RELEASED: 9 Jan 2021 at 13:46
CHON BURI: Twenty-one individuals, 16 of whom were immigrants, were apprehended throughout a raid on a condo in Pattaya beach city in the early hours of Saturday.
A combined group of Pattaya cops, traveler cops and health authorities collectively robbed Espana Condo & & Resort on Jomtien Sai 2 in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district around 1am on Saturday.
They acted upon details that prohibited betting was held there, stated Pol Maj Gen Thiti Saengsawang, acting chief of Chon Buri cops who led the raid.
The group discovered 21 individuals were betting inside spaces No. 517 and 518 on the 5th flooring of the condo. The 21 individuals collared were 14 Chinese, 5 Thais, a Singaporean and a Cambodian. Gaming tables, chips and decks of cards were taken.
Gaming cards and other products are taken throughout a raid on 2 condo spaces in Pattaya, Chon Buri. (Image by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
An officer associated with the raid stated the operation belonged to a policy to consist of re-emerging Covid-19.
All were kept in cops custody for legal action. An examination was being encompassed discover those associated with running it.
A preliminary examination discovered 5 of the Chinese overstayed their visas and the Cambodian had actually gotten in the nation unlawfully. They were asked to take health tests for coronavirus infections.
Authorities were extending the examination to discover those associated with holding it.
