DSI and TISI Inspected Over 500,000 Power Outlets Without TISI Certification Hidden in a Factory in Bang Khun Thian District—Ready for a Special Case Investigation to Track Down the Main Culprit who Imported from Foreign Countries

DSI and TISI Inspected Over 500,000 Power Outlets Without TISI Certification Hidden in a Factory in Bang Khun Thian District—Ready for a Special Case Investigation to Track Down the Main Culprit who Imported from Foreign Countries

  

On Thursday, August 7, 2025, Police Major Yutthana Praedam, Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation, assigned Police Major Woranan Srilam, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Crime; Mr. Wannachai Phromrak, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Crime; Lieutenant Pachaphol Supanitchawaraphat, Head of the Consumer Protection Crime Division 1; and the officials from the Bureau of Consumer Protection Crime, to join the Ministry of Industry led by Mr. Nattapol Rangsitpol, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry; Mr. Wanchai Panomchai, Secretary-General of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI); Miss Thitipat Chotidechachainan, Head of the Minister of Industry’s working group (Sud Soi Team); and the officials from the Thai Industrial Standards Institute, to inspect the warehouse belonging to DS Tools Co., Ltd. in Bang Khun Thian District, which is used for storing, selling, and distributing industrial products.

The purpose of the inspection was to examine the industrial products that do not meet industry standards, especially over 500,000 items of the electrical plugs and sockets that had been seized. These items are being prepared for transfer to the Department of Special Investigation for a special case consideration, allowing for an expanded investigation into the network behind these non-compliant products.

The case stems from an inspection on July 23, 2025, where the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) and the Minister of Industry’s working group (Sud Soi Observation Unit) jointly inspected a warehouse belonging to DS Tools Co., Ltd. During the inspection, the authorities discovered 602,340 products—including power outlets, power plugs, power strips, and light switches—that lacked TISI certification, as well as 2,460 shower heads and faucets displaying incorrect TISI standard numbers. These products had been imported by the company without authorization. Therefore, the Thai Industrial Standards Institute officials seized the items at the warehouse and filed a police report with inquiry officers at the Thian Tale Metropolitan Police Station to serve as evidence for regulatory control and future legal proceedings.

The Bureau of Consumer Protection Crime has made a preliminary review and found that this case may qualify as a special case under the Special Case Investigation Act, B.E. 2547 (2004). The case involves offenses punishable under the Industrial Product Standards Act, B.E. 2511 (1968) and its amendments, and is believed to meet the criteria as the product value is likely ten million Baht or more, or there are more than one hundred victims, or the number of the products related to public safety or harmful to the public is above fifty-thousand units per product type. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry conducted an inspection and invited the Department of Special Investigation to cooperate in this operation.

Police Major Woranan Srilam, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Crime noted that “Violating industrial product standards, particularly with substandard electrical accessories like plugs, is an offense that has a widespread impact on the public as they are common household items. We have often seen news of fires caused by substandard electrical equipment. This time, the items were discovered in a distribution warehouse, which represents the midstream process. There must also be a downstream process, which is a distribution to consumers, and an upstream process, which involves manufacturing or importing.

 “Police Major Yutthana Praedam, Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation, has assigned the Bureau of Consumer Protection Crime, to collaborate with the Ministry of Industry and the Thai Industrial Standards Institute, to decisively crack down and take legal actions against the offenders. This case is considered particularly significant, where the Minister of Industry personally visited the area and assigned the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry to inspect alongside the related agencies.”