Police raid Pattaya drug party
published : 2 May 2022 at 08:50
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
Sixteen people, most from China and Myanmar, were arrested and drugs seized during a police raid in Pattaya early on Saturday morning.
Acting on complaints from residents that late-night parties were often held in a building in Bang Lamung district, immigration police raided the place about 4.30am.
Upon arriving, officers found the room hosting the party as loud music could be heard. They arrested 16 people, including eight (five men and three women) from China, six (one man and five women) from Myanmar and two Thai women.
The arresting team also found several packs of ketamine in the room.
The suspects were taken for a drug test.
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Vocabulary
- arrest: (of the police) taking someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime - การจับกุม
- host: to provide the space and other things necessary for a special event - ทำหน้าที่เป็นเจ้าภาพ, เป็นผู้จัดรายการ
- immigration police: the police agency dealing with people entering and leaving the country - สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- ketamine (noun): a drug that causes a lack of feeling in the body -
- pending: waiting to be dealt with, settled or completed - ยังค้างอยู่, ซึ่งยังไม่จบสิ้น, อยู่ในระหว่าง
- seize: to take something using official power and force - จับกุม
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
