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Coast Guard catches smugglers

Thailand’s Coast Guard was able to arrest the captain and crew of a smuggling vessel selling contraband to fishing boats in Prajuab Khiri Khan, Rayong and Chonburi provinces in the Gulf of Thailand, after intercepting a radio communication between a large oil tanker and a smaller boat named ‘Norng A’.
The Coast Guard reacted quickly when they overheard the radio communication, which instructed the smaller boat to pick up a certain amount of smuggled oil. Setting up a ‘sting’ operation, the Coast Guard was able to pounce on the smugglers just after the transaction took place.
When they caught the ship and its crew, they found out they were not only smuggling oil, but many other kinds of contraband, including radios, televisions, video players and tobacco products. They also learned that the boat had been plying its illegal trade between 18-20 of October of this year.
The smugglers were charged with bringing taxable goods into the country and selling them illegally.

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