Contraband foreign cigarettes and tobacco seized from the pickup truck carrying them from the Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla district. KANCHANABURI: Authorities seized contraband cigarettes and tobacco worth more than 800,000 baht smuggled through the Three Pagodas Pass border crossing in Sangkhla Buri district on Sunday evening. A search turned up 50 cartons of foreign brand cigarettes, 99,200 packets of Myanmar-grown tobacco and 720 tins of chewing tobacco from Myanmar. Pongsak Tengwiwattanapanich, an chief excise official at Sangkhla Buri said that the seizure followed a tip-off that contraband cigarettes would be smuggled in from a neighbouring country. Police said the cigarettes were smuggled in from a neighbouring country and were destined for retail shops and entertainment venues in Trang.

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2018 05:03 UTC