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Marine police step up efforts to catch fuel smugglers

Thanachot Anuwan

Pattaya-area marine police are stepping up efforts to prevent fuel smuggling in the face of higher prices and lost tax revenue.

Maj. Gen. Suthep Detraksa, deputy commissioner for the Royal Thai Police Central Investigation Bureau, talks about increasing efforts to end fuel smuggling.

Maj. Gen. Suthep Detraksa, deputy commissioner for the Royal Thai Police Central Investigation Bureau and Maj. Gen. Chaowalit Sawangpuoet, commander in of the Marine Police, spoke to about 160 water-patrol officers May 26. They reminded officers about smuggling laws, the importance of diesel and other petroleum taxes and the need to educate business owners not to buy illegal, un-taxed fuel.

Suthep said the 12 percent excise on fuel is an important revenue source for the government, but with oil at near-record prices, smugglers are stepping up their activities and finding strong demand from people who want the lower prices that come from untaxed petrol.

Maj. Gen. Chaowalit said natural gas smuggling is also a problem and that often smugglers dilute fuel and sell at higher prices, harming consumers in order to maximize their own profits. He said stricter suppression efforts and more arrests are needed.


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