Two eighteen-year-old teens living in Naklua got a major surprise when they were awakened by Pattaya police knocking on their door earlier this week.
The wake-up call came after the teens had posted on public Facebook groups bragging about their small arsenal and how nobody should “mess” with them. The post alarmed many netizens on social media who reported the post to police and various online reporting portals for law enforcement.
Banglamung police managed to track down the two teens with assistance from cyber crime police. Led by Pol. Col. Nawin Sinthurat, superintendent, and Pol. Lt. Col. Sompom Summat, police raided the apartment of the young men earlier this week in the early morning, waking them up.
One of the two young men was identified as Prem Namass, 18, who admitted to making the post but claimed it was just a joke or “banter” and not serious. The forearms were actually BB guns and not actual weapons, said Banglamung police. The suspects tested negative for drugs.
Banglamung police decided not to charge the young men at the end of the day as the firearms were not real and the young men were apologetic and turned them over to their parents, who they still lived with, and promised to hold them accountable for their actions.
