Authorities raid suspected gambling den during Coronavirus lockdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Thailand.- Twenty three people in Lampang, Thailand were arrested on Saturday for gambling in a coffee shop while under lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Led by governor Narongsak Osottanakorn, police and administrative officials raided the premises following complaints that the coffee shop beside a rice field near Phra Bat was being used as a makeshift casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When police arrived, the gamblers fled from the shop into bushes and a rice field. Some gambling equipment and betting stakes were seized at the scene by the police and officials as evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty-three of the suspects were caught, of which 18 were women and five were men. They were all reported to be aged between 30 to 60 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once in police custody, they took a temperature check and urine test to check for Coronavirus symptoms. None were found to be feverish, and only one person tested positive for drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thailand currently has strict policies in place to curb the threat of Coronavirus in the country, including an executive decree against crowds gathering and an imposition of a night curfew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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