{"id":15059,"date":"2021-02-22T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15059"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:38:22","slug":"thai-police-raid-two-more-online-gambling-hqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-police-raid-two-more-online-gambling-hqs","title":{"rendered":"Thai police raid two more online gambling HQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police have arrested 12 people in the latest raid on an online gambling operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- <strong>Police in Thailand have raided the headquarters of another two online gambling operations,<\/strong> arresting 12 people in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police obtained a court warrant on Saturday to raid a <strong>rented house in the Bang Kapi district.<\/strong> They confiscated <strong>eight computers, a money counting machine, 95 passbooks, 19 mobile phones and 6.2m baht in cash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man and two women, allegedly the administrators of around two-dozen gambling sites, were arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a second raid on Sunday,\u00a0<strong>the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) raided a commercial building and a house<\/strong> linked to online gambling activities in the <strong>Nikhom Phatthana district.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested four men and five women who face charges of colluding to encourage gambling and <strong>seized 10 computers and several mobile phones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-cracks-down-on-illegal-gambling-dens\" target=\"_blank\">Gambling dens<\/a><\/em><\/strong> are frequently raided in Thailand where most gaming activity is still illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been mentioned that <strong>Thailand could consider the possibility of<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-may-debate-legalisation-of-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">legalising gambling<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as a way to tackle the problem of illegal gambling dens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested 12 people in the latest raid on an online gambling operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thai police conducted two separate raids on illegal online gambling operations, leading to the arrest of 12 individuals and the confiscation of significant assets, including 6.2 million baht in cash. 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