned warehouse in Samut Prakarn province. On August 2, they swiftly carried out the raid.

 

The confiscated items included gas picnic stoves, skateboards, batteries, camera bags, fans, and various other products, which were being sold through both on-site and online channels.

The authorities apprehended the 28 year old Chinese man, Luo Zhipeng, who was the owner responsible for importing all the goods.

 

by Petch Petpailin 

Photo via Facebook/ POLICETV สถานีโทรทัศน์สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/crime-cracking-capers-ecd-raids-warehouse-nabs-chinese-owner-seizes-100000-tax-avoided-treasures-in-bangkok

 

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[mokwit]

They will be restricting retirees based on one incident  let's see if they restrict Chinese based on many. Ah yes, but most Chinese visitors are law abiding so no need.

[ezzra]

56 minutes ago, mokwit said:

They will be restricting retirees based on one incident  let's see if they restrict Chinese based on many. Ah yes, but most Chinese visitors are law abiding so no need.

The article above has nothing to do with retirees, those Chinese are known to operate many business under the radar and looking like locals, many get away with it until someone drop a dime on them.

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

The authorities apprehended the 28 year old Chinese man, Luo Zhipeng, who was the owner responsible for importing all the goods.

Well he won't be "Zhiping" any more goods

[RichardColeman]

Well, I am not going to argue with her !

[Denim]

Somebodys Lazada or shopee order isn't going to get delivered this week.

[TheFishman1]

There are so many Chinese involved and criminal acts in Thailand, TIT

[Emdog]

Treasures? les' see

10,000,000 total value

    100,000 number of items

= each of those "treasures" worth 100 baht each, altho I suppose if you had enough empty beer bottles that could also qualify as "treasure"

[ignore it]

No outlaw foreign motorcycle gang members were found at the scene.

[Scouse123]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Well, I am not going to argue with her !

Any food in these cartons???

 

Come on, there must be at least noodles.

[Mavideol]

this is like a drop of water on the ocean..... billions not millions worth of tax avoided goods from China arrive & distributed on a daily basis, unfortunately the ECD doesn't go after the BIG ones, the ones with connections

[PETERTHEEATER]

The Thai Customs and Excise department are quick to assess and charge duty on imports. No mention of their involvement suggests these goods were smuggled into the country.

[sammieuk1]

Follow the snide silk road ????

[natway09]

They got in through a border somewhere.

Some government officer had a good little number going

[bendejo]

I didn't know they had a tax on treasures, I never saw it mentioned on the customs forms.