Army hands arms-sales suspects over to police

FRIDAY, JUNE 09, 2017
Army hands arms-sales suspects over to police

The Army on Friday handed over to police five military officers and five civilians suspected of involvement in illegal online weapons sales.

The case stems from the discovery at a Kerry Express shop in Bangkok last week of grenades in an unclaimed parcel for which a soldier was registered as the sender.
The 10 suspects – who had been in the custody of the 11th Military Circle in Bangkok for seven days – were handed over to police of the Crime Suppression Division along with evidence including grenades, guns and computers.
The 10 suspects, for whom arrest warrants were issued on Thursday by both the military court and criminal court, were submitted to physical examinations by Police General Hospital doctors before being fingerprinted and booked. 
This case involoved a total of 12 suspects; Lieutenant Santi Namwiset, Master Sergeants Padipat Sanehdee, Chatchai Eiumsomboon, Pol Hongsat and Thanakorn Boonkan, Sergeant Sutthichok Pairoh and Private Sakolnathee Phromthong as well as Kasemsuk Namsri, Sitthichai Thongchua, Natthapol Yooyeud, Nattapong Thongkhampan and Saksit Janthapa.