webfact Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Thirty million baht worth of illegal phones and accessories seized in Bangkok Picture: Sanook BANGKOK: -- Metropolitan police chief Sanit Mahathavorn announced Wednesday that police had made an arrest and seized illegal and pirated phones and accessories from China stored at a depot in Pathumwan. There was a total of 2,824 iPhones that had been imported illegally from China and 76,807 accessories that fell into the same category, reported Sanook. Tax was not paid on the phones and parts were pirated. In total the haul was worth 30 million baht. Manager of the storage facility Phaisan Jan-ubon was arrested after a search warrant had earlier been filed in a Bangkok court. The depot was a storage and distribution point for the phones and accessories that were believed to be on sale in the Pathumwan area. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-02-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 id love to know where all this stuff ends up after confiscation?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 15 hours ago, kannot said: id love to know where all this stuff ends up after confiscation?? Pretty sure it finds it's way back onto the street. A small portion is probably retained for the obligatory dog and pony crushing show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 2824 phones recorded the other 4000 are now being used by some of Bangkoks finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Just to show you the enormous profits those guys making on that merchandises that even after losses of many millions of baht they still continue and have the funds to stay in the game despite the huge losses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike murphy Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Real Iphones, or clones ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 hours ago, mike murphy said: Real Iphones, or clones ? More importantly. Real Police or.......oh never mind. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatawonderfulday Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 4 hours ago, kannot said: id love to know where all this stuff ends up after confiscation?? On the street again I suspect supporting the RTP's charity donations !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Need a new iPhone? Ask a friendly cop near you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Dial a friend ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localczar Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 6 hours ago, kannot said: id love to know where all this stuff ends up after confiscation?? resold in phone shops nationwide...all owned perhaps by the confiscators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The confiscated phones are probably burned, or sent to recycling so the state and the government can get some money out of wasting it. That´s the most probable senario. They can also be sent back to a buyer in china, where it looks like this behaiviour regarding copy is totally legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttoPollmann Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Get Real said: The confiscated phones are probably burned, or sent to recycling so the state and the government can get some money out of wasting it. That´s the most probable senario. They can also be sent back to a buyer in china, where it looks like this behaiviour regarding copy is totally legal. Either you are sarcastic or don't know anything about Thailand. They don't know how to collect the normal household garbage and properly dispose it. And you're thinking they've the facility to segregate the internals of phones. And for sure they will not have any trouble with big daddy China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 46 minutes ago, OttoPollmann said: Either you are sarcastic or don't know anything about Thailand. They don't know how to collect the normal household garbage and properly dispose it. And you're thinking they've the facility to segregate the internals of phones. And for sure they will not have any trouble with big daddy China. Mostly sarcastic, as usual. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canceraid Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Please also check all the mobile shops at the basement of Seacon Square Shopping Centre as a lot of fake items there. One mafia guy controls a lot of illicit and fake goods there, who owns a mobile shop counter at the basement and whose relations has a unit at Lumpini Ville Onnut 46 . Edited February 16, 2017 by Canceraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 They always arrest the managers. What about the people responsible? What if the managers weren't informed? This is every case. Unless you are getting kickbacks, don't be a manager in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 21 hours ago, kannot said: id love to know where all this stuff ends up after confiscation?? as you can clearly see from the OP photo - there is a large market stall just in front of the police headquarters. Great discounts - get them while you can..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Our new best friend is making a few bob out of us by the back door, but costing a few locals All this just to show the Trump brigade We are clean we are clean worth a couple of points on those ratings next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibley69 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 i have thai friends that own a football shirt shop, when they get raided, they buy the shirts back from the police for 50 baht each!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckBee Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 during sutheps protest in silom the street protest was half flee market traders who had this sort of stuff supplied free to sell to get volume of people to attend and keep silom road blocked (also was mentioned paid police to delay the declared forced clearing set date lol and indeed on the clearing day nothing did happen, not a cop to be seen) so that gives a bit of a possible idea where this sort of stuff goes lol ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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