Thai man caught with LIVE GRENADE at Pattaya checkpoint

[rooster59]

Thai man caught with LIVE GRENADE at Pattaya checkpoint

 

Image: Ruksiam News

 

Pattaya police have arrested a Thai man after he was found to be in possession of a live hand grenade.

 

Officers apprehended the man after he began acting suspiciously as he passed through a security checkpoint on Soi Ko Phai at 11pm on Saturday evening.

 

Officers searched the man’s bag and discovered the grenade. A bomb disposal squad then attended the scene to make the device safe.

 

The man claimed the grenade wasn’t his and didn’t know how it got into his bag. He said that a friend of his must have placed it there.

 

Police didn’t believe the story and took the man to Pattaya police station for further questioning.

 

In another incident not far from where police arrested the man with the grenade, a 42 year old Thai man was arrested following reports a weapon was being fired. 

 

Police attended the scene on Soi Bun Bunkaram 5 at around midnight and found a man sat behind the wheel of a pick up truck, which had its engine running.

 

The man was also acting suspiciously and a search of his vehicle unearthed a loaded gun under the driver’s seat.

 

The man told police the weapon was his but denied firing it earlier that evening. 

 

The man was arrested and taken to Pattaya police station. It was also discovered he does not have a license to own a firearm. 
 

Source: Ruksiam News

 

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[unamazedloso]

And where exactly do you get grenades from? Hmm, surely people in uniform aren't corrupt. These people are running this country with the purest of intentions so this behavior couldnt be real.

[Phuketshrew]

Just let me check, keys? yes. wallet? yes. Live hand grenade? Damn, I can't find it.

[DaveE13]

He thought it was his Cigarette lighter 

[marko kok prong]

Some people are just not satisfied with fireworks at new year!

[spiekerjozef]

He thought it was a baby-durian

[Isaanbiker]

The man claimed the grenade wasn’t his and didn’t know how it got into his bag. He said that a friend of his must have placed it there.

 

That's exactly what I said when they found my AK 47 under my seat! 

[RichardColeman]

I'm guessing he went to a wife swapping party, and decided the grenade was a fair swap and the other man could keep the wife

[Chazar]

1 minute ago, Isaanbiker said:

The man claimed the grenade wasn’t his and didn’t know how it got into his bag. He said that a friend of his must have placed it there.

 

That's exactly what I said when they found my AK 47 under my seat! 

Should  have used the borrowed it  off a  dead  friend  one

[sammieuk1]

Its the that's not my grenade anyone seen my dog routine surprised no one was fooled ????

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

The man claimed the grenade wasn’t his and didn’t know how it got into his bag.

Magic. All bow to the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Google it if you don't know.

[brokenbone]

3 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

Magic. All bow to the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Google it if you don't know.

i thought the turks renamed the province after they conquered it from byzantium ?

[RJRS1301]

Well luckily the police at the checkpint did not go off with a bang, unlike the couple at the beach.

 

[tompelli]

What about the guy stopped in Sattahip couple of weeks ago with an arsenal of war weapons...taken back to the station & subsequently released? Must be one of the good people.

[judokrab]

It was just a misunderstanding. 

[wombat]

1 hour ago, DaveE13 said:

He thought it was his Cigarette lighter 

honest officer, from a stall at the market

[DefaultName]

I was only using it to crush nuts.......

[racket]

What the hell is a live grenade? If it’s alive show me where it’s feet’s came from.. 

[Dap]

5 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Magic. All bow to the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Google it if you don't know.

One of my all-time favorite movie lines.

[how241]

It looks like a hand grenade I had years ago,  bought in a army/navy surplus store in the USA.  It was drilled out in the bottom and the gunpowder removed.  It looks like a WW2  style.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The man claimed the grenade wasn’t his and didn’t know how it got into his bag. He said that a friend of his must have placed it there.

 

[toofarnorth]

3 hours ago, DefaultName said:

I was only using it to crush nuts.......

Is that a grenade in your shorts or are you just pleased to see me ' It is for crushing my nuts .'

More likely blow em clean orf .

[tifino]

just confiscate the Pin, just the Pin...

 

and leave him to hang on to the rest

Edited December 29, 2019 by tifino

[Classic Ray]

Very similar to a WW2 British Mills Bomb, still living in the past here.

[Stargeezr]

I guess it was a friends, as the pin was still in its place.

 The story would have been different if the pin had been removed.

Geezer

[Basil B]

16 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The man was arrested and taken to Pattaya police station. It was also discovered he does not have a license to own a firearm. 

Not surprised, given the number of drivers without a valid driving licence.

[RJRS1301]

  20 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The man was arrested and taken to Pattaya police station. It was also discovered he does not have a license to own a firearm. 

 

 

You can get a licence for a hand grenade??

[mikebell]

I'm amazed Plod managed to tear themselves away from gazing at their phones on overtime pay to even notice cars.

[Traubert]

8 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

  20 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The man was arrested and taken to Pattaya police station. It was also discovered he does not have a license to own a firearm. 

 

 

You can get a licence for a hand grenade??

That was the bloke in the other incident. He had a gun under his car seat.

[BritManToo]

Man breathes a sigh of relief and thinks, 'thank god they didn't find my vape pen'

 

Meanwhile, back in the village .........

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by BritManToo