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Gun-theft cop sentenced to 270 years

Disappearance of dozens of weapons from Nonthaburi station leads to calls for better checks

Pol Snr Sgt Maj Chaowalit Phumkhachorn (seated) is arrested in Nong Khai on Oct 20 last year for the theft of dozens of guns from the Pak Kret police station in Nonthaburi. (Photo supplied)

A police officer convicted of stealing more than 150 guns over a period of two years from a Nonthaburi police station has been sentenced to 270 years in jail but will serve the maximum of 50 years, authorities said on Thursday.

The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 1 handed down the sentence to Chaowalit Phumkhachorn, a former crime suppression officer attached to the Pak Kret station, on March 21,…

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