Cambodian Arrested in Thai Border Gambling Bust
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Cambodian Arrested in Thai Border Gambling Bust
Major online gambling network busted, housed in cargo containers
published : 5 Feb 2021 at 15:43
Police have busted a major online gambling operation working from converted shipping containers in a village on the border with Cambodia, and taking bets from tens of thousands of punters each day.
Thirty-four people were arrested on charges of running online gambling websites, with wagers totalling more than one billion baht, during the police raid in Pong Nam Ron district, in Chanthaburi province.
The gambling operations were housed inside four converted shipping containers at Pak Kad border village.
They were raided on Thursday by officers of the Central Investigation Bureau and immigration as part of operation “Chanthaburi online", Pol Lt Gen Torsak Sukwimol, the CIB chief, said on Friday.
They arrested 17 men and 17 women. A total of 69 computers and 101 mobile phones were seized, said Pol Lt Gen Torsak.
The 34 suspects included a 22-year-old Cambodian man. They admitted they were the administrators of four gambling websites – VR898, Hattrick 988, Hattrck 888 and betway88.
The four websites took bets for underground lotteries in Thailand and neigbhouring countries, and also football bets. There was more than one billion baht in bets in circulation, the CIB chief said.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2063267/
published : 5 Feb 2021 at 15:43
Police have busted a major online gambling operation working from converted shipping containers in a village on the border with Cambodia, and taking bets from tens of thousands of punters each day.
Thirty-four people were arrested on charges of running online gambling websites, with wagers totalling more than one billion baht, during the police raid in Pong Nam Ron district, in Chanthaburi province.
The gambling operations were housed inside four converted shipping containers at Pak Kad border village.
They were raided on Thursday by officers of the Central Investigation Bureau and immigration as part of operation “Chanthaburi online", Pol Lt Gen Torsak Sukwimol, the CIB chief, said on Friday.
They arrested 17 men and 17 women. A total of 69 computers and 101 mobile phones were seized, said Pol Lt Gen Torsak.
The 34 suspects included a 22-year-old Cambodian man. They admitted they were the administrators of four gambling websites – VR898, Hattrick 988, Hattrck 888 and betway88.
The four websites took bets for underground lotteries in Thailand and neigbhouring countries, and also football bets. There was more than one billion baht in bets in circulation, the CIB chief said.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2063267/
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