webfact Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 21 arrested in raids on suspected gambling dens in Bangkok By THE NATION Twenty-one people have been arrested on charges of gambling following raids on five suspected venues in Bangkok. “On January 8-9, officials investigated five locations in Bangkok suspected of running gambling operations,” Pol Maj-General Jiraphop Phuridet, deputy chief of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), said on Sunday. “This operation is a part of the National Police chief’s policy to eliminate gambling dens nationwide to reduce the risk of Covid-19 spreading among the public.” The five suspected gambling dens that were raided are: 1. An unnamed car care centre in Soi Sirithorn 1 in Bang Plad district. Officials arrested four suspects who were playing a card game and confiscated a deck of cards and some cash. 2. A building on Nakhon Chaisri Road in Dusit district. Officials found several gambling equipment including cards, dice, plastic chips, and cash but no gamblers. 3. A house near Tesco Lotus Rama I in Pathumwan district. Officials arrested four suspects who were allegedly playing high-low bets via mobile application. The mobile telephones and some cash were confiscated. 4. A rental room in Khlong Kwang community in Yannawa district. Officials arrested four suspects for allegedly playing a card game and confiscated a deck of cards and some cash. 5. A house in Soi Rimthangrotfai 3 in Thonburi district. Officials have arrested nine suspects who were playing high-low bets via mobile application and confiscated mobile telephones and some cash. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401035 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2021-01-11 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted January 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2021 This must be fake news, as dear Ole Prawit says there are no gambling dens in Bangkok. Now as he is a deputy PM, he must be speaking the truth. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phuketshrew Posted January 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2021 I see they are going after the "low hanging fruit", probably because the larger gambling dens are controlled by influential people and the BIB. How long before we see a group of bridge playing pensioners busted? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Four people having a game of cards thats serious <deleted> that is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 These places are all backyard type events and venues...people playing cards..betting on cell phones....even the people behind me have card games every day! The professional gambling set-ups, casinos, probably won't make headlines for a while...these places make too much money to be shut down....PM probes or not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 21 hours ago, colinneil said: This must be fake news, as dear Ole Prawit says there are no gambling dens in Bangkok. Now as he is a deputy PM, he must be speaking the truth. I think his pants are on fire! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 23 hours ago, webfact said: 1. An unnamed car care centre 2. A building on Nakhon Chaisri Road 3. A house 4. A rental room 5. A house 6. A condo room in Bangkok. SWAT officers have arrested one foreigner playing Solitaire on his Windows 10 PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I see we are being refocussed away from slave labour from Myanmar organised by the police and towards gambling dens (coincidentally also organised by the police). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 3 hours ago, klauskunkel said: 6. A condo room in Bangkok. SWAT officers have arrested one foreigner playing Solitaire on his Windows 10 PC. But they left the man standing at the corner with his table playing 3 card Monte with the crowd surrounding him, and betting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 10:56 AM, ChipButty said: Four people having a game of cards thats serious <deleted> that is My thought as well - a gambling den???? This is what I call a gambling den:- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 No 2 must have got the "tip off" Remind me to lock my 2 packs of cards in the safe before someone sees them. Any idea until business as usual ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Jabba the Hutt said there was no gambling dens in Bangkok so this is clearly fake news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 There was a thread running recently (can’t find it now) from a guy who wanted to ‘grass someone up’ to the police... Is this the result ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangyai Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Closing gambling dens is like playing whack a mole. So long as there are brown envelopes for those in brown they will continue to pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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