In a month-long nationwide operation spanning from July 1, Thai police have succeeded in apprehending 966 individuals and seizing a notable amount of illegal firearms and ammunition. The operation’s deputy leader, Police General Torsak Sukwimol, delivered an update on the progress on Sunday.
As of July 21, officers have sought out 1,658 targets across the country, netting nearly a thousand suspects. The operation has led to the confiscation of 911 unauthorised firearms, an impressive 44,540 assorted rounds of ammunition, two explosives and 6,239 methamphetamine tablets.
In one particularly risky raid in the Khao Phanom district of Krabi province, officers circled a property belonging to a 28 year old prime suspect known only as Boom. The man was already under three warrants relating to drug offences and an attempted murder charge. Surrounded, Boom made a…
