🇹🇭Prime accelerated the suppression of illicit cigarettes, electric cigarettes.

PM Accelerates Crackdown on Bootlegging Cigarettes - Electric Cigarettes, Customs, Statement of Federal Seizure Results Over 169 Million Baht

Preventing and cracking down on the smuggling of illicit cigarettes and electric cigarettes that damage public health is another key policy of Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Nathin Chan Weegul, which recognizes

The threat, especially among youth, was brought to the "Sing Slap" operation, so that it was able to search for cigarette smuggling in the city of Hat Yai, one of the largest cigarette trafficking networks in the South, seized more than 2,000 crates of cigarettes, 20 million cigarettes, by government officials, the Department of the Interior, along with the agency.

Relevant to 14 offenders can be arrested, causing the state to lose more than 67 million baht in revenue and more than 1,000 million baht in tax fines, with a group of traders changing the resting behavior of a solid truck to facilitate moving, trading online and shipping through private transportation. Most recently, the Customs Department announced the results of cigarette seizures - electric cigarettes smuggled from October 2025 to February 15, 2026. It can arrest more than 27.3 million foreign cigarettes and electric cigarettes with more than 205,445 devices, for a total value of 169,634,923 baht.

According to Customs, based on the strict law enforcement and cooperation,

With the relevant authorities on an ongoing basis, this results in the effective prevention and suppression of illegal goods and sees even more tangible results, and will move forward to continuously suppress the smuggling of illegal goods.

To protect public health and safety; maintain trade fairness and social order.

# Customs Department. Statement of the results of the seizure of more than 169 million baht # Treasury # Ministry of the Interior # 20 Ministry Government Policy