Illegal products from China seized at Bangkok warehouses
published : 3 Sep 2025 at 08:15
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Consumer protection police raided two warehouses in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district and seized goods smuggled from China worth over 10 million baht.
The products were sold online and had no Thai labels, prompting customers to report to them to police.
Police searched the two warehouses on Monday after concluding they were being used to store contraband goods.
A large range of illegal products were found during the raids, in Samae Dam area of Bang Khun Thian district. They included potentially hazardous household goods (mosquito repellent and disinfectants), cosmetics (hair dye, sanitary pads and lipstick) and food (puddings and fruit juice), with the total value exceeding 10 million baht.
All of them lacked registration numbers or labels issued by the Thai Food and Drugs Administration (FDA).
The FDA said people should look for the Thai-language label and FDA logo before buying goods.
Vocabulary
- contraband: goods that are brought into or taken out of a country illegally - สินค้าเถื่อน, ของเถื่อน, สินค้าที่ถูกลักลอบเข้ามาอย่างผิดกฎหมาย
- cosmetics: substances that you put on your face or body which are intended to improve its appearance - เครื่องสำอาง
- hazardous: dangerous, especially to people’s health or safety - ที่เป็นอันตราย
- label (noun): a piece of paper, etc. that is attached to something and that gives information about it - ฉลาก, แถบ
- logo: a printed design or symbol that a company or an organization uses as its special sign - โลโก้, เครื่องหมาย
- prompt: to cause something to happen or be done - ก่อให้เกิด
- raid: to use force to enter a place suddenly in order to arrest people or search for something such as illegal weapons or drugs - บุกเข้าจับ, เข้าตรวจค้น
- seize: to take something using official power and force - จับกุม
- warehouse: a large building for storing things - โกดังสินค้า, คลังสินค้า, โรงพัสดุ
