Police Raid Fake Soy Sauce Factory Supplying Unsafe Goods

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Police from the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) have dismantled a counterfeit soy sauce operation supplying substandard products to markets and online buyers.

On 15 August, Pol Maj Gen Tasanapoom Jaruprach, ECD commander, ordered Pol Col Phuwadet Julkasewi and his team to execute search warrants at three locations in Pathum Thani and Bangkok. Two women, Ms Natthakan, 35 and Ms Wan, 55, a Lao national, were arrested.

Officers seized more than 75,600 items, including fake soy sauce, seasoning sauces, monosodium glutamate, instant coffee imitating registered trademarks and various production tools.

The investigation began after officials discovered that small-scale vendors in Chachoengsao province were selling substandard fake sauces to the public, posing serious health risks. Surveillance revealed that a closed delivery van made regular weekly drop-offs. The driver was identified as Ms Wan, whose rented room in Bangkok’s Prawet district was later searched, yielding counterfeit products.

Ms Wan confessed to purchasing the goods online from Ms Natthakan, who operated a factory and storage site in Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani. Police raided the facility and found unhygienic production methods, with workers manually filling bottles with sauce.

All seized items have been taken as evidence, and both women face charges related to producing and distributing counterfeit goods.

  Adapted by Asean Now from Daily News 2025-08-16