Officers from the Technology Crime Suppression Division raided an illegal online gambling website installation and arrested 12 administrators at a poolside villa in downtown Chiang Mai on Saturday.
The police seized 16 desktop computers, 33 monitors, five notebook computers, 53 cell phones, 28 ATM cards, 28 bank books, an internet router and one million baht in cash from the villa, which was being rented for use as operations base.
Police said that they had been investigating the gambling website for some time. They ultimately discovered that the operations centre was located at the rented villa in downtown Chiang Mai, adding that the monthly amount being wagered via the website is estimated at about 100 million baht.
The 12 administrators in custody told the police that they were just employees, hired by the website’s owner to contact gamblers.
