Online transactions flourishing as gangs, hit men stock up
Pistols and revolvers seized from crackdowns on suppressing the online illegal firearms trade in the past two weeks displayed during a press briefing. (Photo by Nutthawat Wichieanbut)
The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has launched three consecutive operations to stamp out the online illegal arms trade in the past two weeks.
During Covid, many shoppers are turning to buying online, and arms purchases are apparently no exception, despite the risk.
Thais are ordering firearms online from illegal traders on the black market. The guns are distributed to criminal networks which can lead to future crime.
Pol Maj Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, deputy commissioner of the…
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