Six alleged associates of online gambling network arrested within Bangkok
Police have imprisoned six people falsely accused of being part of an internet gambling network and seized cash as well as other assets worth regarding 46 million baht.
5 women and one man are in custody right after officers from the Law enforcement Cyber Taskforce (PCT) raided a house in Bangkok allegedly used for operating the online gambling website 888Point (Eaddy), said Pol Maj Gen Trairong Phiewphan, deputy commissioner from the Metropolitan Police Agency.
Seized were cash in US dollar banknotes really worth about 8 mil baht, coins worth 194, 000 baht, bank accounts containing twenty five. 5 million baht, 104 computers plus mobile phones and other items, for a combined total of about 35 million baht.
Other seized assets worth about 11 million baht incorporated a house in Klong Sam Wa region of Bangkok, the condominium room within Muang district of Nonthaburi, a condo room in Kannayao district of Bangkok and four cars. The money and other assets seized had a combined value of 46 mil baht, said Pol Maj Gen Trairong.
The particular six suspects were charged with colluding in operating betting and money washing.
People of the 888Poing (Eaddy) network offered on the internet gambling in several provinces including Chiang Rai, Udon Thani, Suphan Buri, Bangkok, Songkhla and Narathiwat, he said.
Pol Maj Gen Trairong Phiewphan, deputy office of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, examines a few of the items seized from your six suspects. (Photo: Wassayos Ngamkham)