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Bangkok Post
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Joint operation nets 26 illegal cars

Customs officials inspect a Mercedes-Benz at the Bangkok Free Trade Zone in Samut Prakan province during a conference held by the Customs Department and the Department of Special Investigation in June 2017. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has seized 26 supercars illegally imported from England as part of Operation Titanium, a years-long investigation aiming to track down the vehicles and those involved in the crime, said Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin.

On Monday, Mr Somsak, together with DSI director-general Trairit Temahiwong and his deputy Pol Lt Col Phayao Thongsen, told members of the press that a total of 26 out of 35 supercars have been seized by Thai police in the past few years.

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