Indonesian, Singaporean men arrested for allegedly selling guns, explosives

By THE NATION

 

 

Two foreigners were arrested in Bangkok on Friday for allegedly possessing guns and ammunition with the intent to sell.

 

 

Singaporean national Bink (last name withheld), 26, and Indonesian Aiden (last name withheld), 32, were arrested in a condo in the Sutthisan area of Huay Khwang district by officials of Patrol and Special Operation Division, also known as 191 Police.

 

Police said they were tipped off about illegal gun sellers which led to a red Mercedes owned by one of the suspects. The licence plate and registration turned out to be fake. Police reportedly found seven handguns, 584 bullets, an M67 grenade, a KM18 smoke grenade and two flash bangs in their room.

 

The suspects reportedly confessed that they sold guns and explosives to foreign customers via Line and WeChat applications while customers paid in bitcoin. After the arrest, police found that a customer in Singapore had just called Bink’s phone and ordered him to destroy the guns in exchange for a Bt100,000 fee.

 

Investigation of the suspects’ travel history revealed that they had entered Thailand on student visas in 2019 and had been renting the room since June at Bt13,000 per month.

 

They were charged with possession and selling of guns and explosives without licence, while Bink was additionally charged with falsifying official government documents for the car that he owns. Both were sent to Sutthisan Police Station for processing while police are investigating the call from Singapore to track down the customer.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394061

 

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1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Singaporean national Bink (last name withheld)

JarJar?

         Just reminds me of the gigantic fuss that was made when a news reporter flew into Thailand with bullet proof vest.

         No weapons of war in this story ??????

Where is the arrest warrant for the Thai where they bought the guns from?

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Police said they were tipped off about illegal gun sellers which led to a red Mercedes owned by one of the suspects. The licence plate and registration turned out to be fake. Police reportedly found seven handguns, 584 bullets, an M67 grenade, a KM18 smoke grenade and two flash bangs in their room

The two flash bangs will not be prosecuted.  ????

31 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

Where is the arrest warrant for the Thai where they bought the guns from?

Is it illegal for Thais to sell guns in Thailand?

30 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The two flash bangs will not be prosecuted.  ????

Do 'flash bangs' not wear panties?

Dumb and dumber

13 minutes ago, Pikasso said:

Do 'flash bangs' not wear panties?

Not that you'd notice.

cane the Singaporean with a king cobra.. 

Guys this is not funny, these two dudes are in serious trouble, and we should show some empathy....   not!

Sorry boys that's a Thai reserved occupation........  Namely the Thai border soldiers, mate of mine used to buy all kinds of nastiness off them a few years back, strangely enough they were transported in a golf bag.......  Nine iron or M16 ?       

8 hours ago, Hi Tea said:

Is it illegal for Thais to sell guns in Thailand?

555  a really funny question. Since when?

You got to be either naive or stupid to buy or sell guns with Thais especially on Thai territory.

16 hours ago, Hi Tea said:

Is it illegal for Thais to sell guns in Thailand?

Not if they wear green.

Kinda miss the good ol' days when all one needed to do was go to the Russian Market in PP Cambodia, for all your weapons and explosives needs!  Didn't need bitcoins then, just US$ hundred dollar bills.

 

 

11 hours ago, poloshirt said:

20 hours ago, Hi Tea said:

Is it illegal for Thais to sell guns in Thailand?

555  a really funny question. Since when?

An even funnier post (funny peculiar, that is). 

 

I asked a if it was illegal for Thais to sell guns,  you posted "since when"?  What does that mean?

On 9/5/2020 at 8:08 PM, kcpattaya said:

Where is the arrest warrant for the Thai where they bought the guns from?

They don't issue arrest warrants for army and police