Bt100m worth of smuggled goods seized

[rooster59]

Bt100m worth of smuggled goods seized

KHANATHIT SRIHIRUNDAJ
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: THE Customs Department has seized goods worth about Bt100 million that were smuggled into the country without the payment of tax.

The goods were found in two trucks in Chachoengsao's Bang Pakong district.

Banjong Saengpong, 48 and Chan Thinkhamcherd, 45, were arrested as they drove their trucks to Bangkok's Lat Krabang district, department chief Kulit Sombatsiri said yesterday.

The pair were charged with smuggling goods into the Kingdom with the purpose of avoiding taxes, which is punishable with a fine of four times the goods' price, plus tax, and/or up to 10 years in prison.

Kulit said the duo confessed to picking up the goods - which included cellphones, car accessories, clothes, bags and sport equipment - from a warehouse in Chachoengsao and were to deliver them to a location in Bangkok's Rama II area, pending phone instructions.

The department is trying to determine who was behind the smuggling attempt, he said, adding that the goods were sent to Thailand in small amounts and stored at a warehouse in a bid to avoid detection.

Two people of interest are an investor group from the East led by a woman identified only as "Kor" and a group from the Northeast led by a man named Chalee.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Bt100m-worth-of-smuggled-goods-seized-30273473.html

-- The Nation 2015-11-22

[ezzra]

A big size of Thailand economy is most likely is based on illegal trading, be it from the humble T shirt

to human and drug smugglings, no amount of seizure and apprehensions will ever deter the people behind

these operations to stop, as the profits are huge and outweigh the risks 10 folds...

[zaphod reborn]

Must stamp out that foreign counterfeit goods industry. It competes with Thailand's counterfeit goods industry.

[halloween]

Must stamp out that foreign counterfeit goods industry. It competes with Thailand's counterfeit goods industry.

Counterfeit?

[Pdaz]

If the Govt revised it's ridiculous import taxes on many popular goods it would help reduce the problem. If they need revenue introduce a sales tax accross the board rather than just taxing "luxury goods" and cars/bikes

[BuaBS]

Importtax evasion is good with ridiculous Thai impottax. Sad for those people to lose 100 M.

[sagittarius6999]

Thailand does not need to invent more taxes it just needs to implement the laws they already have and make the fines so many times the persons daily wage.

Motorcycles, helmets, speeding, dangerous driving, driving on footpaths, driving on wrong side of the road.

Beach Road prostitutes, 2000 Bt Businesses and Vendors using the pavement to sell their wares shall we say 3000 bt

Most of the above are not just laws broken but actually cause danger to others and there are loads of other laws broken that if they were enforced would bring in billions a year.

Where I live off Soi boukhao ( I know its spelt wrong ) I could make 50,000bt a day just in motoring fines only charging 100 bt an offence

[leeneeds]

LOVE THIS PLACE , with all its faults,

[zaphod reborn]

Must stamp out that foreign counterfeit goods industry. It competes with Thailand's counterfeit goods industry.

Counterfeit?

I see a golf bag that says Titleist. You think Titleist licensed that? http://www.tgw.com/new-titleist-golf-bags?&utm_source=bing_PPC&utm_medium=Golf+Bags&utm_campaign=Titleist+Golf+Bags&utm_content=titleist%20golf%20bags&mkwid=fFk1OBH4&pcrid=10855791560&site_id=W0209&mtype=e&devicetype=c#facet:&productBeginIndex:0&orderBy:5&pageView:grid&minPrice:&maxPrice:&pageSize:&

[ldiablo]

Must stamp out that foreign counterfeit goods industry. It competes with Thailand's counterfeit goods industry.

Counterfeit?

I see some louis vuitton bags in the photo. I'm quite confident you're not buying the real thing at anywhere other than a louis vuitton store. Definitely not at your local market.

[Hawk]

Fake, lots of these items are up for sale on Facebook.

[chrisinth]

Must stamp out that foreign counterfeit goods industry. It competes with Thailand's counterfeit goods industry.

Counterfeit?

Pretty sure they are not the real deal.

It is a problem with misleading titles to these stories, IMO, with the Bt100m based on genuine articles sold from manufacturer's stores. If the are counterfeit, heading towards market outlets, I wonder what the price evaluation would drop to?

Could be wrong but i don't think you would have much room in two trucks which include numerous golf bags..........................

[freedom4life]

So are we to believe that they will destroyh these items?..What a racket..what hypocrites.

[halloween]

Must stamp out that foreign counterfeit goods industry. It competes with Thailand's counterfeit goods industry.

Counterfeit?

I see some louis vuitton bags in the photo. I'm quite confident you're not buying the real thing at anywhere other than a louis vuitton store. Definitely not at your local market.

Doh! this crap is being illegally IMPORTED which has <deleted> to do with the "local market". Why would anybody attempt to smuggle a copy if they can buy it at the local market?

[halloween]

Must stamp out that foreign counterfeit goods industry. It competes with Thailand's counterfeit goods industry.

Counterfeit?

I see a golf bag that says Titleist. You think Titleist licensed that? http://www.tgw.com/new-titleist-golf-bags?&utm_source=bing_PPC&utm_medium=Golf+Bags&utm_campaign=Titleist+Golf+Bags&utm_content=titleist%20golf%20bags&mkwid=fFk1OBH4&pcrid=10855791560&site_id=W0209&mtype=e&devicetype=c#facet:&productBeginIndex:0&orderBy:5&pageView:grid&minPrice:&maxPrice:&pageSize:&

Actually you see a golf bag and assume the full name displayed is Titleist, then assume it is not a genuine bag, past or present range, because something similar is not offered by one golf accessories store.

If the aim of the exercise is to avoid paying excise, why do it with any item with a low purchase price?