Border police 'lose' weapons
Hundreds of weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and launchers, from several Border Patrol Police units may have been illegally sold by insiders.
“We believe some officials are involved in corruption,” Sakda Techakriangkrai, deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 4, said yesterday.
After the 245th Border Patrol Police Company lodged a complaint about missing weapons with Muang Nong Khai Police Station on Tuesday, Border Patrol Police launched a probe of officers in charge of issuing weapons.
“We will wait to hear the results,” Sakda said.
The investigation should provide some crucial clues within a week, he said.
“At this point, we have been told that hundreds of guns and RPG launchers have disappeared,” he said.
“If police are found to have pilfered the state-owned weapons, we will forward the case to the National Anti-Corruption Commission,” he said.
A source said hundreds of government RPG launchers and guns had lately gone into the black market.
Border Patrol Police Region 2 has also reported that seven launchers and two RPGs from a depot in Udon Thani cannot be accounted for.
“We have filed a report on the lost items but have not yet pressed charges against anyone,” said Pol Colonel Kowit Charoenwattanasak, superintendent of Muang Udon Thani Police Station.
