Police find body in Yan Nawa

Police inspected the car parked near Wat Pariwas after being alerted at 8pm, and found the body of 30-year-old Hamad “Tommy” Muhammad, the owner of a diamond-jewellery shop on Silom Road. 

The body was on the driver’s seat with a gunshot to the right temple. Police also discovered four spent .38-calibre pistol cartridges and two unused bullets nearby. They also reportedly found some yaba, crystal meth and drug-taking tools in the car’s console and 250 bullets for a 9mm pistol in the trunk. 

A car-park employee said the vehicle had been there since 10pm Thursday, but he did not check it because he assumed it was the landlord’s son. He said that at around 1am, he saw a tall, thin man walk out of the car park. Upon waking up the next morning, he noticed the Mercedes-Benz with the body inside and alerted the police. Investigators suspect a business, romantic or drug conflict as motive for the death.

In related news, Phubet Khotbua, a repossession official, with Thammasirirat Law – was shot dead at 10.40pm on Thursday near the Prawetburirom Bridge in Bangkok’s Suan Luang district. 

The victim was on the back of a motorcycle driven by co-worker Noppadol Suk-anan towards Seacon Square. 

Noppadol said he heard a gunshot before they got on the bridge and then he heard another shot before he felt a bullet graze his helmet. 

Soon after, he heard Phubet saying he had been hit, he heard another gunshot and felt the passenger fall off is bike. 

So far, the gunman and motive remain unknown.