Bangkok nightclub raided, 150 people ordered to take a drug test

Police raided a nightclub in Bangkok’s Nana area at 3am this morning and ordered more than 150 people to take a drug test. The raid follows a report that the nightclub was selling baraku (shisha tobacco and hookah pipes are illegal in Thailand) as well as selling illegal drugs and operating without a permit.

In the bathroom of Insanity Nightclub on Sukhumvit soi 11, police say they found a white powder that they suspect is ketamine. Officers confiscated the powder as evidence. Police also seized the hookah pipes.

During the raid, police closed off the club’s exit and ordered the club goers to give a urine sample for drug testing. Preliminary results show that some tested positive for drugs. Reports don’t say how many people tested positive and for what drugs, but police say they will press charges against the customers.

“Once detailed testing and investigation are complete, we will file charges against the owner and customers… This establishment has clearly violated several orders of the National Council for Peace and Order, and is punishable by being shut down for five years.”

Police say they were tipped off with a report that the nightclub was allegedly breaking a number of rules: operating without a permit, selling baraku, selling illegal drugs, open past 4am and failing to abide by Covid-19 prevention measures.

Officers say the club goers did not follow coronavirus health measures. They say the people were dancing in a crowded space and were not wearing a face mask. (Clearly, the officers don’t go out much.)

SOURCE: Nation Thailand

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