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Foreigners caught gambling in Phuket

The five suspects - a Ukrainian man, three Russian men and one Russian woman - are arrested with poker chips worth over 600,000 baht, a gambling table and other items. (Photo: Phuket police)

Five foreigners were arrested and gambling chips worth over 600,000 baht seized during a raid on house Phuket in the early hours of Wednesday.

Police searched the house in tambon Ratsada about 1.30am, acting on information that foreigners often gambled there.

A group of foreigners were playing poker when police arrived. 

The alleged organiser, a Ukrainian, was arrested along with three alleged gamblers -- three Russian men and a Russian woman.

Police seized a gambling table, six decks of cards, 318 chips worth about 79,600 baht, 309 chips worth about 567,925 baht, a sand timer and two computers. 

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