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Cooking gas gang caught red-handed

Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 09.18
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SA KAEO - Three suspects were caught red-handed while trying to smuggle 244 cooking gas cylinders into neighbouring Cambodia through Aranyaprathet district of this province, police said Wednesday.

A police team cracking down on the illegal energy trade received a report at that a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) smuggling gang would cross the Thai-Cambodian border, Pol Col Worapong Thongpaibul, the team leader said.

A combined force of police and military rangers was deployed to the suspected smuggling route in Ban Toon. A six-wheeled truck laden with 244 15kg LPG cylinders arrived shortly after.

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mitrapaap
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Discussion 4 : 14 Mar 2013 at 13.164
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A combined force of police and military rangers to ask: "can I see your export permit please?"

I guess it is the only way to prevent the one lonely officer that would be necessary under normal circumstances to accept some cash to divert his attention from the missing papers. You can hardly bribe a combined force of police and military.
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Discussion 3 : 14 Mar 2013 at 11.013
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I am slightly confused: 'smuggeling cooking gas'? What next?
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Discussion 2 : 14 Mar 2013 at 09.572
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It’s good to see that sometimes the police do their job. This time they arrested some smugglers who would have made a couple of thousand baht. I wish there would be more police teams who observe and arrest the big criminals in this county who make million and billions. I am sure many of them are known to the police but somehow some investigations just never happen...
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Discussion 1 : 14 Mar 2013 at 09.441
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Laughable!

- "A police team cracking down on the illegal energy trade"

- "A combined force of police and military rangers was deployed...244 15kg LPG cylinders arrived shortly after."

'Hello, is anybody home!?'

The energy trade corruption is at the top levels and raking in hundreds of millions and probably billions, not 244 LPG cylinders.

All for show. Like saying there will be another major crackdown on the drug trade and arresting people sniffing glue.
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