22 October 2023 at 05:13 PUBLISHED
After the Department of Special Investigation ( DSI ) implicated at least five firms in the smuggling, three people have been detained in connection with a recent significant seizure of contraband meat.
Witthawat: The countenance was approved on October 19.
The collar of the group, who were only identified as Manee, Ran, and Mon, was announced on Saturday by the DSI’s center for exploration and intelligence. Ms. Manee and Mr. Ran were apprehended at a residence in Bangkok’s Prawet neighborhood, and Mme. Mon was detained in the city of Lat Prao.
The center producer, Witthawat Sukhontharos, claimed that their arrests were made on court-approved permits on October 19.
They have been accused of violating the Animal Disease Act by evading transfer taxes and importing goods without authorization, in this case meat.
An official from the Department of Livestock was shot dead and another was hurt on October 11 after a warm storage space was searched in the province of Phetchabun. A local business owner who was shot and arrested was disturbed when authorities discovered a ton of illegal beef in his coolers.
The storage area had been in use for years and had no force, according to the authorities.
The group is among six individuals in five businesses that served as intermediaries for businessmen based in Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi, and Nakhon Pathom, according to Pol Maj Nathapol Ditsayatham, brain researcher in the smuggling case, on Saturday and Monday.
According to investigators, up to 10 businesses may be connected to the meats’ improper goods.