Foreign Pirate Duo Nabbed In Phuket Raid

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Foreign pirate duo nabbed in Phuket raid

BOOTY: Police sift through thousands of pirated watches seized

in a Patong raid.

PHUKET: -- Two alleged foreign copyright pirates were arrested in a raid by Phuket police yesterday.

High-ranking provincial officers along with Patong Police Superintendent Arayapan Pukbuakhao led the search on a warehouse off Nanai Road in Patong.

The warehouse tenants named as Truong Van Doan, 33, and Tong Vankorn of Vietnam, were arrested at the scene, police said.

Police seized about 10,000 pirated watches in the raid with a street value of about five million baht.

Among the pirated high-end brand names found were Rolex, Omega, Cartier, AquaMarin Carina, Patek Philippe, Casio, Breitling, Bulgari and Tag Heuer.

Most of the watches were high-quality knockoffs to be sold for 5,000 to 10,000 baht each, police said.

Mr Truong told police that the watches were shipped, by a man he named as “Arping”, from China to Bangkok before being transferred to Phuket.

The Vietnamese pirate duo then allegedly distributed the goods to shop stalls in Patong, Karon, Kata, Kamala and other popular tourist places in Phuket.

-- Phuket Gazette 2010-12-23

[JetsetBkk]

Somchai: "There's a couple of Vietnamese undercutting our watch business!"

Somsuk: "Mai bpen rai. I'll make a phone call to the boss."

[LivinLOS]

Obviously arrested due to this being a profession restricted for Thais !!

The hypocrisy just boggles the mind.

[steelepulse]

Did these guys not pay the right people before setting up shop, or did the payments not continue to flow? Is there a boxing day sale coming up on 2nd hand new fake watches?

[Boater]

Most of the watches were high-quality knockoffs to be sold for 5,000 to 10,000 baht each, police said. /quote]

, try 1,000 - 2,000 THB

[katabeachbum]

Somchai: "There's a couple of Vietnamese undercutting our watch business!"

Somsuk: "Mai bpen rai. I'll make a phone call to the boss."

:lol: :lol: