Huge Illegal Lottery Operation Raided In East Pattaya

Huge illegal lottery operation raided in East Pattaya

PATTAYA:-- Acting on the usual information from an unnamed source and armed with a warrant, a major raid was launched by officers led by Police Lieutenant-General Tanae, the commissioner of Region 2, on a house in East Pattaya from where it was suspected an illegal lottery operation was being coordinated. The information proved spot on as officers raided the house and discovered 68 people manning phones and fax machines and writing down lots of numbers into a variety of books. The main target of the operation was a 41-year-old man who was said to be the mastermind behind the illegal lottery business. The arrested man said he started up in the illegal lottery caper only three months ago after being involved in illegal money-lending in Chantaburi province. When that became a little tenuous he decided to change businesses but preferred to stay outside the legal framework and began his illegal lottery operation.

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-- Pattaya One 2011-08-17

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