Online gun dealers busted ahead of polls
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published : 18 Dec 2020 at 15:32
9 A total of 38 firearms of various types, more than 500 rounds of ammunition and other items seized during raids ahead of Sunday s PAO polls, displayed at a media conference at CSD head office on Friday. (Photo supplied)
Crime Suppression Division police have arrested 31 people and seized 38 guns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition in nationwide raids ahead of Sunday s provincial administration organisation (PAO) elections.
CSD teams struck at 41 locations nationwide, targetting an online network suspected of illegal sales of firearms, and their customers.
The raids were part of a crime prevention campaign ahead of Sunday s voting for PAO chairmen and council members, the CSD commander, Pol Maj Gen Suwat Sangnum, said.
Bribe case demands police response
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It takes two to tango. Likewise, it takes two consenting parties to commit an offence of bribery that is one who offers or gives the money or other reward and the other who receives the offering as a means of influencing his actions.
In early December, a little known website, named The Truth, posted the full text of the verdict delivered in November last year by the Criminal Court s Corruption and Misconduct Cases in a bribery case in which an official of the Crown Property Bureau, Prasit Apaipholcharn and a real estate broker, Surakit Tangvitoonwanich, were charged with receiving a 20 million baht bribe from Sakulthorn Juangroongruangkit, CEO of the Real Estate Development Company and younger brother of Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn. The two men were sentenced to three years in prison for receiving the bribe. According to an explanation by Itthiporn Kaewthip, spokesman of the Office of the Attorney-General, Surakit approach