DSI inspects abandoned car warehouse Thousands of car wrecks found

DSI inspects abandoned car warehouse. Thousands of car wrecks found Accelerate coordination with customs to check whether it is considered to be importing the entire vehicle to intentionally evade taxes or not. Police Lieutenant Colonel Yutthana Praedam, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation Acting Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation along with officials from the Customs Department Officials from Lat Krabang Industrial Estate Inspected an abandoned car wreck warehouse located in the Lat Krabang Industrial Estate, Lat Krabang District, Bangkok. The condition was a 2-story warehouse with an area of ??16 rai. Inside, more than 1,000 cars and car parts were found. Police Lieutenant Colonel Yutthana said that this case is due to the ownership of the land. Which is the location of a warehouse in the Lat Krabang Industrial Zone. A letter has been sent to the Department of Special Investigation and the Customs Department. Please inspect your (old) warehouse, whi ch was formerly the place of business for a company. It has been used to store a large number of cars and car parts. Later, when the petitioner purchased the said land at public auction. From the Legal Execution Department it was found that The items have not been removed. The complainant had a preliminary inspection and suspected that the vehicle and its components were Taxes and duties may be avoided on the import of automobiles and automobile components. From the investigation, it was found that One company's business license expired on December 31, 2020, and it does not appear that the license has been renewed. From such characteristics that cars are brought From examining the brand and model, it is believed that the car was manufactured from abroad. especially in Asia came into the kingdom and kept a large amount and was abandoned without any action, which is a reasonable reason to suspect that Have cars been imported illegally? which may be considered an offense according to Customs Act 2017, therefore , the Department of Special Investigation and the Customs Department Therefore, we joined with relevant agencies and area owners. Come check it out today. The Department of Special Investigation will expedite the investigation and will be fair to all parties. which from visiting the area today This leads to doubts that must be checked first whether in the past there was a request for permission to import registered vehicles to operate the business as requested or not because from the car remains found today it was found that some of them had similar characteristics. The whole car was imported and some cars were still found to have keys in them. Because if the whole car is imported, the tax will be 200-300%, but if it is imported as parts to be assembled, it will be cheaper by more than half. This makes it necessary to further investigate whether there is deliberate tax evasion or not. and check who is requesting permission to use the area and import cars. Have you violated the conditions of the Customs Depart ment? Mr. Sompong Khiaosod, a lawyer representing the landowner, revealed that the land here is the current owner of the land. Being a creditor of the old land owner By borrowing money and took this land as collateral for debts But the debtor cannot bring the money to repay the debt. Therefore must enter the legal process. The court forced the debt to be repaid by seizing property. Sold at public auction to raise money to pay creditors. The creditors went to auction to buy this land. and want to properly clear out the remains of the original car Because they are worried about taking the car because in order to take the car out according to customs law, will there have to be taxes paid or not? And who will be responsible for this expense? It is assumed that the original owner operated a registered car assembly business. After the law was canceled So I left the car wreckage behind. Did you not pay taxes or not? That's why you complained to the DSI. Come in and check all the cars first. Source: Thai News Agen cy