PHUKET: A policeman who had been at a party all night was arrested after firing random pistol shots on a street in Patong, wounding a noodle vendor, shortly before dawn on Tuesday.
Pol Col Sujin Nilbodi, the Patong police chief, said the shooting occurred in Soi Bang La in tambon Patong, Kathu district.
Witnesses told police investigators that Pol Cpl Pornthep Channarong arrived in Soi Bang La about 5.50am. He had been at a party for a transferred colleague and he appeared to be drunk.
The policeman, who was not in uniform, pulled out a CZ 9mm pistol and fired many random shots along the street….
