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Two cops among 9 gamblers caught during raid on house in Phichit

Nine gamblers, including two police and two municipal officials, were arrested during a raid on a house belonging to an assistant village head in Phichit province on Wednesday. (Photo by Sitthipoj Kebui)

PHICHIT: Nine people, including two police officers and two municipal officials, were arrested for alleged gambling during a raid on a house belonging to an assistant village head in Muang district on Wednesday — although the cops claimed they were only playing checkers.

A combined team of soldiers, police and local officials raided the house in tambon Yanyow in Muang district on Wednesday.

The raid, led by Col Saksit Ninchan, deputy chief of the Phichit internal security command, followed a complaint lodged with provincial authorities that gambling was often held at the house in violation of Covid-19…

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