The Excise Department clarified the continued increase in illegal oil seizures.

Bangkok 16 Jun -Deputy Director General of the Excise Department Chaeng still moving forward More and more seizures of contraband oil

Mr. Kriengkrai Phatthanaporn, Deputy Director-General of the Excise Department As a spokesperson for the Excise Department, he said that after arresting a 40,000-liter diesel truck and referring to the executives of the Excise Department involved in that offense The statistics of illegal oil arrests by the Excise Department this year tend to increase significantly from the previous year. Most recently, during the 8 months of fiscal year 2023 from October 2022-May 2023 A total of 986 arrests were made, with a fine of 37.7 million baht. There were 4.13 million liters of gasoline seized, divided into 0.13 million liters of gasoline, 2.75 million liters of diesel, 1.25 million liters of other types of fuel.

By increasing statistics from 2022, there were 814 cases of smuggling of contraband oil all year, representing a fine of 30.67 million baht, the total amount of seizures was 1.63 million liters, divided into 9.7 hundred thousand liters of gasoline, 3.1 hundred thousand liters of diesel, 0.35 million liters of other types of oil.

However, if any citizen knows the clue of an offense relating to goods subject to excise tax, they can report directly to the Excise Department. or any local excise office nationwide or call center 1713 24 hours a day or at www.excise.go.th The Excise Department will keep the information of whistleblowers confidential.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency