27 baccarat gamblers caught in Phuket

27 baccarat gamblers caught in Phuket

Twenty-seven gamblers are detained during a police raid on a seaside hotel in Muang district of Phuket early on Sunday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)
Twenty-seven gamblers are detained during a police raid on a seaside hotel in Muang district of Phuket early on Sunday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

PHUKET: Police arrested 27 gamblers while they were playing baccarat in a raid on a seaside hotel in Muang district of this southern island resort province early on Sunday.

They were charged with illegal gambling and violating a gathering ban issued by the province..

Twenty-seven gamblers -- including a local politican -- playing a game of baccarat in a hotel room were rounded up in the raid.

The police seized three baccarat tables, chips, computers and numerous other items connected with gambling.

The hotel is situated on a hill on a road in the Ko Sire area in tambon Ratsada of Muang district.

Pol Col Thirawat Liamsuwan, the Muang Phuket police chief, said the hotel had been under watch after it was reported to have been used as a gambling den in late June this year when it was not yet opened to services.

Information from local informants led to the raid on Sunday morning, he said.

The raid was conducted by a combined unit of Crime Suppression Division (CSD) and provincial police led by Pol Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo, the Phuket police chief.

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