Phuket gun teens under investigation after Facebook posts
The Phuket News


Three pictures of Phuket teens posing with guns, from their Facebook pages.

PHUKET: -- Police in Phuket are keeping an eye on teenagers who have been posting pictures of themselves on Facebook, describing themselves as gang members and in some cases posing with guns.

One is the Facebook page of “Sapson Phet Indie” (Sapson is Thai for “Confuse”), which links with friends who all style themselves “Sapson”, suggesting they see themselves as members of a gang.

Many of them have elaborate tattooes, and guns and motorbikes seem to feature large among their interests. Another interest appears to be 4x100, the coctail made from cough mixture and banned krathom leaves, and favoured by teenagers are a starter narcotic.

Another page seen by The Phuket News is that of Pongsathorn Boonnak, who has posted a variety of pictures of himself posing with pistols.

It is impossible in either case to tell from the pictures whether the guns are real or replicas.

However, Provincial Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Patchara Boonyasit told The Phuket News today (January 12) that police monitor Facebook and other social media for crime tips.

“We identify some suspects from social media when they post about taking or dealing in drugs, or about guns. There is nothing illegal in them making or sharing such posts, but they provide us with trails of evidence to follow.

“Most of the people we catch because of posts on Facebook are people with illegal guns.”

The island’s police force even has its own social network experts. One who spoke with The Phuket News on condition of anonymity was cautious about revealing too much information but said she already knew about the two cases above, and about others.

“Phuket City police investigators already have information about them,” she said.

Phuket has suffered from frequent episodes of teen-on-teen gang violence, often involving deadly gunfights in high-speed motorbike chases.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-gun-teens-under-investigation-after-facebook-posts-50511.php


-- Phuket News 2015-01-12

Cute teenies. The barrel of that magnum is thicker than his arm.

Illegal guns ,, guess the people thgat are actually licened do not need to look cool and confused on Facebook

Real guns?????

Doubt they're real pistols. Probably airsoft ones.

Weedy looking punks.

Doubt they're real pistols. Probably airsoft ones.

They are all real pistols, when you are look down the barrel of one.

Doubt they're real pistols. Probably airsoft ones.

They are all real pistols, when you are look down the barrel of one.

Yep doubt if they sell plastic pellets that size , don't want to get hit with one of those if they did

Instead of giving interviews, why don't the police get of their lazy backsides and bring them in for questioning before someone gets hurt??

Really good move announcing to the islands criminals that the Police are watching them on Facebook.

Or it may just be a bluff.

Too bad the guns didn't accidentally go off.

The General clearly have some clean out left.

Cute teenies. The barrel of that magnum is thicker than his arm.

Reckon he could boast that his johnson is thicker than his arm

Doubt they're real pistols. Probably airsoft ones.

They are all real pistols, when you are look down the barrel of one.

True, and I think they should be illegal for kids everywhere. They could get the kids killed by law enforcement or another adult who believed he was in real danger.

BTW, the guys in the photo look nasty. I wouldn't want anything to do with them regardless of their race or country.

Weedy looking punks.

Thats why it usually takes 10( of these brain dead morons) to 1.

Cute teenies. The barrel of that magnum is thicker than his arm.

They all suffer from Small Dick Big Gun syndrome here

Wouldnt a Magnum (again assuming thats what it is, as I know ZERO about guns and wish to keep it that way) be very expensive?

Specially nice guys.

If I write M -s the moderator takes me to black list 3 days.

But what can I say other ?

Real guns?????

No Man, they are chocolate guns.

If you have any road rage with these specially nice guys you may see the answer to your question. You may see, but not so long time ....

Wanna be bad guys

Cute teenies. The barrel of that magnum is thicker than his arm.

and longer than his d...

Instead of giving interviews, why don't the police get of their lazy backsides and bring them in for questioning before someone gets hurt??

Keep bashing, don't bother reading...

"We identify some suspects from social media when they post about taking or dealing in drugs, or about guns. There is nothing illegal in them making or sharing such posts, but they provide us with trails of evidence to follow.

“Most of the people we catch because of posts on Facebook are people with illegal guns.”"

Real guns?????

No Man, they are chocolate guns.

If you have any road rage with these specially nice guys you may see the answer to your question. You may see, but not so long time ....

Can it be that they are indeed replicas?

Again, i am happy to say, I know nothing about guns.,...... its a question not a statement!

Real guns?????

No Man, they are chocolate guns.

If you have any road rage with these specially nice guys you may see the answer to your question. You may see, but not so long time ....

Can it be that they are indeed replicas?

Again, i am happy to say, I know nothing about guns.,...... its a question not a statement!

very naive...... where do you think come all the bullets from, found in the bodies of dead teenage gang members after their frequent gangfights ?

'... (Sapson is Thai for “Confuse”) ...' That figures.

Real guns?????

No Man, they are chocolate guns.

If you have any road rage with these specially nice guys you may see the answer to your question. You may see, but not so long time ....

Can it be that they are indeed replicas?

Again, i am happy to say, I know nothing about guns.,...... its a question not a statement!

very naive...... where do you think come all the bullets from, found in the bodies of dead teenage gang members after their frequent gangfights ?

naive how? can you identify these are real guns? if so how....?

Wondering what will thailand be in the near future with this gun, drug and corruption culture ???