Man detained over belief he sold cars for Samui blast

Police raided the Pattani home of Abdulroning Dueramae, 51, late on Monday night. He said he was not the used-car dealer known as Bang Yi, who has been suspected of selling the three vehicles – but worked as an agent that sold used cars for Bang Yi.
Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol-Lt General Prawut Thawornsiri said Abdulroning’s statement was inconsistent and contrary to what police had discovered – that he had sold the three vehicles to suspected attackers more than a month ago.
A security source said Abdulroning admitted to knowing Abdulrasa Dumeedae, 52, a driver for La-ae tambon administrative organisation, who claimed that his Mazda pickup truck was stolen, and later found to have been used as the car bomb. The driver told police that a group of people had robbed him of the pickup truck in Yala on March 31, but witnesses said they saw him talking to two men at the “robbery” scene before reporting it stolen.
Security officials in Pattani yesterday raided three locations to gather evidence in probing the car bomb, and detained a man for questioning. They said Makossafi Tuereh, 24, who owns an Internet gaming cafe, is a suspect for bomb attacks on April 2 at four locations in Pattani, and was possibly involved with the Samui attack.
The records of his sale of mobile phones and topping up of post-paid fees were seized for inspection, police said.