Police have arrested 17 Vietnamese citizens for their alleged involvement in an online gambling site and a passport counterfeiting gang.
Yesterday, Bang Phli Police and Immigration Bureau officers raided three houses in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan, which were being used as a base for the alleged crime ring.
The police said they confiscated 12 computers and equipment used in the production of fake passports, immigration stamps of Suvarnabhumi, Myanmar and Cambodia airports and contraband cigarettes at the house.
All 17 suspects were taken to Bang Phli Police Station for questioning.
Twelve were charged with luring people to participate in gambling, four with possessing official rubber stamps without permission, and one with possessing untaxed cigarettes.
According to their investigation, the Vietnamese suspects operate an online gambling website that is run…
