Five senior police transferred
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Five senior police have been abruptly transferred from two stations in Bangkok after more than 100 commandos rounded up over 300 gamblers from dens in Phra Khanong and Watthana districts on Saturday night.
Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thoopkrachang, commissioner of Metropolitan Police, said yesterday that officers from Klong Tan and Bang Na stations were sent on temporary duty outside their precincts for 30 days to facilitate investigations.
He is also considering punishing Pol Maj Gen Krit Piakaew, head of Metropolitan Police Division 5, which oversees the two police stations, for failing to comply with National Police chief Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew’s order to bust all underground casinos.
The three dens were Mae Ho on Soi Pridi Panomyong off Sukhumvit 71, an unnamed den on Soi Pho Kaew and Uan in Bang Na.
The suspects were detained at Klong Tan and Thong Lor police stations and would be charged at Phra Khanong District Court today. Police seized several million baht in cash, gambling paraphernalia, cards and chips from Mae Ho den.
Amnuay Termsri, 45, allegedly owns the house used to operate a den and Chalong Thaiulek, 54, is allegedly a punter.
Pol Col Kanchon Intararom, superintendent of Bang Na Police Station, said his police raided three dens and nabbed 117 gamblers, consisting of 92 gamblers from Udom Suk Soi 23, 10 from Soi Chalermprakiat 14 and 17 from Soi La Salle.
None of them was allowed to be released on bail.
