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Phuket hotel ordered shut after gambling raid

Phuket hotel ordered shut after gambling raid

PHUKET: The Phuket Town Inn, a seven-storey two-star hotel in Phuket Town, was ordered closed indefinitely this morning (August 15) after 27 gamblers were arrested in a meeting room in the hotel last night.


By Darawan Naknakhon

Friday 15 August 2014 04:28 PM


 

Navy marines and police who arrested the gamblers also seized casino chips and B66,660 in cash in the raid, just before midnight.

Royal Thai Navy Cmdr Pornphrom Sakoltem ordered the hotel to shut down while the management's involvement in the makeshift casino is investigated.

It was the second raid of the night. At 10pm the same task force, acting on a tip-off, raided the house on Soi Ruamjai in Koh Kaew, seizing casino chips and B21,800, and arresting 10 gamblers.