Hotline 1567 opens as Thailand tightens firearms enforcement
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026
Thailand is tightening firearms enforcement nationwide, with hotline 1567 open around the clock for reports of illegal guns and firearms carried in public.
Thai police today launched an operation to deal with dealers and smugglers who sell or carry illegal firearms as well as modified guns in 47 provinces across Thailand.
Fleeing sergeant arrested over theft of 95 police guns
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022
A Nonthaburi police officer was arrested in Nong Khai province on Thursday for allegedly stealing 95 guns from Pak Kret police station where he was based. Twenty-seven guns were anonymously returned.
Interior Ministry sets new preventive measures after Nong Bua Lamphu massacre
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2022
The Interior Ministry called an emergency meeting on Friday to find ways to tackle the country’s problems with drug abuse and gun ownership. The meeting was in response to the mass killing in a Nong Bua Lamphu nursery.
Bangkok police seize big cache of modified blank pistols, airguns
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2022
Police have confiscated several hundreds of blank pistols and high-pressure airguns, along with almost 100,000 pieces of ammunition during a raid on two Bangkok locations.
"Support Ukraine and take guns off the street" Miami holds gun buyback
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022
Amid a recent string of mass shootings in the United States, the City of Miami in collaboration with the Miami-Dade Police Department held a gun buyback event Saturday.
Members of volunteer defence corps arrested for allegedly stealing 65 state guns
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Police in Sa Kaeo province on Monday said that three suspects allegedly involved in stealing 65 guns from the armoury of Muang Sa Kaeo District Office earlier in May had been arrested.