Raids net 100,000 smuggled phones, bags and more

[webfact]

Raids net 100,000 smuggled phones, bags and more
By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) confiscated more than 100,000 counterfeit and untaxed items in recent raids on two Bangkok warehouses and a Nonthaburi house. 

 

DSI chief Pol Colonel Paisit Wongmuang announced on Friday that the warehouses were on Bang Ramad Road in Thawee Wattana district and the house in Bang Kleuy district’s Tambon Maha Sawat.

 

He said the items seized including cellphones, batteries, handbags and cosmetics with a combined retail value of Bt50 million. 

 

Investigators believe they were smuggled across the border in the Northeast in as many as three large shipping containers at a time, bypassing Customs. 

 

They suspect this was the work of one of four or five major illegal importing networks currently under investigation.

 

Paisit said the goods were stored in warehouses pending shipment to retailers in Bangkok and other provinces. The DSI traced transactions to an unnamed woman investor who had pocketed more than Bt400 million since last year while paying no taxes. 

 

Paisit said the smugglers had both cost the country a great deal in revenue and made Thai authorities appear “insincere” in their efforts to suppress the theft of intellectual property rights.

 

DSI deputy chief Pol Major Suriya Singhakamon warned that anyone found involved in such operations would face legal action, including charges of money-laundering. 

 

He also urged citizens to shun counterfeit goods, especially cellphones, batteries and electrical appliances, because they are substandard and could cause fires and harm the users, and there would be no compensation from the vendors.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30318234

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-06-16

[Cadbury]

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

".....made Thai authorities appear “insincere” in their efforts".

That is the critical statement in the whole story and follows a pattern. Like TAT caring little about  tourist accidents, tragedies and scams and preferring only to worry about the reputation and damage to Thailand's tourism industry. 

[clockman]

Face is more important, than life!

[phil2407]

1 for me 1 for wife 1 for gik  1 for boss 

sorry times that by 2 or 3 for each 

????

[Moonmoon]

i supposed the brown envelopes were "insincere" in their values hence the raid.

[gemguy]

On ‎2017‎-‎06‎-‎17 at 0:27 AM, Moonmoon said:

i supposed the brown envelopes were "insincere" in their values hence the raid.

Sort of like that.

If the criminal investigation goes deeper the police officer in charge will be transferred....for doing his job too well and uncovering the truth....as truth does not go over well here in Thailand. 

Cheers

Edited June 18, 2017 by gemguy