Contraband foreign cigarettes seized in Sa Kaeo

Sa Kaeo excise chief Sudjai Khonthat announces the seizure of contraband foreign cigarettes from the bank of a canal along the Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo, on Wednesday. (Photo: Sa Kaeo excise office, Aranyaprathet branch Facebook page)

Almost 39,000 packs of contraband foreign cigarettes of various brands have been seized from a canal-side on the Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo.

They were found in 49 sacks discovered by excise officials, border patrol police and soldiers from the Burapha task force alongside a canal behind Phan Suek border village on Wednesday.