Thai Customs seize 7 milion baht worth of contraband from parcels and air freights

[freedom4life]

Seize it alright...big business for a select few. Laws made to exploit and profit.

[farangmick]

This is the haul that they announced, the stuff the customs staff didn't want, or didn't know how to fence. "Wanna buy 200 '97 Fireblade frames guv? Cheap. Next year I get you engines and wheels.".

[misterphil]

This was definitely a consignment heading for the Kinnarre in Pratumnak Pattaya.

[misterphil]

7 Million Baht's worth???? My arse.

I used to work in Ethiopia and Khat or Ghat was about 10 baht for 1 KG

As for the sex toys, they're 500 baht each on Beach Road Pattaya.

[gk10002000]

I have to be a little cynical here and suggest that from what I have read, millions more of routine and proper parcels are routinely hijacked or held for ransom expecting the foreigner to pay made up excise taxes or fees

[jaywalker]

Made my day thanks for your comments!

I once had a blow-up doll with burkha.

That could be dangerous, never know what is lurking under the burkha, it could be a real blow up doll.

An oil rig guy I know returned to Abu Dhabi once from Canada & had managed to find an inflatable sheep.

He had bought it for his Kiwi buddy's birthday as a gag gift.

UAE customs found it and started blowing it up, in the airport in front of hundreds of people.

He was a wee bit embarrassed.

[Ricardo]

Khat is by no means hallucinogenic. It is similar to amphetamines, although it's action is much milder.

Yes, often chewed while drinking Coca-Cola, to help extract the juices, whilst sitting with one's (male) friends in the maffrage, and smoking a communal hubble-bubble pipe.

Yemenis look like hampsters, with a wad of qat in their cheek, IME.

I believe it's still legal, and sold in some green-grocers shops, in the UK ?

[sgtsabai]

This also appears to effect ordinary non-"illegal" packages. It cost me half the purchase price to get my green chile cornbread mix, Hatch extra-hot red chile powder etc. from Made in New Mexico back from Customs. Never happened before. I guess my "care" packages from people in the states will be next. Gotta' stop them ferniners from cheatin' the system, right Somchai? Oh yea, bring on the "crackdowns". May I have another please sir?

[maidee]

i still try to figure out why my iherb parcels take 14-21 days to arrive (live near airport)

and my wife gets them at work in 9 days !