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Senior city police face inquiry over gambling den in Laksi

Gamblers, not all wearing face masks, caught during a raid in Bangkok’s Laksi district on Monday night. A total of 94 people, Thais and foreign nationals, were arrested. (Photo: Central Investigation Bureau)

The Metropolitan Police Division 2 chief and five senior officers at Thung Song Hong police station have been transferred and face an inquiry into alleged negligence of duty following a raid on a gambling den in Laksi area in which 94 people were caught.

The Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Pakkapong Pongpetra signed the order transferring Pol Maj Gen Pattana Phetsayanawin, chief of division 2; Pol Col Krisanaphon Phetsodsil, chief of Thung Song Hong station; Pol Lt Col Surin Phurit, deputy chief responsible for investigation; Pol Lt Col Thanisorn Boonmaen, deputy chief responsible for…

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