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    UP stumble upon major firecracker-smuggling transit point

    A bush in Wang Kelian Hilir, located along the Malaysia-Thai border has been discovered as a major transit point for several types of firecrackers and sparkles from Thailand by the Anti-Smuggling Unit (UPP).

    Perlis CID chief, Supt Mat Nasir Hussein said a team from the Padang Besar UPP on patrol in the area around 12.30pm yesterday stumbled upon a suspicious looking pick-up truck with Thai registration plate.

    “Upon investigating the area, the UPP found 351 boxes of assorted firecrackers worth about RM500,000,” he told reporters here today.

    He said police believe the boxes would remain in transit for a day in the area before being handed over to local masterminds and marketed in southern states, following an expected high demand during the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations.

    “Smuggling is rampant here due to the proximity of the location to the Malaysia-Thailand border. Compared to 13 previous cases, this is the largest seizure this year,” said Mat Nasir.

    Following the raid, three Thai nationals aged between 20 and 27 and their car was detained, he said.

    “UPP will continue to patrol the area in conjunction with the New Year and Chinese New Year celebrations to prevent smuggling activities around the Malaysia-Thailand border,” he said.

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    God forbid that people would want to celebrate Chinese New Year with a few firecrackers.

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    They should stop all the smuggling. The Chinese are taking away Thai jobs with all their smuggling. Most of the Chinese stuff could be made right here for the same price with a little government support. Nothing pisses me off more than having nop choice but to buy some crappy Chinese items which eventually doesn't work. I'd rather buy a crappy Thai-made product and have it break! Thailand needs more control over all the illegal Chinese crap coming into the country. Screw China and their corrupt businesspeople!

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    Absolutely, give me Thai corruption any day.

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    The katoey firecracker turns out to be a wet squib...

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    a single pu truck is major?

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    Looks like there wil lbe a shortage of firecrackers down South - for anyone due for a visa run this week, there's a money making opportunity going begging.

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    You Are correct, if it wasn't for the junk Chinese stuff then the Thai stuff would not be of a quality to even work in the shop and wait til you got it home to break, then when you got it back to the store they would tell you it had no guarentee instead of like now, "The guarentee is already finished"..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rattanaburi View Post
    They should stop all the smuggling. The Chinese are taking away Thai jobs with all their smuggling. Most of the Chinese stuff could be made right here for the same price with a little government support. Nothing pisses me off more than having nop choice but to buy some crappy Chinese items which eventually doesn't work. I'd rather buy a crappy Thai-made product and have it break! Thailand needs more control over all the illegal Chinese crap coming into the country. Screw China and their corrupt businesspeople!
    To rid the world of the foking Chinese would be a dire task, because they're running the show and have for thousands of years - or haven't you noticed?

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