Popular Post webfact Posted January 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2019 The night they raided the ‘56’ By The Nation A Bangkok pub is likely to be closed after a Sunday morning raid found it unlicensed, open too late and with patrons stocked up and loaded up with illegal drugs. A team from the Provincial Administration Department and other officials raided the 56 Arena Music Hall on Charoenrat Road in Bang Kho Laem district, Thon Buri, at 2.30am, sending half of the estimated 800 patrons scurrying out the back door when the lights went on. They detained 114 people on suspicion and all later tested positive for illicit drug use. The authorities are considering shutting the place down for five years as per National Council for Peace and Order decree 22/2558. Two hundred small sealed plastic bags of crystal meth, 45 of ketamine and nine of ecstasy were found scattered around the floor in various locations, including in the toilets. Patrons had to undergo a urine test, resulting in 78 men and 36 women showing signs of taking illegal drugs. Two were under 20, one under 18. Saengpratheep Komolbutr, inspector-general of the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection, who led the raid, said complaints had been received about drug use at the pub and late closing times. The owner, whose name was not released, was charged with operating without a licence, selling alcohol beyond legal hours and to persons under 20, advertising alcohol, allowing entry to persons under 20, and allowing drug use on the premises. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30362571 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-21 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Oh no! More shocking news this morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted January 20, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2019 UPDATE: Five police officers transferred after raid on pub By Kittipong Maneerit The Nation Five senior officers at Bangkok’s Wat Phraya Krai Police Station were transferred to inactive posts with immediate effect pending a probe result over alleged negligence after a Sunday morning raid of a pub in their jurisdiction found wrongdoings. The pub faces closure for five years. The transferred policemen were precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Kosit Boonthawee, two deputies Pol Lt-Colonel Pipat Boonpitak and Pol Lt-Colonel Chanan Prempleumchit, and two inspectors Pol Lt-Colonel Chanwit Eiumla-or and Pol Major Pornchai Sukcharoen. Metropolitan Police Division 5 chief Pol Maj-General Mongkol Warunno confirmed that police would push to have this pub closed for five years as per National Council for Peace and Order order No 22/2558. The 56 Arena Music Hall on Charoenrat Road in Bang Kho Laem district, Thon Buri, was raided at 2.30am by a team from the Provincial Administration Department and other officials. They found the pub to be unlicensed, open too late and 114 patrons (78 men and 36 women) tested positive for illicit drug use. Two other patrons were under 20. The authorities also collected 200 small sealed plastic bags of crystal meth, 45 of ketamine and nine of ecstasy from the floor. The raid followed complaints filed at the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection about drug use at the pub and its late closing times. The pub owner, whose name was not released, was charged with operating the facility without a licence, selling alcohol beyond legal hours and to persons aged under 20, advertising alcohol, allowing entry to persons under 20, and allowing drug use on the premises. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30362586 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-21 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dinsdale Posted January 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: Five senior officers at Bangkok’s Wat Phraya Krai Police Station were transferred to inactive posts with immediate effect pending a probe result over alleged negligence Checked my thesaurus and negligence is not a synonym for corruption.???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted January 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, dinsdale said: Checked my thesaurus and negligence is not a synonym for corruption.???? It is if you get money for being negligent ???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted January 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2019 Over half of the patrons scurried out the back door? Not a well organised raid then? How can a club of this size operate without a licence ever being held or checked... Rhetorical question! Corruption rules ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Buddhists dont take drugs. Oh wait..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seancbk Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Wow that place looks awesome! rather annoyed I didn't know about it sooner. The only thing I don't get is why it has no dance floor. Just drinking and eating is ok, but I like to dance as well if there is a good DJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 How long it was allowed to operate like this,will tell you a lot about why it was shut down earlier. regards Worgeordie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 23 minutes ago, seancbk said: Wow that place looks awesome! rather annoyed I didn't know about it sooner. The only thing I don't get is why it has no dance floor. Just drinking and eating is ok, but I like to dance as well if there is a good DJ. Thais dance beside their table. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibukid Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, seancbk said: Wow that place looks awesome! rather annoyed I didn't know about it sooner. The only thing I don't get is why it has no dance floor. Just drinking and eating is ok, but I like to dance as well if there is a good DJ. Thai's are not into dancing. content to sit and get drunk. sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 The unguarded back door is for the HI-SOs.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ParadiseLost Posted January 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hardly a "Pub"? More like a club. 2 hours ago, oldrunner said: The unguarded back door is for the HI-SOs.. Same can be said for most 'ladies'.... ???? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 10 hours ago, webfact said: Sunday morning raid found it unlicensed, open too late and with patrons stocked up and loaded up with illegal drugs. Here is a business model that works. Unfortunately there is no legal way to cater for a crowd like this - who are basically harming nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Every single one on the gear 5 more plodding along on inactive posts what a fiasco ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 800 kids galloping out the back door at high speed is a stampede. Now that I would have liked to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Oh dear..who forgot the monthly brown envelope............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 9 hours ago, malibukid said: Thai's are not into dancing. content to sit and get drunk. sad. Do you never see Thai people dancing??? that can only mean you never go out Thai people love dancing but they don't need a dance floor And please close it down for five years so other pubs can see the need prober license and follow the rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 6 hours ago, ParadiseLost said: Here is a business model that works. Unfortunately there is no legal way to cater for a crowd like this - who are basically harming nobody. Please explain 'basically'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 6 hours ago, holy cow cm said: 800 kids galloping out the back door at high speed is a stampede. Now that I would have liked to see. We can all be thankful that this illegal club had some back doors (fire escapes), and they weren't locked. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/4075439/Bangkok-Blaze-nightclub-had-no-licence-or-safety-measures.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Of course, having the Military involved ruled out RTP attendance!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 to operate such large club without a license, must be partly own by the police or politician in that area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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