Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 9:55:39 GMT 7
CRIME
Police seize several caches of weapons in raids
The Nation March 5, 2014 1:00 am
Nakhon Si Thammarat police announced yesterday that they had seized 177 guns, 1,440 bullets and two M26 grenades from 179 suspects in raids and checkpoints from February 17-28.
A self-proclaimed anti-government protest guard, Issararat Khumpairan, 36, who was arrested in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Thung Song district on February 17, claimed that he got a shotgun, two bullets and one M26 grenade from Bangkok.
Another case involved Chatree Naksripong, 36, who allegedly worked as a debt collector for a drug ring that was led by a prisoner from behind the bars at Nakhon Si Thammarat Prison. The suspect, who had previously served seven years for attempted murder, was nabbed with an M3 machine-gun loaded with 57 bullets.