32 detained in illegal-booze bust
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Public Health Ministry alcohol-control officials arrested 32 people on suspicion of violating the Alcohol Control Act 2008 during inspections in the North, Northeast and South from December 29 to 31, a ministry official said.
Twenty-one of the cases were in the Northeast.
Most were charged with illegal advertising and marketing of alcohol, punishable by one year in jail and/or up to Bt500,000 in fines, said Dr Saman Futrakul, director of the Disease Control Department’s Office of Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Consumption Control Committee.
On December 31 alone, 17 suspected violators of the act were arrested, he said.
