A RAID on a distribution centre in Chonburi led to the seizure of 40,500 packs of contraband cigarettes valued at over 3.6 million with the fine reaching a whopping 38 million baht, PPTVHD36 said today (Aug. 16). Mr. Pornchai Theeravech, director-general of the Excise Department, said the raid last Thursday (Aug. 13) was led
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Russian woman arrested for smoking in a popular Phuket shopping mall
PHUKET police arrested a Russian woman who sat smoking cigarettes and taking selfies in front of a beauty parlour within a popular shopping mall after a short video of her doing so turned into a hot topic online, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. “Hor Jang Phuket” webpage shared a 16-second video clip of
Read moreBogus cigarettes seized in raid on three shops
ACTING on a tip-off from the Tobacco Authority of Thailand that there are shops selling counterfeit Thai and foreign cigarettes in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat city police raided three of them and arrested an equal number of suspects, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 5). Police said these three shops selling fake
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