Weapons cache intercepted on way to Saraburi

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Weapons cache intercepted on way to Saraburi

By The Nation 

 

 

A 53-year-old Saraburi man has been arrested in Trat allegedly transporting a large cache of war weapons in a pickup truck that bore a sticker suggesting a link to the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the King’s Guard in his home province.
 

Security officials looking for drugs and contraband at a checkpoint in Tambon Mai Rood, Khlong Yai district, ahead of Songkran arrested Chayut Prasertrit at 10pm on Tuesday after discovering the weapons in his vehicle. 

 

He was allegedly in possession of two Tavor assault rifles, four M16 rifles, 20 M16 upper receivers (housings), four M16 lower receivers and three hand flares. 

 

Chayut reportedly confessed to Trat deputy police chief Pol Colonel Da-res Malithong and Navy Special Task Forces commander Captain Prachuap Malithong that he had picked up the weapons in a neighbouring country to deliver to a customer back in Saraburi.

 

He refused to implicate any accomplices, but authorities believe he is part of an organised group. 

 

It was found that Chayut might have made many similar trips previously. 

 

Da-res said police would try and determine if there was any link to weapons traders arrested in previous years and whether Chayut was in the military or had any ties to the Saraburi cavalry regiment.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30342968

 

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[Ralf61]

NO water-guns this time?

[pieeyed]

He is looking at less time than the lady that got busted with the water guns.

[cornishcarlos]

19 minutes ago, Ralf61 said:

NO water-guns this time?

 

For every shipment of real guns they stop, at least 4 shipments of plastic water pistols, dart boards and back gammon sets get through.

The war on fun is always going to be a losing battle !!

[PETERTHEEATER]

No mention of the two bullpup rifles in the left foreground. What model are they?

[ratcatcher]

11 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

No mention of the two bullpup rifles in the left foreground. What model are they?

QBZ95B  ???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBZ-95

[Jonah Tenner]

49 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

No mention of the two bullpup rifles in the left foreground. What model are they?

Looks like Tavor assault rifles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWI_Tavor

[saminoz]

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

No mention of the two bullpup rifles in the left foreground. What model are they?

They are the Tavors.

[choff56]

The "water gun" decoy cache didn't work this time.

[Juan B Tong]

10 years in jail

You could put out somebody's eye without of those.

[NCC1701A]

looks like a Texas swap meet to me.

[soalbundy]

Prayut must be smiling, another years set back for the elections

[JAG]

No neighbouring countries use Tavors (Vietnam is the nearest, and I rather suspect that they will keep a close watch on theirs) Thailand has a lot of them though. The world and his one-legged uncle use M16s. but somehow I rather suspect that these weapons probably come from within Thailand. Should be easy enough to trace them through the serial numbers - I presume that the Thai Armed Forces keep a record of the weapons which they have, by serial numbers...

 

 

Edited April 11, 2018 by JAG