By The Straits Times | Created at 2025-01-06 00:20:39 | Updated at 2025-01-07 14:16:25
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PATTAYA - Police and Interior Ministry officials joined forces to raid a pub on Pattaya’s Walking Street early on Jan 5 and found 39 Chinese tourists who tested positive for drugs.
Panda Club was raided at 3.36am local time (4.36am Singapore time) by over 100 police personnel and officials from the Provincial Administration Department in Bang Lamung district.
Chonburi deputy governor Chaiyaporn Paepiromrat ordered the raid to check for possible illegal activities following a report that a Chinese tourist was severely injured at the pub on December 27.
When law enforcement officers entered the pub, they found some 300 Thai and foreign tourists still drinking and dancing. Most of the tourists were Chinese.
The pub visitors were separated into two groups of men and women when the officers checked their identification cards and had their urine tested.
The officers found that 19 Chinese men and 20 Chinese women tested positive for drug abuse but no drugs were found in the pub.
The 39 tourists were then taken to the Pattaya Police Station for legal action and the rest were freed.
No charges were pressed against the management of the pub. THE NATION/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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