Military-grade weapons found inside a luxury mansion in Ayutthaya Province

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Military-grade weapons found inside a luxury mansion in Ayutthaya Province

AYUTTHAYA, 18 June 2014 (NNT) - Ayutthaya Provincial Police along with Army officers have found an M-79 grenade launcher, 75 rounds of ammunition, and a sack filled with road spikes during their raid on a luxury mansion in Wang Noi District of the province.

The weapons were hidden inside a storage room underneath a staircase. Police speculated that the weapons might be linked to the Lat Bua Luang case, where a large number of war weapons have been discarded in an irrigation canal.

Police found out that 40 year-old Jirawat Ornchunka was the last person whose name was listed on the leasing contract. However, Mr. Jirawat said that another 50 year-old man had been renting the mansion for two months after him and that he was no longer the tenant of the house.

Nonetheless, soldiers and police have conducted a thorough search on Mr. Jirawat’s white Mazda-2 sport car. So far, they have only detected a notebook computer and a number of documents stored inside his car but haven’t found anything suspicious yet.


-- NNT 2014-06-18

[djjamie]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

[Seastallion]

No mention of a red shirt security ID. Which sort of goes to prove indicate that the previous red shirt ID's found at other weapons caches were not planted.

[kratiam]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

I am absolutely no fan of Chalerm but those two explanations are not mutually exclusive!

(Off topic but, by the way, where is the good Mr Chalerm?)

[chainarong]

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It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

I am absolutely no fan of Chalerm but those two explanations are not mutually exclusive!

(Off topic but, by the way, where is the good Mr Chalerm?)

Waiting for another phone call.

[chainarong]

I notice the note book computer was included in nothing suspicious left in the car , did anyone take the computer and have a IT guru shake a mouse over it.

[diehard60]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

AH! One thing there dude. The missing rice was not the PTP but the millers and some farmers who tried to rip off the government. So please get at least some facts right.OK??????

[lostmebike]

@ djjamie

'Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are'

PTP are smart!? So 'smart' they're currently enjoying all the purple patch has to offer.

[Emster23]

"I rented the house fully furnished, and figured this was just part of the package" Every mansion should have a means for self defense. Heck, this sorry excuse for an arsenal would hardly raise an eyebrow back in Texas.....

[ramrod711]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

AH! One thing there dude. The missing rice was not the PTP but the millers and some farmers who tried to rip off the government. So please get at least some facts right.OK??????

Are you implying that you have inside knowledge of the working of the rice scam? Do you personally know who took what, and where it is? Proof please, and by the way Prayuth wants to speak to you.

[outsider]

Wow... Mazda 2 is a 'seport car' now... really. Sheesh...

[djjamie]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

AH! One thing there dude. The missing rice was not the PTP but the millers and some farmers who tried to rip off the government. So please get at least some facts right.OK??????

I was right. The Public Warehouse Organization (PWO) made the excuses and they are an off shoot of the Commerce Ministry controlled by the…………………………….PTP

Edited June 18, 2014 by djjamie

[TPI]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

AH! One thing there dude. The missing rice was not the PTP but the millers and some farmers who tried to rip off the government. So please get at least some facts right.OK??????

I was right. The Public Warehouse Organization (PWO) made the excuses and they are an off shoot of the Commerce Ministry controlled by the…………………………….PTP

Which, in turn, was controlled and directed by Chalerm's son!! (the PWO that is)

[FangFerang]

No mention of a red shirt security ID. Which sort of goes to prove indicate that the previous red shirt ID's found at other weapons caches were not planted.

Nope -- that's broken logic that does not prove, indicate or hint that the previous red shirt IDs were not planted. It actually proves indicates only that there were no IDs found at the residence of a known PTP, and that such IDs would be unnecessary irrelevant this time.

