Transport firm to beef up security at Mo Chit Terminal
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Transport Company Limited has stepped up security at its terminals, in particular Mo Chit in Bangkok, after a bag containing hand grenades and an AK-47 assault rifle was found on an inter-provincial bus that arrived at the terminal crowded with passengers
The weapons were discovered on a bus arriving to the capital from the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. The terminal was packed with travellers returning to Bangkok at the end of Buddhist Lent holiday.
Transport Company’s president Wuthichart Kalyanamitra said police received a tip and were on the alert to search and seize the arms the moment the bus arrived at the terminal.
However, the suspect was apparently aware of the move and fled the bus before it arrived at Mo Chit 2, leaving the police holding a bag of weapons but without a suspect in custody.
