PUBLISHED: 5 Mar 2024 at 13 :42
A former weapons marketer has been detained by police in the Klong Toey district for allegedly selling illegal bullets electronically. He also has 31,800 cartridges in his home.
San Panjitkaeo, 66, was detained while being sent shells to customers at the mail agency’s office on Soi Pridi Banomyong 14 Road on Monday, according to Pol Maj Gen Theeradet Thumsuthee, director of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, on Tuesday.
Officers discovered about 2, 500 additional rounds of ammunition inside his parked outside delivery vehicle.
Another 31, 800 guns of several technical were discovered in a subsequent research of the suspect’s home off Ekamai Road, including 21, 150.22LR shells.
Mr. San was accused of selling and obtaining weapons without permission.
He claimed to have worked as a salesperson for an ammunition dealer for a year after closing his construction materials business.
After that, he sold shells to consumers of his former employer from improper sources. According to the police, he claimed to have worked in the illicit trade for about seven months and made more than$ 100,000 per month.