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2 more illegal cosmetic
importers raided by DSI
Teerarak Suthathiwong
The Department of Special Investigations raided two more
Pattaya-area health products companies, seizing caches of illegally imported
cosmetics and herbal medicines.
DSI officers and Ratikorn Prasertthaicharoen, a pharmacist for the Consumer
Protection Group of Chonburi’s Public Health Department, hit Parinya Herbal
Products on Soi Nongkrabok and Siam Spa Extra Virgin in South Pattaya Jan.
7.
In addition to the cosmetics, herbal medicines, and food supplements, DSI
officers were also looking for Russian tour guides at the behest of the
Pattaya Tour Guide Club, which had complained illegal foreign guides were
stealing jobs from Thais. A similar DSI raid on the Vitamax mall Dec. 23 -
the same day the tour guide group filed its complaint - netted 22 arrests of
Russian guides.
The latest crackdowns, however, uncovered no Russian guides at either site.
Police did seize, however, boxes of products lacking proper labels and
licenses and which presumably had not been taxed upon import.
The shop owners were charged with violations of the Food and Drug Act and
the Cosmetic Act of Thailand.
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