Police raided a Pattaya bar and arrested 32 Thais and foreigners who were allegedly drinking alcohol, violating Covid-19 disease control measures which prohibit gatherings, particularly where alcohol is involved.
Police were called to the Sky Mountain Bar at around 11:30pm last night after a call from a local. Customers and bar staff emerge arrested and taken to the Pattaya City Police station. Police say customers were also smoking shisha tobacco, which is illegal in Thailand. Photos show the hookah pipes confiscated by police.
Partygoers face charges of violating the Chon Buri disease control order that prohibits groups from gathering and drinking alcohol at bars. The manager faces additional charges for allegedly allowing the consumption of alcohol in a restaurant, illegally operating a business as it was past the legal closing time of 11pm in Chon Buri, and illegally selling shisha.
Local officials are discussing whether to close the business. Police are still investigating and have not identified the owner of the bar.
With Covid-19 still spreading in Thailand, police in some provinces have been cracking down on gatherings and parties involving alcohol. In Phuket, last Saturday saw an aptly named bar, “The Honey Pot”, busted for serving customers alcohol and violating Covid-19 restrictions.
SOURCE: The Pattaya News
Another feckin’ Thai snitch! i hope these snitches are found and receive a visit one dark night from the “boys!!”
Perhaps it’s time to introduce new prohibition laws in pattaya and market it as a destination for the amish to visit.
These Thais & foreigners are law breakers , most importantly the stupid foreigners, you’re in a foreign country still behaving like idiots that they r , I’ve been home and obeying the laws , I drink at home , this foreigners have very low IQ , should be deported.
@Gernet – read the article again. There are 7 foreigners. And the rest of 32 people are thais. What kind of an stupid comments you have.
@Robin Banks:
“Another feckin’ Thai snitch?” What part of multiple violations of the Chonburi disease control order did you not get (selling shisha, selling alcohol, operating past 11:00 pm)? It’s not like those in Thailand and Pattaya are not aware of these orders and restrictions, they have been in place for quite some time now.
I could care less if people think these are fair orders or not, it’s Thailand, their country, their rules, I have zero sympathy for those violating any rules of the country and then getting busted for it. After all, I highly doubt you’d tolerate foreigners in your home country continually violating local laws.