PANews, June 21 — According to a report by Bangkok Post, Thai police and relevant agencies conducted a joint operation across five provinces in the northeast, raiding 14 locations and seizing 315 cryptocurrency mining rigs. The operators are suspected of illegally tapping electricity and tampering with meters to steal power for running mining equipment, resulting in total electricity losses of approximately 40.38 million baht (around 8.3 million yuan), including 5.38 million baht in electricity violation fines and about 35 million baht in unpaid electricity bills.