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In Chiang Mai, police have nabbed an online e-cigarette seller raking in daily revenues of 10,000 baht, amounting to over 300,000 baht each month. The arrest took place at 1 pm on February 26 at Project 89 Plaza in Mueang district. Undercover officers from the Special Operations Division 5 set up a sting operation, buying a device for 390 baht from Kiatchai Panyatham, 28, who was then swiftly arrested.

 

The clampdown stems from a directive by Police Lieutenant General Kritthaphon Yee-sakhon to curb illegal sales of e-cigarettes in the area. Authorities traced the activity to a Facebook page, "MY POD WHERE," engaged in sales across Chiang Mai and Lamphun provinces. Through a LINE ID linked to the same name, they managed to place and confirm an order.

 

 

A subsequent search of Kiatchai’s residence in Lamphun led to the discovery of 1,269 e-cigarettes and cartridges, worth around 349,200 baht. Police found 338 units in his Honda Civic and additional stock at his home. Kiatchai, involved in the trade for five months, admitted sourcing products from a LINE contact named Ban Lovebird (NEW), with supplies mainly coming from Bangkok.

 

He faces charges under the Customs Act of 2017 and the Consumer Protection Board’s ban on e-cigarettes. This crackdown highlights the ongoing effort to regulate illegal e-cigarette sales in the region, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-02-27

 

 

Still amazes me how these items are openly on sale on internet shopping sites, and coming in over the borders?

Forcing consumers back onto cancer-causing, but Government-revenue generating, cigarettes. 

Thank you 🤗❗❗

And yet the Thai Tobacco Monopoly is free to continue producing and selling lung cancer causing cigarettes with impunity.