Police beef up fight against vice and illegal racing

[Lite Beer]

Police beef up fight against vice and illegal racing
THE SUNDAY NATION

Two riders are stopped at a police checkpoint in Pathum Thani that was mainly set up to intercept illegal street racers.

BANGKOK: -- POLICE are continuing measures to tackle youths using alcohol and drugs and engaging in illegal street racing, with checkpoints set up in nine provinces from 11pm to 6am to target racers.

National police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang instructed police in Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Ayutthaya, Chon Buri, Chachoengsao, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram to set up the checkpoints and he also told officers to be on the lookout for illegally modified vehicles, weapons and drugs.

In Chon Buri's Muang district, police, Army personnel and administrative officials late Friday night erected checkpoints on the seaside road and at Tambon Bang Sai Municipality, areas known for street racing activities from Friday to Sunday. They seized some 200 motorcycles.

Meanwhile, Pol Lt-General Prawut Thawornsiri, an assistant to the national police chief, led police to inspect two entertainment venues near Kasetsart University in Bangkok's Chatuchak district at around |1am yesterday following |complaints that they served |many underage people. Police rounded up 76 patrons aged under 20.

Prawut said the two pubs did not have an entertainment-venue licence but merely an alcohol-sales licence, meaning they were allowed to only sell alcohol until midnight.

However, the bars sold the booze beyond the legal time, including to underage patrons, he said.

Police have slapped the owners with four charges each - operating entertainment venues without permission; selling alcohol to persons aged under 20; selling alcohol beyond the legal time; and allowing people to smoke inside the premise.

Prawut said the operation was in accordance with the government's policy to tackle alcohol sales near schools and universities.

He said he would ask the Excise Department not to issue an alcohol licence to restaurants located too near to an educational institute.

Previously, the Centre for Alcohol Studies reported that 2,869 alcohol retailers were operating within a 500-metre radius of 15 universities, mainly in Bangkok, and the number of liquor outlets near universities had increased 72 per cent in the past five years.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-beef-up-fight-against-vice-and-illegal-raci-30262275.html

-- The Nation 2015-06-14

[khwaibah]

So its screw the other 68 provinces.

[Just1Voice]

So its screw the other 68 provinces.

Other Provinces? OMG, you mean there's more to Thailand than just BKK and the surrounding areas???

[redandyellow]

These brief Crackdowns quickly fizzle..

Signed,

The Standard Deviancy

[Just1Voice]

Sorry, but the photo just doesn't fit with the story. The two guys pictured are riding big bikes, not the souped-up modified scooters the racers use.

[little mary sunshine]

Step in the right direction. First offense, confiscate bike, Impound at 100B

Per day storage fee, Fine of 2000B. (Regardless of who Daddy is or knows).

Second offense suspend license 6 months, 5000B fine....word would get out

And these kids might think twice before being so stupid.

[Oziex1]

If I were the big boss handing out instructions that in reality equate to go out and do the job your supposed to do,

I would be asking a few questions as to why this has not been done, not been ongoing and attacked effectively and creatively why did the situation get to this level, and so on.

Of course this place is a little different than other Countries as far as law enforcement goes.

[gandalf12]

Is there another section to this as the headline, vice and illegal racing, if not it doesnt seem to be corrct as it doesnt add up. Surely it shoud be illegal drinking and racing. The word Vice appears to be added in for no apparent reason

[Suradit69]

If I were the big boss handing out instructions that in reality equate to go out and do the job your supposed to do,

I would be asking a few questions as to why this has not been done, not been ongoing and attacked effectively and creatively why did the situation get to this level, and so on.

Of course this place is a little different than other Countries as far as law enforcement goes.

"Of course this place is a little different than other Countries as far as law enforcement goes."

Yes, it's not as if "vice" and motorcycle nut cases have been brought under control in other countries.

In Texas, for example, they rely on such policing tactics as sending memos and "encouraging" miscreants to please stop now.

Waco, Texas (CNN)A memo has gone out to law enforcement in the wake of Sunday's shooting, warning officers that members of the Bandidos and Cossacks motorcycle gangs reportedly had been instructed to arm themselves and travel to north Texas.

"Obviously it's something we're concerned about. We would encourage biker groups to stand down. There's been enough bloodshed. There's been enough death here,"

Edited June 14, 2015 by Suradit69

[Jonmarleesco]

'Prawut said the two pubs did not have an entertainment-venue licence ... He said he would ask the Excise Department not to issue an alcohol licence to restaurants located too near to an educational institute.' Is the issue, or not, of a licence going to make any difference?

[Jonmarleesco]

Step in the right direction. First offense, confiscate bike, Impound at 100B

Per day storage fee, Fine of 2000B. (Regardless of who Daddy is or knows).

Second offense suspend license 6 months, 5000B fine....word would get out

And these kids might think twice before being so stupid.

In order to think twice, they first have to think.