CHON BURI, Sept 4 (TNA) – Thai police have arrested 19
Chinese nationals for running an online gambling operation during a raid at a
condominium near Pattaya city.
Police raided two rooms on the seventh floor of CC Condo
late Tuesday night after reports of suspicious activities involving a large
number of tourists.
There were 17 Chinese nationals, 14 men and three women, in
the first room and the other two men in the second room; all traveling to
Thailand on tourist visas.
Fifteen notebook computers, nearly 300 mobile phones, SIM
cards and other electronic devices have
been seized from the two rooms.
Police said the group was running online gambling websites
with over two million Chinese Yuan, about 8 million Thai baht, in daily
circulation. Each of them was paid
10,000 yuan a month.
All suspects are charged with working illegally without a
work permit. (TNA)
