DSI accepted the case of a group of persons importing and selling cigarettes by evading tax as its special case

DSI accepted the case of a group of persons importing and selling cigarettes by evading tax as its special case

       This case resulted from the joint forces between the officers of the DSI, the Excise Department, the Customs Department, the Royal Thai Police and the Department of Provincial Administration raiding 3 commercial buildings and warehouses storing contraband in Songkhla Province on March 1, 2022 under search warrants issued by Songkhla Provincial Court. From the raids, the search team seized 851,460 packs of foreign cigarettes (approximately 50 million baht of tax value and 500 million baht fine), 3,296 bottles of foreign liquor (approximately 900,000 baht of tax value and 9 million baht fine) and 3,168 decks of playing cards (approximately 50,000 baht of tax value and 500,000 baht fine) imported into the Kingdom without tax payment and customs clearance. The total damage to the state amounted to 560,450,000 baht (five hundred sixty million four hundred fifty thousand baht only). Its was regarded as the offences under the Excise Act, B.E. 2560, the Customs Act, B.E. 2560, and other relevant laws. Then the responsible inquiry official team of the Bureau of Security Crime submitted the case to the Special Case Screening Committee for consideration to accept the case of a group of persons importing and selling cigarettes by evading tax as a special case.

       Later, on April 22, 2022, in its meeting no. 13/2565, the Special Case Screening Committee chaired by Pol.Maj. Yuthana Praedam (Deputy Director-General) made a resolution to accept the aforesaid case as a special case. The Director-General approved to investigate this special case under the Section 21 paragraph one (1) of the Special Case Investigation Act, B.E. 2547. From this time forth, the assinged special case inquiry official team will quickly further investigate the case and bring the offenders to legal proceedings as soon as possible.