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Police Bust Online Gambling & Scam Network in Sisaket

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Police and provincial officials have raided two houses in Sisaket province used as a base for online gambling and scam operations, arresting 14 suspects including three Taiwanese nationals and eleven Thais. Authorities seized a large quantity of evidence including mobile phones, bank books, SIM cards and vehicles, with some suspects also testing positive for drug use.

 

The operation was announced on 6 November at Mueang Sisaket Police Station by Pol Maj Gen Supachai Sakrinpanichkul, Commander of Sisaket Provincial Police, alongside provincial governor representative Sukit Luangsakolthai. The joint police and administrative team uncovered the network operating within a housing estate in Pho Subdistrict, Mueang District, allegedly serving as a control centre for bank accounts linked to an online gambling website and payment gateway system.

 

Among those detained were four suspects aged between 17 and 23 accused of organising or promoting the sale, rental, or loan of bank accounts and electronic cards for criminal use, in violation of Section 10 of the 2023 Royal Decree on Measures to Prevent and Suppress Technological Crime. Ten others were charged under Section 9 of the same law for allowing their accounts, electronic cards, or mobile phone numbers to be used for illegal activities.

 

Additional charges were filed against several suspects. The ninth suspect, aged 21, was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and carrying a weapon in public without authorisation. The tenth suspect, aged 19, faced charges of possessing ketamine for personal use, while ten of the Thai suspects tested positive for the drug.

 

Officers confiscated a total of 110 mobile phones, 90 bank account books, numerous SIM cards, one improvised firearm, a small packet of ketamine, two motorbikes, three cars and a gold necklace. Authorities said the network appeared to be part of a broader transnational scheme, with links to online payment control systems used to launder criminal proceeds.

 

The suspects and all seized evidence have been handed over to investigators at Mueang Sisaket Police Station for further legal proceedings. Officials stated that the case highlights ongoing cooperation between police and provincial administrations in enforcing Thailand’s new cybercrime laws, aimed at disrupting online fraud and money-laundering activities.

 

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Key Takeaways

 

• Fourteen suspects, including three Taiwanese, were arrested in Sisaket for online gambling and scam-related offences.

• Evidence seized included 110 phones, 90 bank books, and narcotics, with some suspects testing positive for ketamine.

• Police say the network was part of a wider transnational scam and money-laundering operation.

 

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