webfact Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Gun-carrying runaway cornered at Phuket News officeNaraporn TuarobDanai is caught by the police.PHUKET: -- A man fleeing police brought the news right to the office of The Phuket News this morning (May 20) or, to be more accurate, into the blind alley next to the office.Patrol officers first noticed Danai Poonsawad, 33, sitting on a motorbike outside the CP Gold Master gold shop next to Tesco-Lotus, the target in March of a deadly robbery in which a bystander was shot dead.When police approached Danai and told him they wanted to search him, he bolted on foot through the Tesco car park, across the heavy traffic of the bypass road and into Billion Plaza, home of Class Act Media, owners of The Phuket News.Hot on his heels was taxi driver Athit Leebutr who spotted Danai in flight and gave chase.Athit told The Phuket News, “I saw him looking suspicious and then running away from the police so I helped the police catch him. He ran away from the front of the gold shop and ran across the road in front of Tesco and down the side of the building. I was the one who caught him.”After Danai pounded down to the end of the alley, Athit cornered him until the constabulary caught up, put him on the ground and cuffed him.Pol Sen Sgt Maj Witoon Meerit from Phuket City Police said that when police searched Danai, he had in his possession a 12-bore Thai Pradit [homemade] hand gun, and some marijuana, so he was taken to the Phuket City Police Station.“He told us at first that he intended to take his friend’s mobile phone to a pawn shop but when we checked, it turned out the phone was stolen from someone in Chanthaburi Province. We have already been in touch with the owner.“We tested Danai’s urine and chemicals turned purple [an indication of narcotics in the urine]. So we checked his profile and it turned out he had twice been arrested in the past for drug possession.”When Danai was asked why he was carrying the gun and ammunition for it, he said, “My boss told me to carry a gun because I worked for a speedboat company and it is dangerous at night.“But I didn’t intend to rob the gold shop. I just wanted to take my friend’s phone to the pawn shop.Police are also making inquiries about the motorbike he was sitting on when they first approached him. “I also borrowed it from my friend, you can check with him,” Danai told them. He gave them a phone number to call but they could not get through.Given Danai’s fabricated story about the phone, police are currently disinclined to believe his motorbike story, too, and are checking up on that.They will also be making further inquiries following the discover on the stolen phone of pictures that appear to show Danai and friends enjoying drugs together.Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/gun-carrying-runaway-cornered-at-phuket-news-office-39504.php-- Phuket News 2013-05-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thhMan Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Hmmm... I dont like snitches and I dont like taxi drivers... "I saw him looking suspicious".... He mustve been looking in the mirror... He was probably waiting to fleece some innocent tourist.... Oh and good job Thai Police for catching a crook... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morden Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 A druggy with a gun. Brilliant! Far from being the only one, I expect. I wonder where the gun will go next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Wanchai Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Hmmm... I dont like snitches and I dont like taxi drivers... "I saw him looking suspicious".... He mustve been looking in the mirror... He was probably waiting to fleece some innocent tourist.... Oh and good job Thai Police for catching a crook... Do you stereotype everyone according to their occupations, skin colour or education ? Thailand doesn't need people like you on her soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morden Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Hmmm... I dont like snitches and I dont like taxi drivers... "I saw him looking suspicious".... He mustve been looking in the mirror... He was probably waiting to fleece some innocent tourist.... Oh and good job Thai Police for catching a crook... Do you stereotype everyone according to their occupations, skin colour or education ? Thailand doesn't need people like you on her soil. Plenty here already, judging by more then a few threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) Gun-carrying runaway... When I read the header I had a vision of an armed 16 year old (male/female...your choice) evading/running from the BIB. As it turns out it was a 33YO male with some pot & a home- made 12gauge shotgun/pistol.... Shame Shame Naraporn Tuarob and webfact for obfuscating the facts of the story. N.B. Runaway is commonly used to describe a young person (16 YO or less)who has run away from "home". This def is used worldwide...but not in LOS it seems. Edited May 21, 2013 by sunshine51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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