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Raid on Tao Poon casino fails as search warrant expires
By Coconuts Bangkok

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BANGKOK: -- Yesterday, a team of 200 Tao Poon police officers failed to raid the infamous Tao Poon casino as their search warrant expired minutes before the operation was supposed to go into effect.

Authorities received a tip that the illegal gambling house in the Bang Sue district had once again opened its doors to gamers.

They showed up at the venue at 7pm. It seems, however, that the police might have spent too long on their preparations, as the search warrant expired at 7:30pm. [more...]

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/06/27/raid-tao-poon-casino-fails-search-warrant-expires

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-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-06-27

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What's the bet there will be no official post mortem on what went wrong ? Not only was the raid an unmitigated disaster it made the BIB look even more useless than they usually do but I suspect there will be no accountability not even moves to inactive posts.

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I don't see a problem Thai law states - "that after dark police may enter a property without a search warrant if they know or have good cause to believe that a crime is being committed" - gambling is a crime I believe?

Police can't enter after dark? It's the middle of summer, what time was sunset yesterday?

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I don't see a problem Thai law states - "that after dark police may enter a property without a search warrant if they know or have good cause to believe that a crime is being committed" - gambling is a crime I believe?

yes gambling is a crime,,but not the state lottery,,,coffee1.gif

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