The officer also said that the suspect was among those arrested in connection with Tuesday’s mass shooting, along with two suspects from southern Yala province and another person from Bangkok’s Don Mueang area. They were being questioned at Bangkok’s Yannawa Police Station, he said.
Police interrogation of Werayuth, the suspect from Bangkok’s Thung Khru district, revealed that he had finished a vocational college in Phuket many years ago and initially worked as a mechanic.
His interest in BB air guns drew him into the hobby of modifying imitation guns so they could fire real bullets.
The suspect made about 30,000 baht per month from selling those guns, according to police. Part of his income was spent on buying narcotics, they said.
Werayuth had been arrested in 2015 for making illegal firearms and had served three years in prison. He was also jailed for possession of…
