War weapons and drugs found in wreckage of fatal crash in Thailand

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Photo via DailyNews

 

by leah

A bus and a pickup truck collided in Lop Buri province in central Thailand this morning, killing three people and injuring seven more. Police were shocked to find a stash of drugs, weapons, and ammunition inside the pickup.

 

Officers from Khok Samrong Police Station were informed of a serious crash along the Phahonyothin Road in Moo 12 in Huay Pong subdistrict. Police, doctors, and rescue workers rushed to the scene.

Police found a bus full of workers heading to a factory in the city of Lop Buri. The front of the vehicle was heavily damaged.

 

The bus driver, 62 year old Sala Chumuenwai from Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast Thailand, was killed in the crash. Of the workers on board, seven people were injured, reports DailyNews.

Nearby, police found a demolished white Isuzu pickup truck. Inside the wreckage, police found the bodies of two people, 30 year old Wisan [surname withheld] from Phetchabun province – the driver – and 28 year old Sukanya [surname withheld] from Lop Buri province.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/road-deaths/war-weapons-and-drugs-found-in-wreckage-of-fatal-crash-in-thailand

 

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[ezzra]

Givin the porous borders Thailand is surrounded with, why are the police shocked to find large weapons and drugs everywhere in this country? this country is awash with drugs, weapons and all kind of illegal stuff, much more than anyone can Imagin.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Givin the porous borders Thailand is surrounded with, why are the police shocked to find large weapons and drugs everywhere in this country? this country is awash with drugs, weapons and all kind of illegal stuff, much more than anyone can Imagin.

I have quite the imagination, Thailand never ceases to amaze me.

[RichardColeman]

 

Course theyThe police said they have launched an investigation and will have to wait for the pickup truck’s sole surviving passenger to recover before he undergoes interrogation.

 

Course they could have i.d.'ied them all and raided there houses first

[brucegoniners]

"Police were shocked"?

 

It's there job not to be shocked.

[h90]

yes technically it is war weapons, but I imagine something a bit more serious...that is less than the average Texan man has in his pickup

[n00dle]

all that meth and the driver falls asleep, aint that a hoot.

[n00dle]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Course they could have i.d.'ied them all and raided there houses first

 

3 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

It's there job not to be shocked.

sigh

[roger101]

If I was driving a vehicle that was carrying drugs and weapons I would drive sensibly and also made sure I had enough rest.