Jet Ski Vendor Arrested After Shooting Incident

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Jet Ski Vendor Arrested After Shooting Incident

PATTAYA – February 1, 2014 [PDN]; Pol. Capt. Thanasit Kaenluem (Deputy Inspector of Pattaya city police station) was notified that there was a teenage man who had used a gun in front of Tamnan Chon pub, Pattaya third road, he then fled in a bronze Toyota Vigo 4 door-pickup truck, license number KHOR KHOR-282 Chonburi in the direction of Pattaya third road, south Pattaya. The police team then arrested him at Soi Prayadsap, behind Roong Land village, south Pattaya. The officers searched in the pickup truck and found 1 modified revolver size .22 and 22 bullets size .22 which were hidden in a black handbag so they kept them for evidence. The group of trouble makers were identified as Mr. Montri Atthawijit, aged 19, address 144 Moo 14, Tambon Dong Ling, Amphur Kamalasai, Kalasin province, a Ms. Supornpit Yusuk, aged 32, address 176 Moo 4 Tambon Sawat, Amphur Lerng Nok Tha, Yasothon province and a Mr. Seksan Yodmanee, aged 33, address 327/255 Moo 9 Tambon Nong Prue, Amphur Banglamung, Chonburi province. The police found a bullet hole in the left back door of the pickup truck so all the people involved were detained.

Upon investigating Mr. Montri Atthawijit, aged 19, he said that he rents jet skis at the beginning of Soi Pattaya 2 beach and the revolver belonged to him which he had bought off the internet for 9,000 THB. Before the incident occurred he and Miss Supornpit Yusuk and Mr. Seksan Yodmanee went to Tamnan Chon pub where they ended up arguing with a group of teenagers so they decided to leave and when they got to their pickup truck they heard gun shots

Full story:http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2014/02/01/jet-ski-vendor-arrested-after-shooting-incident/

--PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2014-02-01

[OMGImInPattaya]

Why doesn't this surprise me?

[JoeThePoster]

The police found a bullet hole in the left back door of the pickup truck so all the people involved were detained.

That's 200,000 baht to repair the bullet hole. Thank you.

[phycokiller]

sort of off topic but a farang tourist policeman tried to intervene in a scam at mikes today. he was forced to retreat into a shop in modern supermarket

[KittenKong]

Do jet ski operators have any redeeming qualities at all? It appears not.

[soihok]

sort of off topic but a farang tourist policeman tried to intervene in a scam at mikes today. he was forced to retreat into a shop in modern supermarket

Anyone got any further details of this?

Would be really interesting to know more of how he came about to be there, and who forced him retreat and why?

[alocacoc]

[addy77]

Thais are undeterred to not break the law and cause crime. It's a struggle to get most to wear a motorbike helmet. I think Thailand needs capital punishment. Nothing else seems to work.

[Langsuan Man]

Thais are undeterred to not break the law and cause crime. It's a struggle to get most to wear a motorbike helmet. I think Thailand needs capital punishment. Nothing else seems to work.

It already has capital punishment, it just has not been used recently. And even when is was used it did not deter crime, despite the prospect of facing a machine gun wielding executioner

[phycokiller]

sort of off topic but a farang tourist policeman tried to intervene in a scam at mikes today. he was forced to retreat into a shop in modern supermarket

Anyone got any further details of this?

Would be really interesting to know more of how he came about to be there, and who forced him retreat and why?

they were scamming an indian family, the jet ski did capsize but surely they are designed for that, the scammers wanted 30000b. so a spectator called a tourist police he knew and he happened to be over at mikes so he came over. He suggested the family come up on the footpath and tell him their side of the story and the lady that runs it started cursing and shouting and physically pushing him away. when he resisted she screamed louder and about a dozen of the boys surrounded him and he ran across the street and hid in a shop. I think he was rather shocked and surprised by it all.

[soihok]

Unreal. The Indian family must have been shocked at that, thinking there is no way out of it (which lets face it, there isn't).

I'm a bit surprised that he didn't know of the extortion racket in operation on the beach. I guess he does now though. I wonder what repercussions would occur if the thugs actually attacked him.

Probably nothing, as it seems as if his superiors "maybe" in on the action any way.