Police raid the upstairs
betting salon above the Thip Fashion
boutique in central Pattaya.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
Police arrested four people allegedly using a central
Pattaya dress shop as a front for an illegal football betting operation.
Chonburi Provincial Police raided the Thip Fashion
boutique on Soi Daend-Dum Aug. 16, arresting Somsak Srisawat, 38; Thipawan
Laodee, 32; Phitphat Phetkon, 32; and Satayakorn Chupkhunthod, 19.
Investigators seized betting records, bank books, fax machines, calculators,
and other documents.
Officers claimed Somsak confessed to using the second
floor above the fashion outlet to manage his football bookie business with
his girlfriend Thipawan and employing the younger two men to assist them.
Somsak allegedly said he’d begun the betting business as
his clothing shop was doing poorly.
