Australian Man Arrested at Samui Airport with 96 Bullets and Disassembled Firearm

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

So Sitting Shrimp (GoongNang) translated the story from the information given,

No, it was not translated, Goongnang wrote the story for the English-language Phuket Express.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, dallen52 said:

Why bring one?

Its like bringing your own woman. 

You can pick one up here easily enough...

He got it here...as the OP states.

Edited December 23, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, Elkski said:

  Obviously a semi auto handgun because they break down and could confuse the uneducated. 

You could just read more than only Thaivisa.  Try the Bangkok Post for specifics.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

Try a Google search on "Ingleburn shooting 2016", which may answer some of your questions.

Just search Mark Hassal!

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Seriously? They don't know what a disassembled gun looks like? LOL.

Maybe a sex toy. Thai customs wouldn't know.

Both of you were wrong. Again.

[Liverpool Lou]

42 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Owning a gun doesn't make you a gang member. Bringing it to Thailand probably does.

He didn't bring it to Thailand.

[Jonathan Swift]

8 hours ago, Onerak said:

OMG Australian. I understand an American advancing self defense. 

The American disease appears to be spreading.

[Jonathan Swift]

4 hours ago, Elkski said:

If liking guns is a hobby attributed to America I can live with that.   Why wouldn't the reporter ask what numbers on the bullets?  Obviously a semi auto handgun because they break down and could confuse the uneducated.   So 9mm, .380, or 45acp.   Yes most commercial pistol ammo comes in 50 per box. 

To bad this Aussie doesn't read Asiannow or he would know the Israeli got in deep do do with less bullets no gun.  

Mass murder of children in schools using military style weapons (legally owned) is also a popular “hobby attributed to” Americans”, or didn’t you hear?

Edited December 23, 2022 by Jonathan Swift

[Reigntax]

5 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

He is obviously mixed up in some form of organized crime if he needs guns for self defence when he is traveling. 

Or he had many Thai ex girlfriends

[Silencer]

He couldn't be bothered to take any of the many land transport options from Samui? Maybe he scored a great airfare discount or had an expiring ticket.... ????

[ozimoron]

25 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

He didn't bring it to Thailand.

so he said but he obviously lied. He sure didn't buy it outside a grocery store.

[Reigntax]

13 minutes ago, Silencer said:

He couldn't be bothered to take any of the many land transport options from Samui? Maybe he scored a great airfare discount or had an expiring ticket.... ????

He now will have plenty of time to consider alternative wiser options 

[VinnieK]

9 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Lock him up and throw away the key. Just for lying.

Just for stupidity..

[1FinickyOne]

9 hours ago, Onerak said:

OMG Australian. I understand an American advancing self defense. 

up your nose w/a rubber hose... 

[CH1961]

6 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I get tired of reading about people of my nationality who do stupid and criminal things,

Aren't all Australians descended from criminals deported from England?

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, CH1961 said:

Aren't all Australians descended from criminals deported from England?

AFAIK my ancestry does not have a single criminal in it. Generalizations are much easier for lazy people.

[purcho]

6 hours ago, traveller101 said:

If he expected to get through airport security with 96 bullets - he needs a mental assessment before being sent to jail ...... unless they were rubber bullets in plastic casings.

couple of sandwiches short of a picnic !!

 

[Filippo M]

A genius

[4MyEgo]

7 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I get tired of reading about people of my nationality who do stupid and criminal things, because it reflects on those who are law-abiding.

 

Irrespective of any penalties he may get from the Thai authorities, IMO he should be deported after said penalties, and banned for life from Thailand.

Agree to the first part.

 

As for the 2nd part, no deportation as jails in Australia are like hotels compared to here, let him rot here for his crime vs the Oz tax payer paying for his accommodation and meals.

[PETERTHEEATER]

8 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

96 bullets! 

From the OP photo, fhey appear to be cartriges, not bullets. 

In this day and age, how would anyone who plans to travel by air not know of restrictions on the carriage of such restricted by air? Did he also have a Ned Kelly suit in this baggage?

[BritScot]

8 hours ago, allanos said:

What will the judge say when handing down the Ozzy's sentence?

 

"Oh! And . . . before I forget  . . . . Merry Christmas!"

Can't say that, "Happy Hollidays".... lol

[BritScot]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

AFAIK my ancestry does not have a single criminal in it. Generalizations are much easier for lazy people.

One of my ancestors was hung in Australia because he would not grass up the the one committing the highway robberies! Obviously this streak has been watered down over the generations, Me "it's him over there"!.... 

[Lacessit]

40 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

Agree to the first part.

 

As for the 2nd part, no deportation as jails in Australia are like hotels compared to here, let him rot here for his crime vs the Oz tax payer paying for his accommodation and meals.

I did say deportation AFTER any penalties applied in Thailand.

[10baht]

12 hours ago, Onerak said:

OMG Australian. I understand an American advancing self defense. 

That statement makes me understand that you don't know Jack S.

[4MyEgo]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

I did say deportation AFTER any penalties applied in Thailand.

You must mean time, I took penalties as in fines ????

 

[Lacessit]

Just now, 4MyEgo said:

You must mean time, I took penalties as in fines ????

 

I meant both, jail time and/or fines.

[4MyEgo]

Just now, Lacessit said:

I meant both, jail time and/or fines.

Got it.

[Olmate]

2 hours ago, BritScot said:

One of my ancestors was hung in Australia because he would not grass up the the one committing the highway robberies! Obviously this streak has been watered down over the generations, Me "it's him over there"!.... 

highway robberies!!   Bushranger and there were plenty of them. I come from Kelly country and went to school with some of the descendants. Harry Power, another, had a hideout not far from my childhood home.

[gomangosteen]

He was travelling with his wife and three children.

Does seem peculiar that he'd want 'self-defence' on a family holiday.

Who knows; we get drip-fed snippets from various news sources, maybe there's a fraction of truth, somewhere.

 

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

He was travelling with his wife and three children.

Does seem peculiar that he'd want 'self-defence' on a family holiday.

Who knows; we get drip-fed snippets from various news sources, maybe there's a fraction of truth, somewhere.

They'll have a spare seat on the way home.