Edited June 18, 2014 by FangFerang

[IamNoone88]

I went through Heathrow last year and my computer was "swabbed" for explosives - immediate results - took 30 seconds. That's an airport. The police are looking at a serious crime regarding war weapons and they "detected a notebook computer and some documents" in a car of the buildings past tenant. Come on RTP - I know you are more sophisticated than that - get forensics in and swab the damn car for trace explosives! You can eliminate this guy from the enquiry or take him off the streets. The technology is sitting there - start nailing these guys.

[silent]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

Simply a strategy like taking a person around the sun to get to the moon and lose them long the path with at least some truth, so it won't make any difference if you can tell the same story twice.

If I remember right, that's what children do when they're almost caught rouge handed.

[Arkady]

It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

The last tenant who didn't sign a lease will obviously turn out to be a man known only by his nickname who is believed to have since moved abroad permanently. Case solved.

It was actually the chief of the Public Warehouse Organisation who said the rice was away being polished. Guess he will soon be enjoying a new career in an inactive position where the punishment is not to have any means of demanding bribes any more.

[MaxYakov]

"I rented the house fully furnished, and figured this was just part of the package" Every mansion should have a means for self defense. Heck, this sorry excuse for an arsenal would hardly raise an eyebrow back in Texas.....

Yes, it brings back fond memories. Gives new meaning to the term "Fire Wall":

[scorecard]

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It amazes me how explanations are so complicated when incriminating evidence or threats of persecution follow discoveries. Even down to who was living in a house.

Chalerm had that problem when it came to luxury car tax as well. One excuse was the car did not actually belong to him, but to a partner in a company run by his son. then the next day the next excuse was the car belonged to a Singaporean businessman who owned many luxury cars, and he had left it in his sons care.

Then there was the PTP missing rice excuses. It was in a holding warehouse then less than a month later it was getting bleached.

The question is will Jirawat be smarter than the PTP and keep to the same excuse or will he change it a few days later.

I suspect he will stick to the same excuse. Not because I know him, but because I know how smart the PTP are.

I am absolutely no fan of Chalerm but those two explanations are not mutually exclusive!

(Off topic but, by the way, where is the good Mr Chalerm?)

Maybe Denmark, again, or maybe his passport was confiscated when he had to report to the army.

[surangw]

weapons that may have been seized on previous raids ?

[BillyBobThai]

The PTP reds coats, have been stealing and committing crimes for so long, that they got complacent and sloppy with their handling of the proceeds. That should make it fairly easy to get convictions. My only hope is that the one in Dubai is brought back to Thailand to face the music. I would think that there would be many different counts that could be brought against him. At the very least, he should get life without parole, but for myself, I would like to see him hang by the neck until dead, or maybe, just remove the head altogether.

Edited June 18, 2014 by BillyBobThai

[jope]

I assume, this operation was part of a to-do-list or result of a tip off. Neither this nor the other few findings of weapons says anything about the proliferation of weapons in all of Thailand. Just out of curiosity: are there any raids in Central or South Thailand or even in the deep South?

[BillyBobThai]

I would love to see someone start a campaign to bring Thaksin back to Thailand. When one has an infected tooth, the Dr. has to do a root canal to take out all of the infected root material, until the infection is cleared out, healing can not begin. Thaksin Shinawatra has been the root problem for Thailand for several years and needs to be brought to justice. A person with sufficient means, could have this slime ball brought back to his motherland.

[Emster23]

Anyone who thinks Reds are only ones who commit crimes or have weapons stored at home has a very tenuous grasp of Thailand reality

[tomyummer]

Mansion, soldiers and police working together, war weapons, Mazda 2 Sport. Wow. Makes sense.

[marsstar14]

Congratulations to the Royal Thai Army for their swift progress in getting rid of these war weapons day-by-day, which is something that the notoriously corrupt Thai police failed to do so during the reign of the Pheu Thai government and the seven-month long political deadlock.

General Prayuth has done a good job in maintaining peace and order so far in this seemingly lawless country. Now that several corrupt police heads have been transferred to inactive posts, the police are starting to become more responsible in performing their duties. The Thai police force needs to be seriously reformed in order to push the country forward.