An unlicensed pub masquerading as a food shop was inconspicuously hiding in plain sight in the Pathum Wan district of Bangkok. After a series of complaints, officers successfully conducted a raid in the early hours of this morning. The food store, Larb Ped Yaso Jae Nim Rong Muang, enjoying a prominent location near Wat Chamni Hattakarn on Rama I Road, was discovered to be an underground pub.
Officers from the Department of Provincial Administration’s (DPA) law enforcement operations centre, accompanied by territorial defence volunteers, were involved in the operation that took place around 3am. The trigger for the raid was numerous grievances that had been reported against the shop, which had a reputation for its spicy minced duck salad, a popular Thai delicacy, larb ped, but was under suspicion for functioning as an…
