BANGKOK — Police are on the hunt for a group of six men following a violent robbery at the Customs Department’s warehouse at Khlong Toei port early Monday morning, during which a security guard was killed and a large quantity of impounded e-cigarettes was stolen. Security Guard Shot Multiple Times at Terminal 21 Korat The […]
NAKHON SAWAN — A vocational teacher has been removed from her post after a video showing her punishing students by forcing them to drink water laced with cigarette butts went viral, igniting outrage across Thai social media. Drunk teacher drives off road in Surin, injuring 17 students The incident occurred on May 29 and involved […]
CHONBURI, March 20 (TNA) – Thai customs officials seized 120,000 illicit e-cigarettes, valued at 21.8 million baht (about $640,000), from four shipping containers at Laem Chabang Port, authorities said. E-cigarettes worth $900,000 seized in Chonburi raid The operation, conducted on March 17, followed intelligence reports and a January seizure alert from the Department of Special […]
CHONBURI, March 11 (TNA) – Authorities announced the seizure of over 200,000 e-cigarettes, valued at more than 33 million baht ($900,000), in Chonburi province, a major port city. Uttaradit Authorities Seize 66,000 Smuggled E-Cigarettes The contraband, smuggled from China, was intercepted in a joint operation by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), the Royal Thai […]
Today, May 31st 2023, is World No Tobacco Day as designated by the World Health Organization, or WHO. Thai Committee on Public Health Suggests E-cigarette Regulation and to End Ban on Vaping The day is designed, according to the WHO, to build awareness around the dangers of smoking. In particular, it is designed to highlight […]
Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn said today, February 3rd, that Thailand should amend the law to legalize e-cigarettes to reflect the lives of people in many developed countries. Chaiwut mentioned a recent police extortion case involving a visiting Taiwanese actress, Charlene An, who was extorted 27,000 baht for carrying a vaping device. Full […]
More than 6,000 packs of foreign cigarettes, worth more than 4 million baht, were confiscated at a company and a house in the Bang Khae district of Bangkok on Saturday, June 18th. The raid was conducted following a search warrant issued by the Thonburi Criminal Court upon Krua Baan Cha Teochew on Kanlapaphruek Road and […]
The Customs Department is preparing to lower duty on the import of alcoholic beverages and cigars by 50% for five years in line with the government’s economic stimulus and investment promotion package. Patchara Anuntasilpa, director-general of the department, said the cuts are in accordance with the Sept 14 cabinet resolution involving plans to revive the […]
