Thailand Arrests for Gambling Scam

["Tony Harrison" <Tony.Harrison@state.co.us>]

Another use for radioactive material.  Does anyone know how this works? 

I may have to hit the tables this weekend.  (Just kidding.) 



BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thai police have arrested three people

suspected of using a radioactive chemical to coat cards and dice

designed to help gamblers cheat.

Police seized the goods in a Bangkok raid at the request of the FBI,

which intercepted parcels of the items sent to the United States, police

Maj. Surasit Sangaphong told The Associated Press.

Surasit did not say how many sets of the cards and dice were found or

the amount of the chemical confiscated.

The radioactive strontium was painted onto dice and cards, where it

could be detected by an electronic sensor held by a gambler, officials

said.

The suspects face charges of possession of radioactive materials

without a license, which carries a penalty of one year in jail or a $235

fine.

Suwat Bunnag, an official from Thailand's Office of Atomic Energy for

Peace, said the raided house had been declared a ``danger zone'' until

the hazardous chemicals were removed.





Tony Harrison, MSPH

Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment

Laboratory and Radiation Services Division

(303)692-3046

tony.harrison@state.co.us



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