April 25 - The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) raided and arrested the owner of a Facebook page with more than 320,000 followers who was hiding advertisements for an online gambling website, earning over 1.5 million baht in revenue. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) through the Technology Crime Suppression Division (COT) led a search of Mr. Peeranat's residence. In the area of ??Mueang Bang Bo District Samut Prakan Province which is the owner of the page that has published photos, edited, of foreign football players Competition schedule and results of foreign football competitions There is a billboard advertising an online gambling website (Banner). The police have a policy for online patrol. Inspecting information about inappropriate or illegal content appearing on various social media platforms, we discovered a Facebook page that published content about foreign footballers. Competition schedule and results of foreign football competitions There are many viewers. But it hides advertisements for onl ine gambling websites. Therefore, an investigation was conducted until the owner of the said page was identified. and requested approval for a search warrant from the Samut Prakan Provincial Court No. 485/2567 dated 23 April 2024 to search the said house. The results of the inspection found Mr. Peeranat showing himself to be the owner of the said place. Mr. Peeranat confessed that Own a real Facebook page that has pictures of famous football players and football results are regularly presented to viewers There are more than 320,000 followers in total. After creating the page for 1 year, someone contacted us to hire them to advertise. Currently, there are more than 10 online gambling websites. Contact to advertise on the page. Earn money by posting pictures and advertising online gambling websites. Each post costs approximately 600 baht with a total income of approximately 50,000 baht per month. He admits that he has been making the page since 2021 until it was searched by officials for the first time. They s eized 1 mobile phone, 1 Mcbook computer and a hard disk backup device. Mr. Peeranat's actions are therefore a case of committing an offense in the nature of Help advertise or invite, directly or indirectly, others to play or gamble in games which are not permitted by the officials according to Section 12 of the Gambling Act of 1935, the officials then detained the seized items and sent them to the 3rd Police Station, Royal Thai Police for further legal action. Source: Thai News Agency