A Thai durian middleman accused the Aranyaprathet Customs House in the Isaan province of Sa Kaeo of stealing durians value 1.eight million baht.
Whopping of the durian intermediary caught hearth on Thai social media on Sunday, June 25. According to several posts on Facebook, the intermediary complained that the customs wrongly blamed him for illegally importing durians from Cambodia.
The intermediary insists that he had purchased approximately eight tons of durians from an area plantation within the northeastern province of Si Sakate. He defined that he hired a truck driver to transfer the durian from the Si Sakate to the central province of Chantaburi for export.
However, customs officers informed the driver that the durians have been illegally imported and have to be seized.
The middleman then visited the Aranyaprathet Customs House to retrieve the durian however found that his merchandise were all offered by the authorities. He claimed that some officers confirmed him a video that all of the durians had been resold to other government departments within the province.
Many Thai residents criticised the authorities for their wrongdoings and demanded a proof from Thai Customs.
The Director of the Customs Department, Phachara Anantasin, yesterday insisted that the authorities had carried out the best factor based on the law. He defined that officers acquired a tip-off that a six-wheel truck would journey to a border between Thailand and Cambodia in Sa Kaeo province on June 23 to illegally purchase durians and transfer them to Chantaburi.
At 9.45am on the day, the customs authorities recognized a truck matching the given description and promptly signalled the motive force to drag over. The truck driver admitted that Cambodian nationals had entrusted him with the durians, leading to the immediate confiscation of the entire consignment.
Phachara revealed that the middleman later visited the Aranyaprathet Customs House and admitted to being unaware that the Cambodian durian seller had not obtained the required permissions from the authorities.
Both the truck driver and the intermediary face authorized punishment however details of the costs weren’t disclosed.
Nevertheless, different durian middlemen in Chanthaburi did not consider the authorities’ claims. A member of the Sa Kaeo Public Network, Amahrin Yeeheng, posted on Facebook today daring the Customs Department Director to go to the customs house before defending his team. Amahrin said…
“Dear Customs Department Director, please do not only sit at the office and hold a press conference. Come and investigate the matter on-site. If the claims made in the course of the press convention turned out to be untrue, it might point out that you’re a liar, wouldn’t it?”
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