15 people had been arrested at a restaurant in Bang Lamung, accused of consuming illegally in violation of Covid-19 restrictions in Pattaya. Last evening, Pattaya City Police raided an unnamed restaurant in Jomtien that was suspected of promoting alcohol.
Billion arrived at the restaurant early within the night to discover 9 foreigners and 5 Thai nationals plus the particular person working the restaurant, although it was not specified in the event that they had been the owner or manager. The police arrested the patrons both Thai and expat for violating each national and provincial orders towards public consuming.
Police reported that they got here to examine the restaurant after local residents of the world complained that foreigners had been secretly gathering with Thai folks to drink alcohol in this restaurant on Soi Jomtien 7 in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung.
The group caught drinking was reportedly not wearing masks or social distancing as properly. All 15 folks on the restaurant have been taken into custody and brought to the Pattaya City Police Station to face expenses.
Restaurants serving alcoholic beverages to clients and other people consuming alcohol in teams violates the Chon Buri Disease Control order as properly as nationwide orders from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration which have closed all bars and entertainment venues since April 10 and prohibited eating places from promoting alcohol.
Punishment for violations of those orders embrace fines of as a lot as forty,000 baht and as a lot as 2 years in jail, though earlier instances have seen much lighter sentencing with violators usually not receiving jail time and facing minimal fines.
Critics of these harsh crackdowns have been quick to point out that, whereas native and tourism economies have suffered endlessly at the hands of these restrictions, the vast majority of Covid-19 infections, even in popular tourist locations like Pattaya and Phuket, the location of another crackdown this week, have come from work camps, building sites, factories, and different industrial places..g