Bangkok, Cyber ??police launch operation "FULL STEAM", raiding the nest of a live gang inviting people to bet on the last number of prepaid cards. Found more than 30 million in circulating money, seized cash, gold and others worth more than 20 million baht. Police Lieutenant General Worawat Wattanakornbancha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, along with Maj. Gen. Wiwat Khamchanan, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Pol. Maj. Gen. Jittiphon Phonpruksa, Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces 4th Regiment. Police Lieutenant Prempracha Uttama, Deputy Inspector of Police Station 2, Police Station 4, along with related officials, joined in announcing the results of Operation FULL STEAM in the case of cyber police raiding the den of a live-streaming gang inviting people to bet on the last number of prepaid cards. More than 30 million circulating funds were found, cash, gold and other items totaling more than 20 million baht were seized. Pol. Maj. Gen. Chittiphon said that cyber police from S.T. 4 Division found clues to live streaming of online gambling through Facebook. in secret group So they worked together to investigate until they found out. There was a Facebook account user named "Kokhun Aphimahaheng" who went live and invited the general public to gamble online. (at the end of the prepaid card number) in a really secret group Later, the name of Facebook was changed to "Baan Chalam Thong Aphi Maha Heng" and still has the habit of live streaming gambling ever since. Investigative officers observed the behavior and collected evidence. Until you know how to gamble online at the end of the prepaid card number The live broadcaster had a sheet of paper with the header saying "Baan Chalam Thong Aphi Maha Heng". The sheet of paper was divided into 2 sides. One side had the word "top" and the numbers 00-49 and the other side had the message. that the 'bottom' has numbers 50-99 and the live broadcaster has several prepaid cards placed there Later, the live broadcaster will pick up 1 prepaid card and let the live broadcast viewer choose which side to bet on: top and bottom. The profit ratio is 1 to 1 if the viewer can bet. The difference must be paid to those who go live at a rate of 5 percent. Pol. Maj. Gen. Chittiphon said that later the police were able to collect evidence and request the authority of the Nakhon Pathom Provincial Court to issue a search warrant for the target area used in the crime. Therefore, forces were mobilized to search houses in 4 locations as follows: Point 1, houses in the area of ??Village No. 1, Don Tum Subdistrict, Bang Len District, Nakhon Pathom Province. Point 2, houses in the area of ??Village No. 1, Don Tum Subdistrict, Bang Len District, Nakhon Pathom Province. 3 houses in the area of ??Village No. 6, Don Tum Subdistrict, Bang Len District, Nakhon Pathom Province. Point 4: houses in the area of ??Village No. 6, Don Tum Subdistrict, Bang Len District, Nakhon Pathom Province. The results of the search revealed that one house, one of the four search p oints, was being used as a live-streaming venue for gambling. Found the owner of the Facebook "Baan Chalamthong Aphimaha Heng" sitting live gambling with an admin, totaling 3 people: Mr. Petcharat, 31 years old, Ms. Pukpao, 34 years old, and Mr. Puritham. Aged 29 years and also found many gambling equipment such as 2 mobile phones, 400 prepaid cards, and a customer registry book. and many sheets of paper used to write down gambling information and also detected illegal handguns. Along with one more bullet loaded in the chamber ready for use, Pol. Maj. Gen. Chittiphon said that while the officers were searching The owner of Facebook secretly sent a message via the Line application to the father of one of the suspects to secretly move the safe from the upper floor of the house in the second search point and hide it. Officials found information on his mobile phone. So they sent forces to investigate. Upon questioning, the accused's father admitted that the accused had sent a message via Line asking him to hide the safe. He loved his child, so he agreed to do it. But because the safe is heavy So he used to roll the safe from the top floor of the house and hide it in the back of the house. And at that time, he didn't know how he could roll down a safe that weighed so much by himself. Because he is 70 years old and still has a thin figure. From checking inside the safe Found more than 3,700,000 baht in cash and several gold-plated Buddha amulets. and gold bars totaling more than 10 baht Pol. Maj. Gen. Chittiphon said that the results of the search at other points Another illegal handgun and 13 cars illegally pawned by others were also found. According to the investigation information, It is known that the owner of the Facebook page has a habit of accepting the pawning of cars and illegal firearms as well. He has denied this matter. Police Lieutenant Prempracha said that from examining the history of the accused, it was not found that he had ever been arrested in another case. But the accused, who is an administrator , had previously been arrested for possessing and using a firearm. In addition, the police are expanding the results of playing in the same way but changing from cash assets to amulets instead. Will it be considered illegal gambling or not? Police officers will continue to expand their investigation. There are also cyber guard officers who are constantly checking on you. However, the accused surrendered to the evidence and confessed that he actually enabled and invited others to gamble online, doing so for more than a year, doing live broadcasts twice a day, every afternoon and every night. From each live broadcast, there were a large number of players, resulting in a playing amount of more than 1 million baht per live broadcast. The officials therefore filed charges. 'Join together to organize a game or to do evil deeds. Help announce advertisements or solicitation directly or indirectly Allow others to play or gamble in playing. which was not authorized by the officer and the charge of "having a firearm an d ammunition in possession without permission" for the gun owner The police then took all the suspects along with the seized items. Send investigators to continue legal proceedings. Source: Thai News Agency
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