Pattaya birthday party raided by police
published : 1 Sep 2021 at 10:45
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
Eighteen people were arrested when police raided a birthday party in a house in Pattaya on Tuesday night.
Police entered a house at the Pool Villa Resort about 11pm after receiving complaints from neighbours.
They found 16 men and two women partying in the house, enjoying music and alcoholic drinks. There were 11 Thais and seven Lao nationals.
A search found 0.51 grammes of crystal methamphetamine, 0.25g of ketamine and four ecstasy pills.
None of the 18 had been vaccinated against Covid-19. Some were from Samut Sakhon, a province in the dark-red zone.
The partygoers were taken to Nong Prue police station for legal proceedings.
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- complaints (noun): when people say that something is wrong or not satisfactory - การร้องเรียน
- crystal methamphetamine (noun): a white crystalline form of the drug methamphetamine that people take by inhaling through the nose, smoking it or injecting it with a needle -
- ecstasy (noun): an illegal drug, taken especially by young people at parties, clubs, etc. - ยาอี
- ketamine (noun): a drug that causes a lack of feeling in the body -
- national: a citizen of a particular country - ประชาชน
- neighbour: someone (or towns, cities, countries) who lives or is located near you - เพื่อนบ้าน
- proceedings: the actions taken, usually in court, to settle a legal matter - การดำเนินการ
