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This is a scam in my opinion because:

1. The amount of fine at 484 baht per packet over 200 cigarettes is ridiculously high, and it is unfair that the fine is four times higher for foreign visitors than they are for Thai people.(dual pricing is fairly common in Thailand)
2. The duty free shops are misleading foreign visitors about their allowances, and then I summise mabe even tipping off the customs.
3. In this case claiming that all the cigarettes were the foreign visitors and none of them his Thai girlfriends is deliberate manipulation to maximise the amount the ferrang is forced to pay in this trap.
4. Too many cigarettes were confiscated, even the duty free allowance of 200 per person could not be retained.
5. Initially they tried to extort an amount based on the entire quantity in his possession and not just the amount above the limit.


My advice to any ferrang contemplating a visit to Thailand or in particular a Laos Visa run, or returning from Laos to Nong Khai would be to ensure that you do not cross into Thailand with one cigarette more than the 200 cigarette limit !!!!!]]>