PUBLISHED : 17 Oct 2023 at 04:00
Over the past three years, there has been a 20-fold increase in the number of arrests made for the smuggling of pig products.
Phantong Loykulnanta, principal advisor on duty collection management and development at the Customs Department, provided statistics on the arrests regarding the illegal import of pigs and pork products. He said 14 people had been detained over pig products weighing 236,177 kilogrammes in fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2022, 25 people had been detained over pig products weighing 431,660 kilogrammes. So far in fiscal 2023, 181 people had been…
