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Bangkok police raided an illegal e-cigarette warehouse, seizing over 343,600 units of e-cigarette liquid and 10,000 disposable e-cigarettes, with a total estimated value of approximately $880,000.
Police, acting on an anonymous tip-off, obtained a search warrant and conducted a surprise raid on a four-story commercial building, where they discovered a large quantity of illegal products.
The suspect has been arrested, and the police will continue to investigate the source of the supply chain and whether it was legally imported through customs.
According to a report by Channel 7 on March 1st, Bangkok police raided an illegal e-cigarette warehouse in the Bang Khae district, seizing 350,000 illegal e-cigarette products worth approximately 30 million Thai baht (880,000 USD).
The police obtained a search warrant from the Thonburi Criminal Court on February 28 and conducted a raid on a four-story commercial building located on Kanlapaphruek Road. Prior to this, the police received an anonymous tip that the address was being used for illegal smuggling and storing of prohibited goods, with particularly frequent nighttime activities.
During the search, the police confiscated a total of 343,600 pieces of e-cigarette liquid and 10,000 disposable e-cigarettes. In the lower warehouse, 568 boxes containing a total of 227,200 items were found, estimated at 22.72 million Thai baht (660,000 USD); while in the upper warehouse, 116,400 items were found, estimated at 11.64 million Thai baht (340,000 USD), with a total value of the seized products amounting to around 30 million Thai baht (880,000 USD). A male suspect was arrested on the spot and admitted to being responsible for the transportation work, knowing the types of goods involved, but claimed it was his first offense.
The Chief of Bangkok Police Investigation Bureau, Chativat Lueangwilai, stated that this warehouse is a large illegal e-cigarette storage facility with a wide variety of products being sold through online transactions. Authorities will continue to investigate the source of the supply chain and whether the products were legally imported through customs.
Currently, all illegal items seized have been confiscated by the police and will be used as evidence to assist in further investigation.
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