webfact Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Suspicious Bag Alert in North PattayaPATTAYA: -- Bomb Disposal Officers were called to the front of a Market in North Pattaya on Saturday Afternoon after two suspicious bags were found inside a Refuse Bin in front of a market popular with foreigners.EOD officers were called to the front of the Pattaya Bazaar Market by Khun Jun aged 61 who earlier saw a man, presumed to be Thai, place two bags inside a refuse bin.One was a large rucksack and the other was a child’s rucksack and both appeared to be extremely heavy according to EOD officers. Carefully, they opened the rucksacks and to their relief both contained clothes and stones.Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/217897/suspicious-bag-alert-in-north-pattaya/-- Pattaya One 2015-09-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 some sick people around think this stuff is funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Why stones one wonders? Initially they were to be thrown into the sea? Half expecting a body! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Extremely sad, knowing what has just happened, is it suppost to be some kind of joke or just some idiots wanting to waste the authorities time?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 ....methinks they should still investigate....does it make any sense...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitmiffed Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Reading the headline without the picture I thought they meant a suspicious tranny in Pattaya.. Should really read the story 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) I witnessed this chaos first hand. God help us if there really was a bomb planted! There were about 15-20 BiB there, one EOD guy that I saw, and a Sophon cameraman. I initially thought it was a drill, or PR stunt, as there was a BiB sitting within 10m of the, "packages" with a pile of DL's and going through his fines book (I presumed they had been there all afternoon stopping bikes). There were people still sitting in the adjacent restaurant, people still using the adjacent zebra crossing from Best across Nua, and I walked straight up to the, "bombs", about 2m from them, where they had been relocated from the bin, and had a couple of sandbags and tires placed around them, without any sort of barrier in place and nobody stopped me or informed me, until some sort of plain clothes old bill shouted at me to get away from there. Traffic was halted westbound on Nua, about 50m from the packages, eastbound was allowed to run freely. There was absolutely no sign of anyone being in charge of the situation, there were no warnings, no barriers, no idea of safe distance (how could they know without knowing what type of explosive they were potentially dealing with) or exclusion zone. If these packages had been bombs, and were detonated, I dread to think what the outcome would have been. Utter shambles!! As you would expect here.... PS, when we drove past a few minutes later (after being in the front row of the halted traffic for about 10 mins, and presumably after the packages had been declared safe) I noticed that the EOD guy had his green bomb disposal gear on.....and a pair of white trainers, don't know if he'd just changed footwear, or whether he was wearing them whilst inspecting the packages. Edited September 14, 2015 by Woody1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Suspicious Bag Alert in North Pattaya One was a large rucksack and the other was a child’s rucksack" That's a relief......I thought it was the missus looking for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) At least they do check suspicious bags , would be more worried f they didnt react . I woild have ran like a chicken if I saw this happening in front of me Edited September 14, 2015 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya28 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I witnessed this chaos first hand. God help us if there really was a bomb planted! There were about 15-20 BiB there, one EOD guy that I saw, and a Sophon cameraman. I initially thought it was a drill, or PR stunt, as there was a BiB sitting within 10m of the, "packages" with a pile of DL's and going through his fines book (I presumed they had been there all afternoon stopping bikes). There were people still sitting in the adjacent restaurant, people still using the adjacent zebra crossing from Best across Nua, and I walked straight up to the, "bombs", about 2m from them, where they had been relocated from the bin, and had a couple of sandbags and tires placed around them, without any sort of barrier in place and nobody stopped me or informed me, until some sort of plain clothes old bill shouted at me to get away from there. Traffic was halted westbound on Nua, about 50m from the packages, eastbound was allowed to run freely. There was absolutely no sign of anyone being in charge of the situation, there were no warnings, no barriers, no idea of safe distance (how could they know without knowing what type of explosive they were potentially dealing with) or exclusion zone. If these packages had been bombs, and were detonated, I dread to think what the outcome would have been. Utter shambles!! As you would expect here.... PS, when we drove past a few minutes later (after being in the front row of the halted traffic for about 10 mins, and presumably after the packages had been declared safe) I noticed that the EOD guy had his green bomb disposal gear on.....and a pair of white trainers, don't know if he'd just changed footwear, or whether he was wearing them whilst inspecting the packages. Unbelievable !!! Secure the area with 2 sandbags and a tyre. Absolutely unbelievable !! And a secure perimeter of 2 metres. Even more unbelievable !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 some sick people around think this stuff is funny I don't think this was designed to be funny. Stones... could be for 2 purposes, for making the bags sink in water OR for making the bags appear heavy for whatever purpose. If it was a bomb plant test, then I wonder why 2 bags? If the purpose was to sink them in water, then I wonder why the bags ended up in a garbage bin instead. Someone got lazy or missed the boat? and why would the bags have to disappear? do the clothes belong to a murder victim whose body has yet to be discovered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 They look like decent bags, strange to throw them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya28 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Dry Run ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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