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Every policeman worth his salt in Chonburi and Pattaya was in attendance this morning in a very well publicized raid of a gambling den in two rented rooms of a Jomtien condo.
All the top brass were there flexing their muscles in a show of force against foreigners, illegal gambling and most of all, flagrant disregard for the Covid-19 regulations.
The raid at 1 am in Sai 2 was led by Region 2 chief Maj-Gen Thiti Saengsawang accompanied by the head of the Chonburi provincial police Pol Col Ekkaphop Inthaweewat.
There were also men from all three local Pattaya constabularies - the Pattaya force itself, Nong Prue and Bang Lamung.
International crime officers swelled the ranks of the raiding party.
Arrested were 21 gamblers - 14 Chinese, 5 Thais, I Cambodian and one Singaporean. Taken into evidence were gambling tables, cards and chips.
Ekkaphop said this was a state and national RTP measure against the spread of the virus. He said that the gamblers - most of them foreigners - had a flagrant disregard for the spread of the virus.
They were playing poker style games.
Two rooms on the fifth floor of the building - 517 and 518 - had been rented on a daily basis.
The inquiry would be expanded.
We Love Pattaya reported that five of the Chinese were on overstay and the Cambodian had entered Thailand illegally.
They will all be facing charges related to both gambling and contravention of the Covid emergency decree.
Source: We Love Pattaya
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