War weapons dumped on a roadside in Nonthaburi Province

[webfact]

War weapons dumped on a roadside in Nonthaburi Province

NONTHABURI, 10 June 2014 (NNT) - Pol. Lt. Col. Boonlert Akom-wattana, an inquiry officer of the Bang Bua Thong Police Station, said that another lot of war weapons and explosives was found abandoned on a roadside in Nonthaburi Province last night.

The weapons were dumped on the side of the Taling Chan-Suphanburi Road (Highway No. 340). They included a rifle, a carbine gun, a machine gun, several rounds of ammunition, as well as four flame grenades and four smoke bombs. All the weapons were stashed inside a cardboard box and a fertilizer sack, which were placed near a housing estate under construction.

Pol. Maj. Gen. Sriwara Rangsipramanakul, Commander of the Provincial Police Region 1, believed the owner wanted to get rid of the weapons as they fear heavy punishment announced by the National Council for Peace and Order.

Soldiers and police have recently stepped up searches for war weapons after the NCPO announced they would strictly take legal action against anybody who possessed war weapons.


-- NNT 2014-06-10

[Loles]

Means armed criminals (sorry, red or yellow protesters) dread army and don't dread police at all. Whether why? I don't understand

[metisdead]

A post with off topic baiting comments has been removed as well as the replies.

[webfact]

CRIME
Weapons found in two provinces as grace period ends


Photo : Nonthaburi

BANGKOK: -- Large caches of weapons were discovered in Nonthaburi and Chiang Mai provinces on Monday night and Tuesday, as the grace period to surrender the weapons drew to an end.

In Nonthaburi, police were alerted late Monday night about a large number of war weapons at the entrance to a housing estate on Talingchan-Suphan Buri Toad.

Police found a box and a fertiliser sack under the sign of the housing estate. In the sack, they found three rifles and rounds of ammunition. The box contained grenades, smoke bombs, a gun as well as ammunition.

Provincial police chief; Pol Maj Gen Srivara Rangsiprammanakul said it was believed that those who owned the weapons dropped them out of fear that they would be punished for possessing them.

The military junta that seized the power last month issued a grace period that ends Tuesday for those who own weapons to surrender them to authorities.

In Chiang Mai, a combined force of army and police inspected the war weapons abandoned in front of an exarmy colonel in Mae Rim district on Tuesday.

Col Chuchai Puthipin, owner of the house, said he heard his dogs barking at something on Monday night but he did not go out to check because it was dark.

When he was about to leave the house in this morning when he found the weapons at the gate, so he alerted the authorities.

"I didn't know whose weapons they are. My feeling is that the owners of the weapons were scared of handing them in. returning them. They left the weapons at my house possibly because they saw a sign in front of my house, which mentions my army rank," he said, adding that this would probably better than leaving them at a site where they could catch fire and explode.

The weapons retrieved include nine landmines, bullets, other ammunition and TNT.


-- The Nation 2014-06-10

[chainarong]

Strange that they are storing weapons by the side of the road, normally these are stored at military facilities and signed out or strict controls in place so that the mad major knows where each and every plastic butt has gone, seems Thailand has a different way of handling military weapons.

[canopus1969]

Am more surprised an ex army Colonel is scared to go out in the dark

[impulse]

Some museum somewhere wants the long guns.

Look at least 40+ years old.

[WhizBang]

Seems a lot of Reds people are getting mighty nervous.

[thumper101]

Well their gun amnesty has now expired. I hope to see 10+ years prison sentences handed out to those who ignored it.

[NeilSA1]

Am more surprised an ex army Colonel is scared to go out in the dark

More likely apathetic than scared.

[CharlesHH]

Look closely and see what appears to be a gift tag saying "Compliments of T.S."

[FangFerang]

Seems a lot of Reds people are getting mighty nervous.

I agree.

What bothers me is that the total seized weapons would all fit in a standard shipping container with lots of room to spare.

The army intervened because there was a clear threat, as quoted. Um, the clear threat still exists.

[rametindallas]

Some museum somewhere wants the long guns.

Look at least 40+ years old.

Forty plus years is nothing for a well-mad firearm. My M1A (.308/7.62 NATO civilian version of the M14) battle rifle is more than fifty years old and can shoot through an automobile. It can last for centuries in working order if properly stored and maintained. Ammo becomes unreliable after 50-60 years. These weapons are as deadly now as the day they were manufactured.