Picture: Thai Rath
Thai Rath reported on a press conference attended by RTP deputy commander Gen Roy Inkhaphairoj who gave details of a Songkran crime crackdown from 8th to 14th April.
In total 44,833 were arrested in cases involving gambling, drugs, guns, prostitution and online crime.
Main point of interest was that 777 people had been caught under the banner of sharing and starting fake news.
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Gambling caused 5,810 arrests, drugs 10,420, guns 2,334 and prostitution 233.
More than 12,000 arrest warrants were served.
Most of the rest of the crime involved contraventions of the immigration law.
Apart from those arrested for spreading fake news,a further 2,440 people were caught engaging in online gambling and hundreds more were arrested for online money and goods' swindles.