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Police target gun menace

With violence from illegal firearms now out of control, bulletproof measures must be taken, write Wassayos Ngamkham and Supoj Wancharoen

Jirabhop: Looking at sales online

A week before Loy Krathong, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) arrested 14,909 suspects in 14,339 criminal cases in a pre-festival crackdown.

Of those, 1,320 cases were related to the illegal selling of unlicensed guns and illegally owned licensed guns, said National Police Chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol.

Many cases involved the wrongful ownership of firearms. The operation aimed to prevent gun violence, such as…

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