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13 held in online gambling bust

Police from the Patrol and Special Operation Division arrest 13 people accepting bets online, on the second-floor of a house in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district, on Tuesday. (Supplied photo via Wassayos Ngamkham)

Thirteen people were arrested when police busted an online lottery operation, with more than 7 million baht placed in bets, in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district.

The Patrol and Special Operations Division raided a house at Soi Nakniwas 24, off Nakniwas Road, in Lat Phao on Tuesday following a tip-off, division commander Pol Maj Gen Somboon Thiankhao said.

They arrested 8 men and 5 women and seized 14 computers, 2 printers, 2 internet routers, 6 bank account books and the recording system of a security camera set up.

Pol Maj Gen Somboon said they were acting on information that betting on underground…

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