Bangkok, The Customs Department takes and destroys items seized in final cases, including hookah, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and pirated products. More than 870,000 items of trademark infringing merchandise, with a total value of more than 8.3 million baht, were found besides being smuggled into containers at There are still more cases of illegally arriving via postal parcels.
Mr. Phanthong Loikunnan, Advisor on Tax Collection Development and Management, Customs Department, presided over the ceremony to destroy the seized items in the final case along with Mr. Apichart Jai-ngam, an expert in investigation and suppression. Acting Director of the Investigation and Suppression Division, Mr. Awut Wongsawat, Deputy Director General of the Department of Intellectual Property, Police Lieutenant Colonel Phonson Terdsanguan, Director of the Intellectual Property Litigation Division Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Pol. Col. Chakkrit Seributr, Deputy Commander Economic Crime Suppression Division (Economic Cri
me Suppression Division) and Pol. Maj. Gen. Chatchapanthakarn Klaiklue, Commander of Technological Crime Investigation Police 1, Technological Crime Suppression Division (SOC) T.) participated in the said ceremony There were 878,583 items of seized items worth 8,375,966.81 baht at the foyer, Building 2, Customs Department.
Mr. Phanthong revealed that according to Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, there is a policy for the Customs Department to give importance to preventing and suppressing the smuggling of pirated goods. Trademark infringing products Cigarettes and electronic cigarettes and other types of products strictly in order to maintain marketing mechanisms and for the good quality of life of the people By Mr. Theerat Attanawanit, Director-General of the Customs Department Has urged customs officers to be strict in prevention and suppression. perpetrator of stealth Avoid importing such products.
It also emphasizes that Customs officials work together with other related agenc
ies such as the Department of Intellectual Property. Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Economic Crime Suppression Division (SEC), and Technological Crime Investigation Bureau (SIT) in order to operate with maximum efficiency and in the same direction. For today, the Customs Department through the Investigation and Suppression Division has collected and destroyed seized items that have been finalized in the case and belong to the country according to law, such as hookah, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and pirated products. Trademark infringing products and other products, totaling 878,583 pieces, with a total value of 8,375,966.81 baht
Some products are counterfeited and smuggled into the Kingdom. It is considered an infringement of intellectual property rights. Thailand has agreed to cooperate in preventing and suppressing the smuggling of goods that infringe on intellectual property rights. To achieve international acceptance including creating standards for social protection For the commercial benefit
of honest entrepreneurs and the general public.
Mr. Phanthong also warned offenders to stop because the Customs Department is becoming more strict. and change the method of arresting only small quantities of goods at the port. It involves requesting a search warrant to search an establishment or warehouse that has a large amount of seized items. The perpetrators may make a large profit. But if you get caught in one round, you can go bankrupt. and stated that from the beginning it was found to be illegally entered only in containers that came from overseas. But nowadays, it is found that if the amount of goods is small, more are smuggled via postal parcels.
For the seized items which the case has reached the end of and belongs to the state according to law. The Customs Department will destroy them by incineration at the Environmental Electricity Generating Waste Disposal Plant. Nong Khaem Waste Disposal Center which was under the supervision of CandG Environmental Protection (Thailand) Co., Ltd. on February
12, 2024 and demolished using a crusher at Golden Deep (Thailand) Co., Ltd. ) Co., Ltd., Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, on February 13, 2024.
Source: Thai News Agency