Daughter of Village Chief and former MP involved in East Pattaya firearms incident

[Rimmer]

Daughter of Village Chief and former MP involved in East Pattaya firearms incident

PATTAYA:--The 18 year old daughter of a Village Chief from Kanchanaburi Province who formally served as a Democratic Party Member of Parliament, was arrested along with her 19 year old Boyfriend on Friday afternoon as they attempted to sell a firearm which had been stolen from her Father.

Police contacted the woman via Facebook and arranged to meet her to purchase the firearm, a 9mm Glock semi-automatic handgun. As the suspect arrived at the meeting point, on the railroad between Soi Kao Noi and Soi Kao Talo in East Pattaya, Police ambushed the pair and recovered the licensed firearm.
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-- Pattaya One 2014-06-21

[NeverSure]

That's a model 19 Glock with a 15 round magazine. To the left is a highly concealable inside the waistband (IWB) holster. That gun comes with 2 magazines but the gun is empty and there's only one on the table. Could be one in the zipper case (which isn't original.)

The gun looks strange because the top slide is pulled back and latched to prove it's empty.

Why do parents leave guns out where kids can get them? (Rhetorical.)

[Regyai]

Why do parents leave guns out where kids can get them? (Rhetorical.)

Surely youve heard

'guns dont kill people, people kill people'

etc etc etc

[Rimmer]

Off topic post and reply removed

[khaowong1]

Now I'm hoping, although not holding my breath, that the Father of this young lady will be investigated to whether he had legal means to own this weapon.

[uwe_rayong]

Now I'm hoping, although not holding my breath, that the Father of this young lady will be investigated to whether he had legal means to own this weapon.

Police contacted the woman via Facebook and arranged to meet her to purchase the firearm, a 9mm Glock semi-automatic handgun. As the suspect arrived at the meeting point, on the railroad between Soi Kao Noi and Soi Kao Talo in East Pattaya, Police ambushed the pair and recovered the licensed firearm.

[Chris Lawrence]

Just luv the reporting from Pattaya One, they must have seen the same message on her Facebook page as they were there too. They got the police arresting the young man, what a coincidence? The Nation aren't as good as Pattaya One

[lvr181]

The quality of politicians is definitely not getting any better!

[Cake Monster]

Apparently, village heads are legally allowed firearms for personal protection, and to quell any disturbances

[media]

Looks like the police baited them into the crime in the first place by contacting them on FB, cant they focus on real crimes that have actually already been committed?

[Phatcharanan]

Looks like the police baited them into the crime in the first place by contacting them on FB, cant they focus on real crimes that have actually already been committed?

Isn't prevention of a crime far better than dealing with the consequences afterwards?

[ClutchClark]

Looks like the police baited them into the crime in the first place by contacting them on FB, cant they focus on real crimes that have actually already been committed?

IF an individual is voluntarily advertising the sale of a firearm on FB, and the police respond to that advertisement, then they are not baiting anyone.

The article indicates the daughter had stolen and sold her fathers firearms on previous occasions so it would appear she was likely attempting to offer this pistol for sale as well.

As for waiting for crimes that have already been committed, a crime had already been committed--the theft of a firearm. The distinction is important if you were the intended target of whomever purchased this stolen firearm--in which case, you would likely be quite thankful the police intervened prior to you being shot.

But me thinks you must be a troll to leave such a ridiculous post in the first place.

Edited June 22, 2014 by ClutchClark