RELEASED: 24 Feb 2022 at 12:14
CHON BURI: Cops will propose the closure of 2 clubs in Pattaya for duplicated breaches of Covid-19 constraints after raids early Thursday early morning.
The 2 task supervisors were apprehended and charged with both serving alcohol and staying open after allowed hours.
Pol Maj Kongphol Dechakhamphu, criminal offense suppression chief for Pattaya, led the raids on the 2 clubs, both on Pattaya Sai Sam Roadway in Bang Lamung district.
A least 50 clients were dancing to music or drinking alcohol when cops went into the Apollo bar around 12.30 am. Some clients were smoking baraku. Cops bought all activities to stop and all individuals were asked to use face masks.
At the Jacky Karaoke bar, lots of clients were consuming alcohol and the space given off tobacco smoke. No one was using a face mask, cops stated.
2 individuals confessed to be handling the clubs. They deal with charges of running the clubs without a license, serving alcohols beyond allowed hours and breaking the provincial contagious illness control’s Covid-19 constraints.
Cops stated they would suggest the closure of the 2 clubs for duplicated offenses.
Authorities previously reduced alcohol constraints to permit restaurants in Pattaya to serve beverages under recommended safe-practice requirements.
Nevertheless, the 2 clubs were crowded and had bad ventilation, which increased the danger of coronavirus transmission, cops stated. Chon Buri province, which takes in the city of Pattaya, continues to see a high rate of infection.
Cops rob the Apollo bar in Pattaya in the early hours of Thursday. (Picture: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
