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A 25-year-old woman was arrested in Chanthaburi for running three illegal online gambling websites with an estimated annual turnover of 120 million baht. Police seized computers, phones, and banking documents during the raid.

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On July 14, 2025, officers from the Chanthaburi Provincial Police Investigation Division, led by Pol. Lt. Col. Peerphon Saelarat, raided a rental house in Tha Chang subdistrict, Muang Chanthaburi district, following intelligence that it harbored an illegal online gambling network. Officers discovered Ms. Nareerat (surname withheld), 25, managing online gambling website systems. She confessed to handling marketing operations for three gambling websites over more than a year, receiving 15,000 baht monthly in digital currency (USDT) plus approximately 10,000 baht in monthly commissions.

Police seized one desktop computer, two notebooks, three mobile phones, four bank account books, and seven ATM cards. Examination of the website's backend system revealed monthly cash flow of approximately 10 million baht, or roughly 120 million baht annually. Officers charged the suspect with operating an unlicensed online gambling service and transferred her and all seized items to Muang Chanthaburi Police Station for further legal proceedings.

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