239 weapons seized in attacks, including one suspect chance dying after opening fire on police
PUBLISHED: 21 Mar 2025 at 20: 44
More than 200 arrests were made in a global assault on powerful legal figures and mobsters on Friday, with one suspect dead and 219 firearms taken.
Around 4, 000 officials from Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau, Metropolitan Police Bureau, Provincial Police Regions 1-9, and various organizations were dispatched to seek 667 sites.
According to Assistant National Police Chief Pol Lt. Gen Akkaradej Pimolsri, a full of 218 suspects were detained, and 239 firearms, including 109 guns, 76 bread weapons, 52 rifle, and 2 war arms, were seized.
5 314 rounds of different caliber bullets, 16 other munitions, nine different-size explosives, 16, 161 frequency pills, and 108 grams of crystal methamphetamine were likewise seized.
According to Pol Lt Gen Akkaradej, the procedure targeted powerful legal images, hitmen, and another thieves.
According to Poj Maj Gen Pornchai Khachonklin, deputy director of Provincial Police Region 8, one presume was killed in a gunfight with officials in Ranong on Friday night.
Theerawat Arunchot, 44, alias” Noom Bang Non,” was wanted on an arrest warrant for drug trafficking, according to Pol Maj Gen Pornchai. The suspect was immediately ordered to surrender and surrounded by police. A job force was dispatched to enter and apprehend him when he refused, but the suspect opened fire.
He made an unsuccessful leave attempt and fired bullets to hide. The Ranong officers opened fire. Theerawat was shot, and he was eventually taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. According to Pol Maj Gen Pornchai, the soldiers searched his home and discovered 400 speed medications inside.
Officials pose with some of the more than 200 improper firearms, including combat arms, that were seized on Friday during raids at 667 locations across the nation. ( Photo provided/Wassayos Ngamkham )