A Thai woman has had an expensive lesson in Thai import duties after having had designer-brand clothing “challenged” at Suvarnabhumi Airport. She was fined 54,000 baht as she arrived at the airport from overseas when customs officials questioned her wearing expensive designer brands and travelling with luxury products in her luggage.
The woman, now based in South Korea, was stopped by customs officers as she passed through the airport on Friday, May 20 with her foreign boyfriend. It was the first time in 2 years she had visited her native Thailand.
Custom officers asked the couple to stand aside while they rummaged through their 3 suitcases and 2 carrier bags, checking luxury items such as clothing, shoes, hats, and sunglasses.
The furious woman told the media that the officers even ordered the couple to remove the luxury items they were wearing.
One officer intimated the…
