PUBLISHED : 13 Dec 2023 at 04:00
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has pressed charges against 22 suspects — 12 individuals and 10 legal entities — involved in pork smuggling and seized their assets worth about 90 million baht.
Pol Maj Nathapol Ditsayatham, head investigator of the smuggling case, said at a press briefing yesterday that the DSI has also summoned an executive of Rainbow Group Co Ltd, as well as another public servant who was involved in pork smuggling.
Special case No.59/2556 has been filed with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) concerning malfeasance, he said.
The DSI has also proceeded to investigate nine cases involving private logistics services that allegedly imported 2,385 containers of smuggled pork weighing almost 60,000 tonnes. A group of public servants from two government agencies were reportedly connected to the transaction.
Pol Maj Nathapol said the raids at two pork-freezing warehouses in Nakhon Pathom found three of the aforementioned private logistics companies had paid smuggling fees to an agent to avoid import tax.
“The DSI will summon representatives of the warehouses in Nakhon Pathom this week. Some 259 million baht was transferred to them by Wealthy & Healthy Foods Co Ltd. However, no trade was made after the transaction. The money was then transferred to another two companies before being sent abroad,” he said.