BANGKOK, March 7 (TNA) – The Customs Department seized 43 kilogrammes of heroin hidden in hilltribe-style jackets destined for Hong Kong. On March 6, the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) confiscated 43.4 kg of heroin, valued at 107.5 million baht at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the director-general of the Customs Department, Patchara Anuntasilpa told a press briefing. […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Ministry of Finance has launched a blockchain technology project to enable foreign travelers to claim value-added tax refunds via a mobile application. The move is expected to increase tourist spending in the country by 10%. The Finance Minister, Uttama Savanayana, said the Revenue Department has joined hands with related agencies to […]
BANGKOK, 17 July 2019 (NNT) – The Customs Department has issued a document clarifying the customs procedure for air passengers arriving in Thailand. According to the procedure, items that are exempted from duty include passengers’ accompanying belongings that are worth no more than 20,000 baht. If their belongings exceed 20,000 baht, they are liable for […]
The Customs Department will set up an intelligence gathering centre to keep track on people posing as passengers but in fact are couriers smuggling in brand-name products from overseas. These people often have customers who give them advance orders. Speaking at a customs seminar on Thursday, Customs Department director-general Kulis Sombatsiri said the department had […]
Customs officials seized 28 kilogrammes of heroin worth about 100 million baht in street price in a shipment of para rubber pillows to be shipped to Hong Kong at Khlong Toei Port, on Sunday (Apr 8). Customs officials manning an X-ray scanning machine at Klong Toey port found something suspicious among the para rubber pillows […]
BANGKOK, 5 July 2017 (NNT) – The Customs Department has ordered stringent reporting of imported goods after identifying a 10 billion baht drop in tax collection over the first 6 months of this year. Director-General of the Customs Department Kulit Sombatsiri, taking part in an event to mark the founding of the Customs Department 143 […]
BANGKOK, 23 February 2017 (NNT) – The Customs Department has taken legal action against NGV bus importer Super Zara for trying to evade import taxes. According to Deputy Director-General of the Customs Department Chaiyuth Khamkun, Super Zara has been indicted for giving false information regarding its first batch of 99 imported NGV buses. The fines […]
A 45-year-old Bolivian man was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport en route to Cambodia after customs officers found 5.2 kilogrammes of cocaine worth about 20 million baht in his luggage. Customs Department deputy director-general Chamroen Photiyod told a press conference at his department on Wednesday that Jose Alberto Martinez Soto was arrested at the airport […]
