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Big lot of fake brand name goods seized

  A RAID on a warehouse in Bangkok’s Taweewattana district netted a large amount of knock-off brand name products worth over 20 million baht, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 15). Fake brand name products seized in this raid include 5,067 “luxury” watches, 1,150 bottles of perfumes, 800 mobile phones, 770 headphones, 6,720 mobile […]

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Russian woman held for using fake US dollar bills in Phuket

  A RUSSIAN woman was arrested in Phuket last evening (July 27) after a currency exchange booth employee filed a complaint that he had received three counterfeit US$50 banknotes from her, Amarin TV said. Kamala subdistrict police arrested Ms. Evgenia (surname withheld), 22, at a pool villa with 32 more fake US$50 bills found among […]

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Health

Public warned to not believe Covid fake news

  THE Thai government warned people not to believe nor share fake news that New Year’s festivities have been cancelled because of an outbreak of a new Covid-19 variant Deltacron (XBC), Naewna newspaper said this morning (Dec. 9). Mr. Karom Phonphonklang, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said a fake post has been shared […]

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Life

Victim warns public to beware of fake lottery tickets

  GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is a warning by a woman to be careful when buying lottery tickets because she ended up with a fake one, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 3). In her post the victim said: “Warning to brothers, sisters, mothers and everyone who likes buying government lottery tickets. […]

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Fake Manchester United, Thai national team T-shirts seized at border

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BIG BUNDLE OF PIRATED T-SHIRTS bearing the names and logos of world and Thai national football teams have been seized at the Thai-Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet district of Sra Kaeo, police said. The authorities seized a total of 290 counterfeit T-shirts in two large duffel bags thrown away on […]

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Health

13 fake pharmacists held in raid on drugstores

  IN A raid on 14 pharmacies across Bangkok 13 unlicensed pharmacists were arrested on charges of selling cough syrup to teenagers that at very high doses can mimic the effects of illegal drugs ketamine, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 15). The Consumer Protection Police Division and Food and Drug Administration had from July […]

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Actor quizzed over fake vehicle registration scam

  POPULAR Thai-German actor Mario Maurer was questioned by cyber crime police over a fake classic and vintage vehicle registration scam but it is initially believed that he did not deliberately buy one with a fake vehicle registration booklet attached, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 9). After the questioning Mario briefly told the press that […]

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Two fake doctors nabbed in raid of bogus clinics

  TWO fake doctors were caught while treating patients at their respective unlicenced clinics with one being in Bangkok and the other Pathum Thani, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Mar. 19). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anan Nanasombat, head of Consumer Protection Police, and Pol. Col. Suphot Phumyam, head of Consumer Protection Police Division 4, led a […]

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Sale of fake banknotes online rocks social media

  AN ANNOUNCEMENT of the sale of counterfeit banknotes on a Facebook page shook up Thai social media with many netizens wondering whether those in their wallet are real or not, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 10). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor webpage, drew attention to this […]

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Bogus cigarettes seized in raid on three shops

ACTING on a tip-off from the Tobacco Authority of Thailand that there are shops selling counterfeit Thai and foreign cigarettes in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat city police raided three of them and arrested an equal number of suspects, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 5). Police said these three shops selling fake […]

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