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[mahendra]

Hello one of my cousin Kailesh Shah form Silvasa posted to us so for general inf to all pasting it here tnx good night


  > Unbelievable,
> but please be aware AND pass it on to colleagues
>
>
>
> All those who travel a lot, please be very, very careful.
> Read ahead...
>
> An Indian was detained in Bangkok for stealing a box of
> cigarettes in a duty-free shop in Bangkok International
> Airport . He had paid for chocolates and a carton of
> cigarettes. The cashier put a packet of cigarettes extra
> into his bag and he thought it was a free pack. He was
> arrested for shop-lifting and the Thai Police extortion
> price was 30,000 Baht for his release. He spent two nights
> in jail and paid 500 Baht for an air-conditioned cell,
> 200-300 baht for each visitor and 11,000 baht for his final
> release. The Police shared the money in front of his eyes.
> On top of that, he was charged in court and fined 2,000 baht
> by the magistrate and handcuffed and escorted to his plane.
> His passport was stamped "Thief". While there, his
> relatives requested help from the Indian Embassy and was
> told that they are helpless, many Asians are victimized
> similarly daily and letters and phone-calls to the Thai
> authorities are ignored. He shared a cell with a Singaporean
> the first night who paid 60,000 baht for his release. The
> second night was a Malaysian national who paid 70,000 baht.
>
>
>
> Mind you this was not in a shanty shop in downtown Bangkok
> but in a duty free shop at the Bangkok Int'l Airport .
> BE WARNED. The above is 100% correct information because
> Mr.Rajan Khera's customer from India faced exactly the
> same scenario mentioned above when he was in transit at
> Bangkok Int'l Airport coming to Taipei .
>
>
>
> Someone who went through the same ordeal in Dubai . He
> bought stuff at the Duty Free upon entering. The girl at
> Duty Free put a bottle of cologne in his shopping bag (he
> did not even see it happen). He was arrested for stealing
> (this is before he even picked up his luggage). He sat at
> the airport jail (where he was harassed for the whole day.
> (NO FOOD, NO WATER) for one day and only after he paid a
> fine (bribe of US 500...). That is all the cash he had in
> his pocket at the time. They let him go. These are scams
> that are happening all over the place. Please BE CAREFUL!
> All of this is pre-planned and the people who work at the
> airport know who to target.
>
>
>
> Unbelievable but apply caution.... the duty free employees
> intentionally put extra items to scam the passenger and we
> think that our country is the most corrupted
> one.....
>
>
>
> ALWAYS TAKE A RECEIPT
> FOR ANY FREE GIFT THAT THE DUTY FREE SHOP GIVES.  PLEASE BE
> CAREFUL AND WATCHFUL WHEN YOU ARE BEING BILLED AND ITEMS
> PACKED IN INTERNATIONAL AIR PORTS (DUTY FREE
> SHOPS).