Five foreigners were arrested and gambling chips worth over 600,000 baht seized during a raid on house Phuket in the early hours of Wednesday.
Police searched the house in tambon Ratsada about 1.30am, acting on information that foreigners often gambled there.
A group of foreigners were playing poker when police arrived.
The alleged organiser, a Ukrainian, was arrested along with three alleged gamblers -- three Russian men and a Russian woman.
Police seized a gambling table, six decks of cards, 318 chips worth about 79,600 baht, 309 chips worth about 567,925 baht, a sand timer and two computers.
