Special branch arrest big "E-Cigarette Agent" in Kanchanaburi raid

[rooster59]

Special branch arrest big "E-Cigarette Agent" in Kanchanaburi raid

 

Image: Daily News

 

Special branch 191 cops in association with Kanchanaburi police have taken down what Daily News said was a big player in the e-cigarette business.

Evidence worth three million baht was seized and displayed at the police station downtown in a big show of force.

E-cigarettes are illegal in Thailand with penalties as severe as five years for selling equipment and ten years for producing.

 

Trisak Sirichumsaeng was arrested in Pak Praek Road after search warrants were enacted at two premises in the western Thai town.

A large amount of evidence was on display at the Kanchanaburi police station for the press conference. This included 56 contraptions for smoking and 2,840 bottles of vaping fluid.

Trisak admitted his crimes in every detail.

He was peddling his drugs to users through the Line application and a website. He would then dispatch orders through the post and receive money via bank transfer.

The goods had come from Bangkok and head of special branch Surachet Hakpan had ordered action in the illegal trade.

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[gummy]

My God, what a big fish thy caught.  Meanwhile the Thai underage sex offenders, people traffickers, Crooked Thai Monks,  and home grown murderers carry on as normal.

[Moonmoon]

He was peddling his drugs???

 

Since when did ecigg became a drug?

 

Wouldnt that make all other ciggarettes and alcohol drugs?

[stubuzz]

Everybody can sleep safely tonight now that this criminal is behind bars.

[Caps]

They bring out the 'Special' in Special Branch

[tracker1]

Can someone explain why E cigarets are bad to the point of being illegal or has it got something to do with the Government owned tobacco farms

[Dave67]

Think it's a bad sign that people are getting nicked for selling something which could save thousands of lives, Anything for money rules in Thailand

[Thechook]

Is Thailand the only country in the world where they are ilegal.  In Australia many thousands of smokers have kicked the habit with the aid of E cigs.  Not good for the government who lose millions when people stop smoking and the tobacco companies.

[Thechook]

Pssssst, Prayuth they have these things on the market also and they are undetectable.  Might be an idea to get special branch onto it now before you lose to much in taxes.  Full strip searches of all at airports may be required also.

 

[KaiXriz]

3 hours ago, Thechook said:

Is Thailand the only country in the world where they are ilegal.

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam have all outlawed the import and sale of e-cigarettes.

[yellowboat]

15 hours ago, Caps said:

They bring out the 'Special' in Special Branch

Yes, call in the shock troops to address jay walking.  That is modern day Thailand.  Given Thai government's introverted nature and lack of nimble minds, it does not know enough to be embarrassed by this.   We can only just roll our eyes and shake our heads.

[Classic Ray]

1 hour ago, KaiXriz said:

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam have all outlawed the import and sale of e-cigarettes.

Brunei and Singapore, nanny states where everything enjoyable is banned, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, where government monopolise tobacco industry and care little for population's health, it's just about the money.

[Briggsy]

17 hours ago, Moonmoon said:

Since when did ecigg became a drug?

Since the Thai government realised it may negatively affect the profits of the Government Tobacco Monopoly and excise duty receipts.

[Adeeos]

14 hours ago, tracker1 said:

Can someone explain why E cigarets are bad to the point of being illegal or has it got something to do with the Government owned tobacco farms

My guess is?,,, the powers at be, haven't exactly figured out how they'll be able to skim their cut,, so until then,, make them illegal, with heavy PRISON time, to be able to extract the maximum amount out of users in the way of, "fines" and "fees" to avoid the INSANE prison time.. Once they've figured out how to get their cut, and get a close family member, or even themselves heavily into the business,, they'll determine that they ARE in fact safer,, and therefore no longer illegal,,, But before that day comes,, they'll of course hem and haw around about it, so they can tease thicker brown envelopes from the Thai tabacoo companies, to KEEP them illegal,,, IMHO anyway,,,, 

[helloagain]

I dont smoke and i hate smoking but why does thailand hate e-cigerettes ? So much. And jail time for it with all the other things that go on here

[rijb]

Tobacco has friends in high places.

 

Maybe it's time for e-yaa baa.

