By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF Pol.Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, yesterday (Feb.16) dismissed allegations that he had been involved in money-laundering and running a gambling website. The well-known deputy police chief admitted that as many as eight police officers under his command had been accused of alleged involvement in the money-laundering
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Dozen online gambling operators nabbed in Chiang Mai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN SUSPECTED ONLINE gambling operators were today (Jan.13) rounded up at a cosy den in Chiang Mai, police said. In a police raid on the rented house in Mae Rim district of the northern province, the 12 young suspects, male and female, were arrested on charge of running the
Read more120 million baht seized in raid on two gambling websites
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO GAMBLING WEBSITES based in Bangkok have been raided, a combined sum of 120 million baht in cash impounded and 20 suspected gambling operators arrested, police said today (Dec.22). The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police recently raided the two separate online gambling websites, namely ufabet-jc.com and play.beer777.com, at condominiums in
Read moreOnline gambling network in Phuket raided
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ONLINE GAMBLING network based in Phuket with a combined total of over one billion baht in betting cash allegedly circulated was raided by police yesterday (Nov.22). The Department of Special Investigation police raided the online gambling den in a luxurious villa resort in Rawai subdistrict of the capital district
Read moreEx-police chief suspects plot in search of ‘Big Joke’s’ house
FORMER POLICE chief Pol. Gen. Sereepisuth Temeeyaves said this evening (Sep. 25) there are two parts to searching the house of Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, with one being a straight-forward attempt to find links to online gambling but the other is to “kick and cut him
Read moreBig Joke’s house searched after team members were netted in online gambling raids
CYBER POLICE searched the house of Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, after seven officers in his team were rounded up on the charges of involvement in running online gambling websites but did not find incriminating evidence, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 25). This
Read moreWanted South Korean man nabbed for overstaying
IMMIGRATION police arrested a South Korean man in Chonburi today (June 19) for overstaying his visa for 1,582 days after which they found out he is also wanted in South Korea on online gambling charges, Naewna newspaper said. A team of immigration police spotted Mr. Kim (pseudonym), 35, in Bang Lamung district and asked
Read moreKey suspect in macau888 gambling case and girlfriend fled weeks ago
AFTER the Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for seven more suspects in the macau888 online gambling network case police said a key suspect, Benz Daemon’s brother and his former actress girlfriend, fled overseas weeks ago, Sanook.com and Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb. 28). Wanted is Mr. Kittipong “Big” Kajornboonthavorn, 32, the third of
Read moreActress gives more information about macau888 as Benz Daemon is detained
POLICE said actress Arisara “Due” Thongburisut, whose allegations in a Facebook post last month triggered the crackdown on macau888 online gambling network, had given more useful information during interrogation in Taiwan yesterday while her ex-boyfriend and the key suspect in the case has been detained after returning to Thailand from Hong Kong last night,
Read moreActress who exposed macau888 denies being forced to wear shock collar
ACTRESS Arisara “Due” Thongburisut, whose allegations in a Facebook post last month triggered the crackdown on macau888 online gambling network, said today (Feb. 11) her former boyfriend who is one of four brothers believed to be running it did not force her to wear a shock collar, Matichon newspaper said. This followed TV Channel
Read moreRare Lamborghini belonging to macau888 suspects handed over to police
THE LAWYER representing Mr. Chaiwat “Benz Daemon” Kajornboonthavorn, one of four brothers accused of running macau888 online gambling network, handed over a rare Lamborbhini priced at over 100 million baht to police today (Feb. 10), Amarin TV said. Mr. Pisit Chutiphonphongchai revealed that the supercar, Lamborghini Mad Bull Liberty Walk Aventador V2, was registered
Read moreChuwit: Bigger gambling network than macau888 run by an inspector
AMIDST the ongoing crackdown on macau888 online gambling network former MP Chuwit Kamolvisit said this operation is small compared to a much bigger network operated by “Inspector Sua”, Matichon newspaper said today (Feb. 9). The turnover of this bigger online gambling network is around 10 billion baht, he alleged, adding that the inspector uses
Read moreDon’t rush to open a legal casino in Thailand: Academic
A PROMINENT academic warned that there are both pros and cons to the proposal to open a legal casino in the country but this project should not be rushed and only implemented after effective law enforcement and reforms are in place, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Jan. 15). On Thursday the House of Representatives
Read moreKrabi local shares video clip of big gambling den
A KRABI RESIDENT secretly filmed a large gambling den in the middle of the town and posted the video clip on his personal Facebook page but later deleted it, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 24). The video clip shows a large number of people, both men and women with young, middle-aged and old people among
Read moreWith cannabis decriminalised, is it now gambling’s turn?
A FORMER politician and night business operator today (June 28) posted a message on Facebook urging the government to legalise gambling after implementing liberal marijuana use policy pointing out that all neighbouring countries already have casinos, Naewna newspaper said. After the policy became effective, possessing and using all parts of cannabis plants, including flowers
Read moreMPs push for legalization of online gaming, casinos, underground lotteries
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LAWMAKERS ATTACHED TO pro-government splinter parties today (May 18) filed legislation to amend the Gambling Act to legalize online gaming, casinos and underground lotteries once and for all. Spearheaded by Thai Local Power Party leader/MP Chatchawal Kong-udom, the 20 proponents of the amendment to the Gambling Act of 1935 have
Read moreGambling tycoon arrested in early morning raid
WELL-KNOWN gambling tycoon Apirak “Sia Poh” Chaianon was arrested at 6 a.m. this morning (Feb. 4) in a raid mounted by Crime Suppression Division police’s Hanuman SWAT (special weapons and tactics) unit together with officers from Technology Crime Suppression Division, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The police team arrested the tycoon under a warrant issued by
Read moreConwoman nabbed after gambling away swindled gold
A THAI woman who swindled a gold shop in Rayong province out of 20 baht weight gold ornaments worth 570,000 baht which was then sold and the cash used to gamble at casinos in a neighbouring country was arrested after slipping back to Thailand via a natural route last evening, Amarin TV reported this afternoon
Read morePolice take action against over a thousand gambling sites
WITH Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha concerned about the ease with which children and youths can reach online gambling websites, police are moving to crackdown hard on such activities, Siam Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 27, 2020). The police together with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission last
Read moreRama 3 road gambling den sever completely destroyed
ANY HOPE of getting information about the deadly shootout at a gambling den on Rama 3 road from footage of CCTV cameras seized from a shophouse across the road last Friday was dashed as the server has been badly smashed, Sanook.com reported today (August 10, 2020). Pol. Maj. Gen. Visoot Nakju, commander of the Central
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