ROUNDED UP in a raid on the newly-opened NASA pub in Chonburi at 1 a.m. today (June 15) were 157 revellers found to have taken drugs while lots of sachets containing narcotics had been discarded on the floor, Amarin TV said.
A Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) team of officials together with local and narcotics police mounted the raid on this pub in Chonburi city after getting a warrant from the court to do so.
Over 500 revellers were enjoying themselves when the officials and police showed up and many of them unsuccessfully tried to escape.
As the floor was littered with sachets containing drugs, a drug test was conducted with 157 pub-goers testing positive with eight among them being underage.
A count a little later showed 77 bags of drugs had been discarded around the pub as well as some E-cigarettes with four of the revellers also wanted on drug offences.
This pub was only recently opened with celebrities and politicians often holding parties there.
A spy, who had been arrested during a raid on Dirty pub in Pattaya which has been ordered closed for five years, had tipped off the authorities that the same group of pub-goers had now moved to this newly-opened night venue.
NASA pub’s management was charged with running a business without a licence, selling alcohol beyond permitted hours and allowing youths younger than 18 years of age into the establishment.
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Scenes of the raid on NASA pub in Chonburi. Photos: Amarin TV
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