SONGKHLA, Jan 9 (TNA) – Police have arrested two sellers
of banned electric cigarettes and seized more than 8,000 vaping devices worth
5-6 million baht in a raid in southern Songkhla province.
The two sellers allegedly advertise and distribute
e-cigarettes that have been banned in Thailand since 2014 via their Facebook
page.
After buyers placed their orders and made payments, they
would mail the items to addresses across Thailand, police said.
During the raid, customer protection police and Hat Yai
police seized 8,475 sets of vaping devices, parts and vaping liquid that have
been smuggled from Malaysia.
Thai police have launched a crackdown on e-cigarettes since
last year while there is still widely debated about the call for legalization
of e-cigarettes.(TNA)
