Thai police raid top cop’s home

Nothing to hide: Surachate insisted the search warrant for his home was ‘irregular’ and hinted at rivalries within the force. — AFP

Police swooped on the home of one of the kingdom’s most high-profile officers as part of a series of raids targeting an illegal online gambling network dubbed “Betflix”.

Most forms of betting are illegal in Thailand, with authorities striving recently to shut down the illicit gambling sites, often foreign-owned, that have sprung up.