The raid was carried out at a venue in Moo 1 Cherng Talay at 11:09pm Friday (Feb 16) as part of the ongoing crackdown on the illegal sale of hookah products, said an official report of the raid.
Foreign customers were in the bar when the raid was carried out.
Among the items seized in the raid were four sets of ready-to-use hookahs, cash bills and various flavours of hookah tobacco weighing approximately 7,079 grams.
Officials arrested the venue owner, identified only as “Mr A”, who was taken to Cherng Talay Police Station.
Mr A was charged with illegally selling a tobacco product in violation of the Tobacco Act, and involvement in the illegal importation and distribution of hookah and electric hookah products, in breach of the Customs Act B.E. 2017 and Ministry of Commerce regulations issued in 2014, the report confirmed.