[connda]

Cigarettes Ok.  e-cigarette a crime.    I'm confused.

[bruceprior]

6 hours ago, Thechook said:

Is Thailand the only country in the world where they are ilegal.  In Australia many thousands of smokers have kicked the habit with the aid of E cigs.  

Steady chaps, It is illegal to sell nicotine infused "vapes" in Australia.

Australians who wish to "vape" must either:

1. buy the ready made stuff from New Zealand (vapourium.nz) which usually works OK as (probably) customs don't care if for personal use only OR

2. buy the "flavours" in Australia (e.g. vapeking.com.au) and then buy the nicotine from China (www.hiliq.com) (for personal use only) and then mix the two yourself.

The tobacco lobby has (naturally) bought off aussie pollies to keep the tobacco profits at usual levels and ensure minimal competition.

 

What you might call "corporate welfare" and "<deleted> the electorate who want a cleaner smoke"

[Moti24]

3 hours ago, KaiXriz said:

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam have all outlawed the import and sale of e-cigarettes.

They must all have a joint bank account.

[impulse]

1 hour ago, rijb said:

Tobacco has friends in high places.

 

Maybe it's time for e-yaa baa.

 

Not a whole lot different than Big Pharma back home, getting the FDA to raid and arrest purveyors of anything that gets between them and their revenue stream.

 

[rijb]

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

Not a whole lot different than Big Pharma back home, getting the FDA to raid and arrest purveyors of anything that gets between them and their revenue stream.

 

Or the FCC and net neutrality.

[HHTel]

Meanwhile, back in the UK, the Department of Health, having completed their studies agree:

 

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Comment The government has said that the persecution of the users of e-cigarette technology should stop. The Department of Health today outlined a Five Year Tobacco Control plan for England with the goal that the proportion of the population who smoke tobacco products should fall to 12 per cent by 2022, down from 15.5 per cent today.

Routine bans of vaping products at the workplace or in public spaces should cease, the DoH notes, in order to “maximise the availability of safer alternatives to smoking”. The last Tobacco Control Plan for England was published in 2011*. Since then, there’s been a grassroots revolution in public health.

Quote

Last year, the Royal College of Physicians said that the public health strategy of harassing users of safer alternatives should probably stop. Vaping was behind the acceleration in smoking cessation, a fall far greater than the ban on smoking in pubs.

 

[jayguzz]

10 years for a e-cig? Real ones must be 50 years of hard time


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[Happy Grumpy]

7 hours ago, helloagain said:

why does thailand hate e-cigerettes ? So much.

It goes against their strict Buddhist principles. 

[pattayadgw]

'Special Branch 191' you guys amaze us all.... 'taking down' such a high end big time criminal... you can buy e-vents all over the countryside... get a grip!!! start working on some serious crime for a change!

[Guitar God]

E cigarettes are safer than cigarettes. 

 

Thailand allows the sale of deadly cigarettes and all they require is a ID to buy them and photos of tumors and tracheostomies. 

 

They allow the most deadly form of nicotine delivery, and threaten ten year prison sentences for people who use epens to try to quit smoking. 

 

I read the government profits handsomely off the sale of coffin nails. 

 

Is this true? Is greed the only reason? 

 

Has anyone seen any logical reason why they want to ban epens

Edited August 20, 2017 by Guitar God

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[dinsdale]

You are all wrong. E-cigs are bad for you. Cigarettes are better. Dear oh dear. The lack of intelligence on this forum. Thank goodness the powers that be. Ban this terrible product. Can't remember (can't be bothered searching) which esteemed person in the 'government', of exceptional intellect, stated that e-cigs can raise blood pressure. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan themmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Sex? Blood pressure through the roof. Baaaaaaaaan it.

Cigs? Cancer, lung/liver. Peripheral vascular disease. The list goes on. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooood. Money, more money. I want more status.I am Asian. Moooooooore Moneeeeeeeeeeeey.

By the way those of you who want to quit smoking......<deleted>.

[mark01]

Backward people, backward country.

[retarius]

Why don't they deal with serious crime? This nonsense about e-cigarettes.....totally stupid waste of resources and reveals no sense of priority in government or the police.