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Police arrested 114 women and 85 men during the early morning raid. Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Police.

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Tear gas was fired by the police as some gamblers tried to break open a back door to escape arrest. Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Police.

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These sharp metal spikes were used as a booby trap by the casino's owners. Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Police.

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This machine, used for gambling on horse races, was seized during the raid. Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Police.

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A baccarat table seized during the raid. Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Police.

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This equipment is used for "bok daeng", a Thai card game with similarities to baccarat and blackjack. Photo by Surapol Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn.

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A substantial amount of cash was seized in the raid. Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Police.

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Police display confiscated items to the media following the raid. Photo by Surapol Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn.

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Pepper spray was fired and a senior police officer struck with an electric fan in the melee as gamblers tried to escape from about 100 metropolitan police during a raid on a heavily guarded illegal casino in Bang Sue district early this morning (Dec 21). Police arrested 199 gamblers and seized a large quantity of gambling equipment as well as cash in the 4.30am raid on the casino in the Tao Pun area of Techa Wanit Road.

  • Published: 21 Dec 2011
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  • koolbreez

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    Discussion 1 : 21 Dec 2011 at 17.511

    This was just a small time casino, I imagine it was raided to take the pressure off the bigger casino that someone was recently allegedly killed for giving details about, but were ignored by police commanders.

    This type of casino was supposed to have been put out of operation months ago, yet it was just closed today....hmmmm. So now two casinos have been closed that police commanders denied existed, or said were already closed down.

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