Unlicensed Indian club on Pattaya’s Walking Street raided
IN A LIGHTNING-FAST operation police raided a popular but unlicensed Indian club on Pattaya’s Walking Street which was packed with mostly Indian tourists with some foreign women dancing on a stage just as policemen moved in, Amarin TV said today (June 1). At 3 a.m. this morning Pol. Maj. Gen. Thitawat Suriyachai, deputy commander […]
Read MoreFour illegal hotels on Koh Phangan raided
IN ONGOING crackdown on foreigners using Thai nominees to invest in various businesses Koh Phangan police raided four hotels illegally operating on the popular tourist island and while one has shut down the other three were found to be running the business without a permit, Amarin TV said this evening (May 9). The island’s […]
Read MoreUnlicensed school on Koh Phangan raided
A TEAM of soldiers and policemen raided an unlicensed school on Koh Phangan where over a hundred foreign students, among them many from Israel, were studying and also rounded foreign teachers working there without permits, Amarin TV said today (May 2). Lt. Gen. Norathip Poinok, commander of the 4th Army Region and director of […]
Read MoreIsraeli cannabis farm in Krabi busted
A BIG team of over 50 policemen raided a cannabis farm owned and operated by Israelis in Krabi where marijuana extract containing over 0.2% THC, classifying it as a narcotic, was sold online and farm tours by tourists held with consumption allowed on site, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said this evening (Jan. […]
Read MorePhumtham leads raid on big gambling den in Don Mueang area
ACTING Prime Minister/Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai personally led a raid on a large gambling den in Don Mueang area that has a monthly turnover of 300 to 400 million baht with 200 punters rounded up, Amarin TV said this morning (Aug. 28).. This special operation, named Singh Prab Yot, was mounted by the Interior […]
Read MoreRaid on cannabis shops selling spiked jelly and chocolates
PUBLIC Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin today (July 22) launched a random inspection of 20 cannabis shops across Bangkok that are secretly selling jelly and chocolates mixed with the herb unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Thai Rath newspaper said. This is in keeping with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s order to stop illegal […]
Read MoreRaid on poker den nets 51 Thai, foreign gamblers
A RAID on a poker den at a warehouse in Bangkok’s Bangkapi district led to the arrest of 51 Thai and foreign poker players and the operator plus chips worth over 51 million baht, Thai Rath newspaper said today (March 5). Pol. Lt. Gen. Sayam Boonsom, head of the Metropolitan Police, and his team […]
Read MoreBitcoin mining dens that stole 100m baht of electricity raided
A TEAM of Department of Special Investigation (DSI) police together with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) officials raided houses and commercial buildings at several locations across Kanchanaburi that had been turned into Bitcoin mining dens and effectively stolen over 100 million baht in electricity annually, PPTVHD36 said today (Oct. 9). The raid followed a complaint […]
Read More70 million baht Bitcoin mining rig seized in Samut Sakhon raid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BITCOIN MINING activity was today (May 1) found illegally operating at a disguised factory in Samut Sakhon, police said. Seized in the police raid on the abandoned, unnamed ice-making factory in Tajin area of the capital district of Samut Sakhon were 690 computers and 17 mainframes allegedly used for […]
Read More115 gamblers nabbed, taken to court in a truck
AS MANY AS 115 gamblers were rounded up in a raid on an illegal casino in Nakhon Si Thammarat with a six-wheel truck having to make three trips to take them all to court today (Jan. 12), Amarin TV said. Acting on instruction by Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaised who had received complaints from […]
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