The Police Operations Center and Investigation Division 1 are pushing forward to dismantle an online gambling network during the World Cup, with transaction volumes exceeding 48 million baht per month. They arrested one admin who had previously worked in Poipet, Cambodia, for over five years but decided to return home due to conflict situations.
On 25 June 2026, Police General Thana Chuang, Deputy Commissioner of Police and Director of the Police Operations Center, along with Police Lieutenant General Jirapop Phuridej, Assistant Commissioner and Deputy Director of the Police Operations Center, Police Major General Trairong Piwpan, Deputy Inspector General of Police and Deputy Director of the Police Operations Center, ordered Police Major General Thinkorn Rangmat, Deputy Commander of the Cyber Crime Suppression Division and head of the investigation team at the Police Operations Center, Police Major General Worachart Saenkham, Commander of Investigation Division 1, and senior officers to lead a joint operation with the Police Operations Center and Investigation Division 1 to crack down on a major online gambling network in Bang Khun Thian, Bangkok, revealing total transactions exceeding 48 million baht monthly.
According to government policy and Police General Kittirat Phanpetch, Commissioner of Police, related agencies have been instructed to continue cracking down on online gambling networks, especially football betting sites that openly defy the law. Authorities are also tasked with monitoring and preventing youth involvement in online gambling during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Police Operations Center and Investigation Division 1 jointly discovered the online gambling website “miiragroup.net” with 22,958 members and monthly transactions exceeding 48 million baht, or more than 576 million baht annually. The site illicitly offered betting on international football matches and various other gambling activities. Its base was located in Tha Kham area, Bangkok, before collecting evidence and obtaining a court search warrant.
Using Thonburi Criminal Court warrant no. 125/2569, police searched a second-floor room in the U-Athorn housing project, Soi Anamai Ngamcharoen 31, Tha Kham subdistrict, Bang Khun Thian district, Bangkok. They arrested Ms. Nawaphat Kumachiwa, 28, the room’s occupant, and seized one computer and one router as evidence.
During interrogation, Ms. Nawaphat admitted to serving as an administrator, guiding customers to register for gambling on this site for over one year. She previously worked as an admin at an online gambling site in Poipet, Cambodia, for more than five years but returned home due to border conflict. She received a monthly salary of 25,000 baht.
She faces charges of “conspiring to organize or facilitate unauthorized gambling by directly or indirectly advertising or enticing others to gamble,” conspiracy by two or more persons to commit money laundering, and committing money laundering offenses by conspiracy. She was detained for legal proceedings.