Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

Police are seeking the arrest of three foreign nationals in connection with a cache of 25 semi-automatic firearms found concealed in microwave ovens destined for shipment to Moscow, Russia.

 

Officers at Bang Na Police Station launched the investigation following a report from a private international shipping company. The firm discovered suspicious packages, containing firearms hidden inside microwaves, while preparing them for export.

 

Police revealed on 27 July that they had identified three suspects, including one woman, through CCTV analysis. Arrest warrants are now being sought from the Bangkok South Criminal Court.

 

The weapons were discovered at CDEK BKK, a courier service based on Udom Suk 31 Road in Phra Khanong district. Staff had been inspecting parcels received via Lalamove, another delivery platform, when they uncovered the arms cache in eight boxes on 25 July.

 

Under orders from Pol. Lt. Gen. Siam Boonsom, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, forensic teams examined the recovered items, which included:

 

• 25 semi-automatic pistols

• 13 legally registered firearms

• 12 unregistered, illegal weapons

• 19 fully assembled firearms

• 2 firearms with mismatched serial numbers between barrel and grip

• 3 firearms with matching serial numbers but components placed in different boxes

• 1 firearm with entirely non-matching serial numbers

 

Additional items seized as evidence included:

 

• 5 silencers

• 5 optical sights

• 7 component parts

• 3 cleaning kits

• 1 instruction manual

 

CCTV footage provided vital leads in the case. At the Udom Suk branch:

 

• On 15 July at 19:03, a bald man delivered a single microwave box

 

• On 22 July at 12:39, a man driving a Toyota Altis delivered one box

 

• Later that evening, at 19:04, another individual in a four-door pickup dropped off two more boxes

 

Further suspicious activity was observed at the company’s Silom branch:

 

• On 22 July at 15:06, a woman brought in a box labelled as a battery charger

 

• On 23 July at 10:49, two men on a motorcycle delivered three similar boxes

 

Police believe these deliveries were part of a coordinated international arms trafficking attempt. The investigation remains ongoing as authorities continue efforts to locate and arrest the individuals involved.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khoasod 2025-07-28

 

 

 

 

Russians do not have enough weapons ?

Weapons with no local history for criminal gangs.

but why? You can't get guns in Russia? If this was the US I wouldn't be surprised but Thailand? I thought guns were hard to come by.

Please just ban them and the Israel's not worth the hassle and very little $$$.

So who owned the legal guns then ?

On 7/28/2025 at 7:20 AM, JoePai said:

Russians do not have enough weapons ?

With around one million dead or wounded Russians one could assume they've lost a few firearms

UA's  countetstrikes  on their factories are so intense that they now need to smuggle small arms from somewhere else.

 

Long live Ukraine.

They must know who they are you have to show ID to post anything in Thailand

I thought they would have enough weapons over there 😳

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

With around one million dead or wounded Russians one could assume they've lost a few firearms

My thoughts entertained criminal gangs or ... would coup attempt be in the offing (yes, OK wishful thinking).

On 7/27/2025 at 10:09 PM, NorthernRyland said:

but why? You can't get guns in Russia? If this was the US I wouldn't be surprised but Thailand? I thought guns were hard to come by.

Guns without a history.

8 hours ago, ronster said:

So who owned the legal guns then ?

 

 

Good question.

On 7/28/2025 at 9:09 AM, NorthernRyland said:

but why? You can't get guns in Russia? If this was the US I wouldn't be surprised but Thailand? I thought guns were hard to come by.

 

 

Not to sure about there being a shortage in Thailand.....

 

400,000 handguns were sold by the U.S. to Thailand as part of two major contracts between Sig Sauer and the Royal Thai Police, under a program known as the “welfare guns” scheme........they were bought cheap by the police and promptly sold on for a profit.

 

There was no oversight and no one knows where they all are.

On 7/28/2025 at 3:09 AM, NorthernRyland said:

but why? You can't get guns in Russia? If this was the US I wouldn't be surprised but Thailand? I thought guns were hard to come by.

In Thailand anything is possible as long as you have the money 🤷🏼