Southern area: Thousands arrested, guns seized in pre-Royal Cremation crime sweep

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Southern area: Thousands arrested, guns seized in pre-Royal Cremation crime sweep

 

Image: PPTV

 

The deputy national head of the Thai police presided over the announcement of a large number of arrests and guns and drug seizures in the South of Thailand.

The crime sweep was conducted from September 6th to October 19th in Region 9. PPTV reported that the operation was designed to increase security ahead of the Royal Cremation ceremony this coming week.

Sriwara Wangsiphramnakun announced that 7,700 arrests had been made in a variety of weapons, drugs and other cases.

Some 281 guns were seized ranging from rifles to war weapons. Also two grenades were found and 649 rounds of ammunition.

Drugs: 196, 184 Ya Ba pills were found, 0.79 kilos of Ice, 380 kilos of ganja, 107 grams of heroin and 3,573 kilos of krathom leaves.

 

Source: PPTV

 

 

 

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[cornishcarlos]

281 guns, 649 rounds of ammunition !! They better make every shot count then.... 2.3 rounds each 

[pattayadon]

7700 arrests?  Hmmm?  55555  NO way!

[Moti24]

So, when's the next crime-sweep?  Can't they find one of Hadrian's relations to build a wall!

[727Sky]

Smart for everyone to be diligent during probably one of the largest gatherings of people in the nation..

 

The dope and the weapons they recovered (regardless of how many) might have saved no telling how many future lives.. So cudos

[uffe123]

Wow 640 rounds, most people I know keep a at least couple of thousand on hand.

[MaeJoMTB]

16 minutes ago, uffe123 said:

Wow 640 rounds, most people I know keep a at least couple of thousand on hand.

I used to keep 1,000 rounds for each gun I owned, and enough powder, primers and lead to reload each round.

I had about 7 guns.

[chama]

Well this could slow some other problematic activities as well?

[Rhys]

Did they go to just one province?

 

[janclaes47]

26 minutes ago, chama said:

Well this could slow some other problematic activities as well?

 You got it right there, this was not a designed to increase security during the event, but preventive measures for what is likely to happen afterwards

[chrisinth]

29 minutes ago, chama said:

Well this could slow some other problematic activities as well?

Or increase it. I just wonder how many of those weapons (illegal or not) were for legitimate protection?

 

What the police/army don't want now is for a spate of executions by the people of organizations they didn't take the weapons off.

 

If the weapons were belonging to or in possession of those involved in the drugs busts, disregard the above thought.

[rodney earl]

I wonder why they had to wait until now for this to happen.!!!

 

[AhFarangJa]

While I support the efforts to reduce crimes etc, I want to ask one question........How many Farangs had guns.........

[USPatriot]

Great job   there is no downside to this