PUBLISHED: 18 May 2024 at 12: 56
In Pattaya beach community on Friday, ten North Korean citizens were detained during a police raid on a coffee shop-cum-gambling cave.
At 9:26 p.m., officers and officials led by Pattaya police captain Pol Col Navin Thirawit and Bang Lamung area commander Veekit Manarojkiit raided the gaming den on the second floor of Sand Coffee.
A group of immigrants were discovered playing poker in a place during the procedure. Ten gamblers, all North Korean nationals, and Phuek Prasomphan, a 46- yr- ancient Thai man who admitted to being the proprietor of the place, were arrested.
A gaming tables, boards of poker cards, cards and about 160, 000 ringgit in cash were seized.
None of the South Koreans had entered the country improperly, according to authorities who asked them to make their documents.
All defendants were taken to the Pattaya City officers place for investigation.
Decks of playing cards and chips are seized during a police attack on the latte store- cum- gambling den in Pattaya, Chon Buri province, on Friday. ( Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong )