Thirty Bangkok police raid restaurant/bar area for allowing drinking after 9 pm - two shops nailed

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

A 30 strong contingent of Pathumwan police headed by station chief Pol Col Phansa Amaraphitak went to the Groove area of Central World where they found two shops allowing after hours drinking. 

 

Phansa said that his men found beer still on the table after 9 pm and the managers of the shops were being prosecuted for falling foul of the emergency decree and governor's rules. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Both shops were on the first floor of the restaurant/bar area that has 12 establishments.

 

The others had shut for the night, reported Daily News.

 

The owners of the restaurants breaking the rules would also be investigated for perhaps letting this  happen. 

 

Phansa said that it would take three days to investigate after a clip emerged earlier in the same area.

 

Daily News referred to this as the "Siri" clip without further explanation. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Elsewhere Thai media reported that there were rumors earlier that people had tested positive for Covid in the Groove area, and that Central World were quick to check out and then report that it was not true. 

 

Testing with ATK kits had confirmed this. 

 

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[Thaiwrath]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

Phansa said that his men found beer still on the table after 9 pm

Really, who would want to come here !

Absolutely pathetic !

Edited November 25, 2021 by Thaiwrath

[delgarcon]

30 police with nothing better to do! Wouldn't 2 of them have got the same result?

[KhunBENQ]

Now citizens can sleep well assured that RTP does their job meticulously.

 

Similar happend yesterday evening in Udon Thani as a mate reported.

Huge fleet of RTP and other uniformed cloth racks paraded the "entertainment zone".

As their arrival was slow and going up main road before turning in, most roller blinds went down like a lighting strike.

 

Edited November 25, 2021 by KhunBENQ

[Metapod]

Beer still on the table at 9pm. Raided and shut down. 

 

Is this the world you want to live in guys? When will you say enough is enough and stop giving in to medical tyranny? 

[yogi yogi]

what are rules in phuket i see alot of old timers drinking at outdoor bars after 9pm.  should i report them ?  

[RichardColeman]

Imagine reading this total nonsense when deciding where to book a holiday

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, delgarcon said:

30 police with nothing better to do! Wouldn't 2 of them have got the same result?

Nah they only catch one each, the rest would have done a runner.

[richard_smith237]

This needed to happen.... 

 

After playing football last week in a busy tournament, we went to very busy central world, into the Apple Shop which was crowded...  then we went to Groove for something to eat...

 

I was disgusted that some people had the audacity to have a beer with their food and even hung around after to carry on sitting at the same table, not with water, but with beer....  

 

.... I mean, don’t they know the danger they were putting themselves in by drinking beer in the same place as those who’d been engaging in physical activity in groups and hanging out in busy shopping malls ?

 

Well done the Police on protecting those who are having a beer from those of us less careful.... 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

2 hours ago, yogi yogi said:

what are rules in phuket i see alot of old timers drinking at outdoor bars after 9pm.  should i report them ?  

I think you should start a thread about it first expressing your netizens outrage.... 

[bbko]

But but but there's no mention or photos of the police arresting foreigners, is it possible the "they only go after farangs" paranoia is wrong? 

[userabcd]

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Edited November 25, 2021 by userabcd
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[shackleton]

There has to be bar owners with more money than sense to keep serving alcohol  knowing they  could be  checked on any time or some one tipping off the authorities 

[Almer]

3 days to investigate, time to find out who the owners are first

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Imagine reading this total nonsense when deciding where to book a holiday

I felt it is my social and moral duty to post it on Facebook so that people are aware of it. My friends in the UK say there is no mention of such measures and police raids in the TAT ads now being published and broadcast.

I think we should all do the same, don't you. In the spirit of fairness.

[Almer]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

This needed to happen.... 

 

After playing football last week in a busy tournament, we went to very busy central world, into the Apple Shop which was crowded...  then we went to Groove for something to eat...

 

I was disgusted that some people had the audacity to have a beer with their food and even hung around after to carry on sitting at the same table, not with water, but with beer....  

 

.... I mean, don’t they know the danger they were putting themselves in by drinking beer in the same place as those who’d been engaging in physical activity in groups and hanging out in busy shopping malls ?

 

Well done the Police on protecting those who are having a beer from those of us less careful.... 

 

 

 

richard_smith for P M

[BritManToo]

19 minutes ago, shackleton said:

There has to be bar owners with more money than sense to keep serving alcohol  knowing they  could be  checked on any time or some one tipping off the authorities 

Maybe they have nothing left to lose?

[Bangkok Barry]

18 minutes ago, shackleton said:

There has to be bar owners with more money than sense to keep serving alcohol  knowing they  could be  checked on any time or some one tipping off the authorities 

The is no mention that they were serving, only that people had beer on their table.

Phansa said that his men found beer still on the table after 9 pm

[Paul Kernell]

8 hours ago, yogi yogi said:

what are rules in phuket i see alot of old timers drinking at outdoor bars after 9pm.  should i report them ?  

No. Turn a blind eye, they maybe police.

[pagallim]

9 hours ago, yogi yogi said:

what are rules in phuket i see alot of old timers drinking at outdoor bars after 9pm.  should i report them ?  

Legally 11 p.m. in Phuket, but there are still places that are open until 1 a.m.

[tomazbodner]

They didn't need to go particularly far for this, as Groove is right across the Rama 1 road from their HQ...

Edited November 25, 2021 by tomazbodner

[GrandPapillon]

2 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

They didn't need to go particularly far for this, as Groove is right across the Rama 1 road from their HQ...

hence you know who is owning the place ????

 

[A1Str8]

1000thb each. 

[timendres]

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Maybe they have nothing left to lose?

Exactly. It would be something to see if every single establishment - restaurant, bar, etc. - just shut the doors, stopped paying rent, and went home. Let's see how much the landlords like the absurd policies being enforced.

[Caldera]

Groove, again?

 

Police in other areas seem a bit more reasonable. Last orders 9pm, but people can continue to sit and drink until 10pm or so.

[poskat]

On 11/25/2021 at 9:54 AM, Thaiwrath said:

Really, who would want to come here !

Absolutely pathetic !

if I was the tourist minister in a country that competes with thailand for tourist, I would be plastering this info across the internet and to travel agents