Investigation launched into rifle toting cop in Phitsanulok

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Picture: Sanook

 

A senior policeman of the rank of  lieutenant colonel has been transferred to Phitsanulok HQ and a committee of inquiry has been set up after trouble at a Som Tam shop in Kamphaengphet.

 

The news comes just a day after RTP chief General Suwat Chaengyodsuk launched a fancy "smart" campaign to keep Thailand safe. 

 

If this case is anything to go by, Thailand is not safe from its own constabulary.

 

Sanook said that an apparently drunk officer claiming to be a Phitsanuloke policeman had caused trouble and retrieved an "aka gun" (an AK-47 assault rifle) from his vehicle in a brazen incident that went viral on Thai social media. 

 

The incident happened at a Som Tam (papaya salad) shop at 6pm in Sai Ngam sub-district of Kamphaengphet in the north of Thailand on Tuesday.

 

Suttha Noeikham told Sai Ngam police that the man who appeared drunk first went for a knife then after a man on a motorcycle got involved in the fracas and people tried to stop it he went to retrieve a rifle of some description from his Isuzu.

 

Various threats followed and customers scattered before the policeman left. No one was hurt.

 

Phitsanuloke police spokesman Pol Col Songphon Sangkasem said that the provincial police chief was aware of the incident and had ordered the immediate transfer of Pol Lt-Col Yossaphon Phuangthong, 48, to clerical duties and the setting up of an investigative committee.

 

In addition a summons is out from the police in Kamphaengphet.

 

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[smedly]

so not only was this drunk idiot cop threatening people with an assault rifle but he was also driving in that drunken state

[rbkk]

Definetely Mafia I would say judging by the sunglasses on a cloudy day.

[Denim]

Probably a member of the police Thai Weapons And Tactics  team.........<deleted>.

[NE1]

Probably all a misunderstanding. 

[worgeordie]

Another Cop behaving badly .....they are supposed to be the law,

not above it.

regards worgeordie

[ikke1959]

Tranferring the problem???? Fire the man. He is unworthy to be called a policeman. 

[trainman34014]

22 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Tranferring the problem???? Fire the man. He is unworthy to be called a policeman. 

Will never happen; pieces of s++t stick together !

[JeffersLos]

He was simply showing it to a customer that mentioned they were a gun enthusiast.

 

And he wasn't drunk. He had just finished having some dental work done.

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Another Cop behaving badly .....they are supposed to be the law,

not above it.

regards worgeordie

A law unto themselves.

[bobandyson]

When idiots and donkey sphincters pay for promotions, you'll always end up with idiots and donkey sphincters in high positions.

 

[HAPPYNUFF]

A   cop lives not far from our house,  mans a bloody idiot, I wouldnt employ him to clean   my toilet,   even when hes sober. which isnt often.  The sad part is, he actually believes hes superior to everyone around here.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, smedly said:

so not only was this drunk idiot cop threatening people with an assault rifle but he was also driving in that drunken state

Drunken state?  Only "apparently" and "appeared to be".

[rudi49jr]

Business as usual, people, nothing to see here, just move along. It’s all just a big misunderstanding, the chief will explain everything once he has come up with a plausible explanation. May be a few days, though, because this is a toughie to explain away.

[timendres]

Won't be long before food vendors here start coming to work in bullet-proof vests.

[chalawaan]

Pol Lt-Col Yossaphon seems to be a bit of a Tossaphon, who thought he could bossaphon everyone he came aphon, but now disarmed, he can reflectaphon how his AK antics have been frownedaphon, or likely not.

 

My prediction is; he'll be recycled back into the compost bin of the RTP and the next time you hear his name, he'll have blown some poor Somchai away. There's precedent for that in this organisation.

[grego49]

6 hours ago, NE1 said:

Probably all a misunderstanding. 

Like going to cha am beach from korat in a police van,,,,

[NE1]

2 minutes ago, grego49 said:

Like going to cha am beach from korat in a police van,,,,

Exactly.

[Deli]

This is where the Thai educational system takes you to.

[ThaiFelix]

An AK47 is ok, its when they start toting plastic bags that you start worrying.

[JeffersLos]

7 hours ago, timendres said:

Won't be long before food vendors here start coming to work in bullet-proof vests.

And that's for protection from the sh#t that they cook.