Police find underage prostitution at Pattaya go-go bar

In a sting operation, police found evidence of underage prostitution at Club 4, a go-go bar in Pattaya in eastern Thailand.

Police ordered the closure of Club 4 – in Soi Bong Koch 8 in Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district – for five years. A woman was arrested under suspicion of human trafficking.

Officers from Pattaya City Police Station received concerns that the venue was offering prostitutes under the age of 18 years old to clients.

In a sting operation, police sent a foreign customer into the bar last night with 2,800 baht cash and told him to request an underage prostitute.

When the staff confirmed they could offer him the service, the foreign spy sent a signal to the Pattaya City Police and officers from the Consumer Protection Police Division to swoop in and make arrests.

Police arrested a 49 year old woman named Jidapha [surname unknown] under suspicion of human…