BERLIN: The Customs Department has earned more than 1 billion baht from two auctions of seized vehicles this year, said department chief Somchai Sajjapong.
In the latest auction 535 confiscated vehicles were put on the block. The department sold 480 of them — 380 cars and 100 motorcycle – collecting 670 million baht.
Fetching the highest price was a black 2006 Rolls-Royce Phantom, which started bidding at 6.8 million baht and sold for of 25 million baht. Second was the 17.1 million baht sale price of a brown 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo, which started at 11.8 million baht. A red 2002 Ferrrari 458 sold for 16.5 million baht, up from its 5.8-million-baht opening bid.
In an earlier auction, the department raised 337.1 million baht.