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The DSI is hot (zing!) on the trail of an illegal super-car importer whose latest shipment went up in flames last week.
Though DSI chief Tarit Pengdith has refrained from identifying the person who hired an automobile mover to carry six, illegally imported super-cars into Si Sa Ket, the investigator said that he nonetheless knew the identity of this person.
The cars, which were burnt last week, provided evidence of a widespread tax evasion scheme. Importers have apparently been retrofitting super-cars with liquid natural gas fuel systems, in order to sneak them past the customary inspections given to petroleum-fueled cars, and the taxes attendant thereon. When the super-cars have been safely shipped to their buyers, these fuel systems are then swapped out for the cars’ original means of propulsion.
In the wake of last week’s fire, the DSI has assiduously pursued luxury car owners who they believe to be in on the scheme. The Bangkok Post reports that in the past week, the DSI has confiscated 126 luxury cars, which it will investigate for evidence of tax fraud.
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