Police raid Pattaya bar and arrest 32 people for drinking alcohol

[Thaiger]

Police raided a Pattaya bar and arrested 32 Thais and foreigners who were allegedly drinking alcohol, violating Covid-19 disease control measures which prohibit gatherings, particularly where alcohol is involved. Police were called to the Sky Mountain Bar at around 11:30pm last night after a call from a local. Customers and bar staff emerge arrested and taken to the Pattaya City Police station. Police say customers were also smoking shisha tobacco, which is illegal in Thailand. Photos show the hookah pipes confiscated by police. Partygoers face charges of violating the Chon Buri disease control order that prohibits groups from gathering and drinking alcohol […]

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[King Cotton]

This police raid and arrests is almost identical to the one on Tuesday or Wednesday, also in Pattaya. Seems like the arrests may be being answered by the normal 200 baht 'fines', given the little deterrent effect that the police presence is having.

Same-same, back pockets full . . . again.