Fleeing sergeant arrested over theft of 95 police guns
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022
A Nonthaburi police officer was arrested in Nong Khai province on Thursday for allegedly stealing 95 guns from Pak Kret police station where he was based. Twenty-seven guns were anonymously returned.
Interior Ministry sets new preventive measures after Nong Bua Lamphu massacre
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2022
The Interior Ministry called an emergency meeting on Friday to find ways to tackle the country’s problems with drug abuse and gun ownership. The meeting was in response to the mass killing in a Nong Bua Lamphu nursery.
Bangkok police seize big cache of modified blank pistols, airguns
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2022
Police have confiscated several hundreds of blank pistols and high-pressure airguns, along with almost 100,000 pieces of ammunition during a raid on two Bangkok locations.
"Support Ukraine and take guns off the street" Miami holds gun buyback
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022
Amid a recent string of mass shootings in the United States, the City of Miami in collaboration with the Miami-Dade Police Department held a gun buyback event Saturday.
Members of volunteer defence corps arrested for allegedly stealing 65 state guns
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Police in Sa Kaeo province on Monday said that three suspects allegedly involved in stealing 65 guns from the armoury of Muang Sa Kaeo District Office earlier in May had been arrested.
Inside job suspected as probe opens into 11 guns missing from Thong Lor police station
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019
National police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda has instructed officers to speedily investigate the case of 11 guns that went missing from Bangkok’s Thong Lor police station in what is suspected to have been an inside job, Metropolitan Police Division 5 chief Pol Maj-General Mongkol Warunno said on Monday.
Citizens powerless against guns – but we can control politicians
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2019
I fully agree with Vint Chavala that “politicians are as much to blame as soldiers in making democracy unattainable in Thailand thus far”. However, I respectfully submit that no matter how unspeakable our politicians are, they are no worse that the voters who chose them, and who failed to constantly monitor them once in office.