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CHAIYOT PUPATTANAPONG

Pattaya pub raided, broke curfew

Police search the Amazing Pool Villa pub in Pattaya early Wednesday morning. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

Police arrested 44 young men and women in a raid on a pub in the middle of Pattaya City early on Wednesday morning, and found drugs and a gun.

Police raided the Amazing Pool Villa pub in Bang Lamung district. It followed a tip-off people were gathering there after curfew hours. 

Police arrived about 1.30am, and took into custody 22 young men, three of them Chinese tourists, and 22 young women.

A search found one small plastic bag containing crystal methamphetamine, 15 small bags of ketamine, 200 valium pills, 15 ecstasy pills and a 9mm pistol with 10 bullets.

The 44 revellers were taken to Pattaya police station where they were initially charged with violating the emergency decree.

Police said there could be additional charges relating to the drugs and the gun.

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