Thai Customs Dept To Crackdown On Smuggled Goods In Run Up To New Year

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Customs dept to crackdown on smuggled goods in run up to NY

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- With the new year approaching, the Customs Department has intensified its crackdown on smuggled goods, as it believes that activities are likely to increasing in advance of the festivities, director general Benja Louischaroen said on Monday.

The department will set up more checkpoints to crack down on the smuggling in and out of contraband goods, particularly oil and LPG.

"Our statistics show that the illegal activities will increase before the new year period, so we will intensify the crackdown on smuggled goods," she said.

The director general was speaking after presiding over a press conference displaying contraband confiscated from many raids.

Benja said a raid on a fishing vessel near Mun Nok island off Rayong province on Saturday resulted in confiscation of 310 cooking gas tanks. The products cost about Bt6 million on the market. Products displayed at the press conference included 80 iPhones, worth about Bt2.4 million and 500 tanks of Genetron R12 refrigerants worth about Bt1.3 million.

The department also confiscated 1,299 methamphetamine tablets and 20,000 tablets of Diazepam worth about Bt 7.9 million concealed in a parcel posted to Israel.

-- The Nation 2012-11-05

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Customs Department seizes Bt45 million in drugs, pirated and smuggled goods.

BANGKOK, Nov 5 - Thailand's Customs Department on Monday announced that it confiscated smuggled goods, counterfeit products and drugs with a combined value of more than Bt45 million.

Speaking at a news conference, the department's director-general Benja Louischaroen said that 80 iPhone 5s units, and other pirated items were seized at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The other items were 22 pieces of ivory from Mozambique worth Bt2 million, along with 1,300 meth pills and 20,000 mood altering pills from the northeastern province of Udon Thani destined for Israel.

Other seized merchandise included 310 tanks of liquid propane gas confiscated from fishing boats in the eastern province of Rayong, worth Bt6 million.

More than 12,000 bottles of European wines worth Bt12 million were confiscated at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-11-05

[Payboy]

Benja said a raid on a fishing vessel near Mun Nok island off Rayong province on Saturday resulted in confiscation of 310 cooking gas tanks. The products cost about Bt6 million on the market.

At almost 20k Baht each, those must be really big tanks for a lot of cooking.

[bigbamboo]

I wonder what happened to the wine?

[laurentbkk]

counterfeit products in Thailand ?????????????? no I cannot believe it ...

[Payboy]

Someone likes to play with horns.

[kotsak]

That grin on her face says a lot :>

[jbrain]

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That's my size, she whispered

[lungmi]

I wonder what happened to the wine?

Me too.

[ratcatcher]

I wonder what happened to the wine?

Me too.

There will be a big party at Customs dept soon.

[asdecas]

A crackdown, and it's only Monday. What a treat!

[asiawatcher]

Why doesn't DSI crack down on Customs, arguably the most crooked and corrupt division in Thai Govt?

[jaltsc]

All they need now are pirated batteries. Takes being horny to a new level

[Thai at Heart]

Note to self. make shipment in January.

[lizardtongue]

Just love the look on the girls face!

12000 bottles of wine at 1000 Bt a bottle? I think the figures have been massaged a little?

[MEL1]

Animal, mineral or vegetable?

The one holding the large displayed object, of course.

I'd go with 'animal' ...

-mel.

[Dap]

The Thai Customs Department cracking down on anyone is absolutely ludicrous. Someone, hell, anyone should be cracking down on this most crooked govenment agency. Unfortunately, that ain't never gonna' happen, but the article does have its entertainment value, starting with the look on her face.

[Beng]

Someone likes to play with horns.

Kind of funny pic. Isn't it.

[Arkady]

What is a mood altering pill?

[Arkady]

Customs Department seizes Bt45 million in drugs, pirated and smuggled goods.

BANGKOK, Nov 5 - Thailand's Customs Department on Monday announced that it confiscated smuggled goods, counterfeit products and drugs with a combined value of more than Bt45 million.

Speaking at a news conference, the department's director-general Benja Louischaroen said that 80 iPhone 5s units, and other pirated items were seized at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The other items were 22 pieces of ivory from Mozambique worth Bt2 million, along with 1,300 meth pills and 20,000 mood altering pills from the northeastern province of Udon Thani destined for Israel.

Other seized merchandise included 310 tanks of liquid propane gas confiscated from fishing boats in the eastern province of Rayong, worth Bt6 million.

More than 12,000 bottles of European wines worth Bt12 million were confiscated at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-11-05

That's a bloody awful hairdo.

[KuhnPaen]

They can carve a lot of "lucky penis" charms out of that ivory.

[nakhonandy]

Customs Department seizes Bt45 million in drugs, pirated and smuggled goods.

BANGKOK, Nov 5 - Thailand's Customs Department on Monday announced that it confiscated smuggled goods, counterfeit products and drugs with a combined value of more than Bt45 million.

Speaking at a news conference, the department's director-general Benja Louischaroen said that 80 iPhone 5s units, and other pirated items were seized at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The other items were 22 pieces of ivory from Mozambique worth Bt2 million, along with 1,300 meth pills and 20,000 mood altering pills from the northeastern province of Udon Thani destined for Israel.

Other seized merchandise included 310 tanks of liquid propane gas confiscated from fishing boats in the eastern province of Rayong, worth Bt6 million.

More than 12,000 bottles of European wines worth Bt12 million were confiscated at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-11-05

That's a bloody awful hairdo.

Agreed, they need to crack down on counterfeit hairdressers or at least ban them from watching old US soaps, Dynasty/Dallas spring to mind.

[Payboy]

They can carve a lot of "lucky penis" charms out of that ivory.

Depends on who's modeling of course.

[radiochaser]

Is Diazepam illegal in Israel? Any one know?