The calendar ticked over to April, but the crackdown by Banglamung District officials on after-hours clubs in Pattaya continued with the shutdown of South Road karaoke bars.
Top district officials and police were out again early April 1 looking for clubs open after legal hours, underage patrons, shisha, bootleg alcohol and other drugs.
Police crackdown on karaoke bars open after legal hours.
Manager Weerapong Moonda of the Fast Pub was arrested after authorities found the bar open long after it should have been and serving a customer who failed a drug test.
B-Bird Karaoke had blacked out its windows, but fooled no one as officers raided it next, finding the bar serving booze after hours and pumping out loud music. Manager Arun Singkong was arrested.
