Photo via Channel 8

 

Over 50 police officers conducted a raid on an illegal entertainment complex in Pattaya, arresting 50 foreigners involved in gambling, a call centre scam, and prostitution. The raid, led by the Chon Buri Immigration Bureau, Mueang Pattaya Police, and Pattaya Administrative Office, took place at 12.30 am on June 17.

 

Located in the luxury apartment block known as Holiday, in Soi Paniad Chang, the eight-storey building housed illegal activities across its floors. The ground floor functioned as a 24-hour reception with Thai nationals as staff.

 

The second floor operated as an illegal casino, where 20 foreigners were arrested, including 16 Chinese, three Vietnamese, and one Singaporean. Police seized gambling chips worth over 1 million baht, 10 decks of cards, and various other gambling paraphernalia.

 

Accommodation spanned floors three to seven, including a luxury karaoke bar primarily serving Chinese clients, which also provided illegal sexual services. Here, 24 foreigners were arrested: 16 Chinese, two Singaporeans, one Cambodian, and five Burmese nationals.

 

The top floor housed a call centre scam operation. Six Chinese nationals were apprehended for sending ransomware to Chinese victims, encrypting data, and demanding ransoms. Police confiscated nine laptops and 15 mobile phones.

 

Gamblers face charges under Section 4 of the Gambling Act, with penalties up to three years’ imprisonment or fines of up to 5,000 baht. Foreign workers were charged with violating the Immigration Act and the Act on the Management of Foreign Workers’ Employment.

 

The call centre operators may face up to seven years in prison and a 140,000 baht fine under Section 209 of the Criminal Law for criminal group activities.

 

The raid followed insights from previous Chinese suspects and a shooting victim in the area, leading to further investigations. These arrests highlight ongoing efforts to clamp down on illegal activities in tourism hotspots like Pattaya.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-06-18

 

 

somebody may have forgot to prepare the brown envelopes  555

Handcuffed with Thaiwatsadu zip ties....hillarious!

Just more "quality" Chinese activity in Thailand.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Over 50 police officers conducted a raid on an illegal entertainment complex in Pattaya, arresting 50 foreigners involved in gambling, a call centre scam, and prostitution.

 

Now deport them.

13 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

Now deport them.

No other country would accept 50 Thai police officers.

46 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

Now deport them.

Yes, and then perhaps we can reintroduce buffet meals!

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Handcuffed with Thaiwatsadu zip ties....hillarious!

 

While I am surprised that you can see where the zip ties were purchased, zip ties are use all over the world by police forces to handcuff people, as they are lightweight, easy to use, and as strong as can be.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Accommodation spanned floors three to seven, including a luxury karaoke bar primarily serving Chinese clients, which also provided illegal sexual services. Here, 24 foreigners were arrested: 16 Chinese, two Singaporeans, one Cambodian, and five Burmese nationals.

 

The top floor housed a call centre scam operation.

Impressive.

Anyone playing bridge in that den of iniquity? 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

which also provided illegal sexual services.

I'm guess the police have never walked down soi 6?

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Over 50 police officers conducted a raid on an illegal entertainment complex in Pattaya, arresting 50 foreigners involved in gambling, a call centre scam, and prostitution.

Say it ain't true... the family friendly squeaky clean jewel in the crown Patts ?

 

1 hour ago, Trippy said:

I'm guess the police have never walked down soi 6?

Only on collection days

Illegal and criminal activity activity in Pattaya, that's absolutely astonishing, and almost boggles the mind to think that that's even possible. 

Love the headline. Who'd ever thought..... Illegal activities in Pattaya!

Are we supposed to be at all surprised or shocked that this sort of thing goes on in Thailand? I thought (as my wife's family keep telling me) "Thai people never do that!:"

A whole building full of criminal activities. Surely this did not pop up overnight. So how is it the police never knew about this place before? Ohh! Maybe they did and turned a blind eye. It takes a lot to set up such a big operation and take control over a whole building. Not something that is easily done under the radar. 

6 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

Now deport them.

And a 10 year ban!

Sorry but chips were not worth 1million baht, they may have had that as face value but you cannot sell them for that much

Wait...illegal activities...in...our lovely community of Pattaya???

 

Shocking!

After the illegal activities raid was over eveything is now run perfectly legally 🤔

 

How is it possible Thailand attracts so many dirtbags?  Every country in the world seems to send their best and brightest to Thailand

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