The Customs Department reaped 424.53 million baht from selling 295 smuggled cars and motorcycles at an auction at its headquarters in Bangkok on Tuesday, with the top price of 14.2 million baht paid for a Mercedes-Maybach 57.
Director-general Kulit Sombatsiri said on Thursday that at the first auction in fiscal 2016, the department sold 295 of all 338 vehicles put on the block.
The highest price was 14.2 million baht for the 2005 black Mercedes-Maybach 57, with a starting price of 6.63 million baht.
The second highest price was 13.3 million baht for a 2012 black Bentley Continental GT with a starting price of 7.93 million baht, followed by 11.2 million baht for an orange Bentley of the same series, year and starting price.
Among motorcycles, the top price was 2.1 million baht for a 2007 black BMW with the starting price of 578,000 baht, followed by 1.70 million baht for a white-blue Harley Davidson with the starting price of 318,000 baht, and 1.55 million baht for another black BMW with a starting price of 578,000 baht.
In fiscal 2015 ending in September last year, the Customs Department earned 1 billion baht from two such auctions, Mr Kulit said.