Five arrested in Sa Kaew for possessing war weapons

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Five arrested in Sa Kaew for possessing war weapons

 

 

Police arrested five suspects in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district on Tuesday as they allegedly used a Bangkok-based public transport van to carry war weapons that they had smuggled into Thailand from Cambodia.

 

The five men – identified as Pana Chaikhong, 38, Boontham Chaichana, 52, Khomsan KIjthaworn-archeep, 30, Uthai Chaichana, 48, and Meechai Klanprasom were arrested at half past midnight at a petrol station in Tambon Sa Kwan, Muang Sa Kaew. 

 

Officers seized three grenade-launchers and three 82mm grenades.  

 

The suspects, who are facing charges of possessing war weapons and carrying them on a public road, told police that they smuggled the weapons from Cambodia via a border entry point at Ban Pai Khieo in Sa Kaew’s Tambon Thab Prik.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30321089

 

 

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[Kerryd]

Lol - "grenade launchers".

 

Seriously ? Whoever wrote that needs to shake their head, hard enough that whatever' s blocking their brain falls out.

 

Those are 82mm MORTARS and the "grenades" would no doubt be 82mm MORTAR rounds.

 

Definitely war weapons though. Kind of makes you wonder where they were headed. 3 Mortars and 3 (mortar) bombs. 

[halloween]

Seems the plan was fire it once, then run away and leave the mortar behind.

[Jessi]

What about the war weapons coming through that they dont catch...

that is a worry.