Sattahip naval base officer investigated over alleged ammunition theft

Investigations by the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) are ongoing, following suspicions that an officer at Sattahip naval base might be guilty of stealing a significant number of cartridges. The base, located in Chon Buri in Thailand, is at the heart of a major theft case, according to naval spokesman Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin.

This was a response to allegations on the widely followed CSI-LA Facebook page, administrated by a Thai resident in the United States. The social media account asserts that tens of thousands of M855 and M856 cartridges, and several thousands of 40mm grenade launcher rounds vanished from the naval base’s stockpile in Sattahip.

Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet, the chief of the RTN, promptly commanded an investigation into the reported theft. This information was initially brought to the attention of the Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) on July…