Under directives issued by The National Peace Keeping Council Chonburi police launched a series of raids in the city of Chonburi aimed at clamping down on illegal activities in entertainment venues.
20 officers took part in the raids and paid a visit to check on licencing documents and staff at the venues. They were looking at the ID cards of the staff it is illegal to employ persons under 18 at an entertainment venue. They also conducted urine tests to check for anyone using illegal drugs.
Venue owners were warned that these checks would be on-going and if they wanted to avoid closures than should get their act together and make sure that there wore no infractions of the law at their business premises.
