Thread: 10 youths arrested for throwing dirty water filled in plastic bags at passing cars

Ten youths were arrested by Chon Buri police on Wednesday night for allegedly throwing dirty water filled in plastic bags at cars travelling on a bridge running parallel to the beach in Muang district.

Dozens of police from Muang district were mobilized to crack down on the rowdy youths after several complaints were lodged with the police station by motorists travelling on the bridge that their cars were pelted with dirty water and even used engine oil filled in plastic bags.

Ten youths were rounded up by the police and taken to the Muang district police station where they were charged with harassments and causing disturbance to the other people.

Pol Lt-Gen Chitti Rodbangyang, commissioner of Second Region Provincial Police Bureau, said police would not fine the ten youths, but would file charges against them in court to let the judges to mete out appropriate punishment against them.

10 youths arrested for throwing dirty water filled in plastic bags at passing cars - Thai PBS English News

Good police work.

These idiots throwing the oil and urine should be jailed.

What's wrong with these recent generations?

Under the age of 14 then they cannot be charged with a criminal offence is my understanding.

Happy New Year...

Violence erupted not once, but twice, in Ayutthaya on Thursday night when revellers sprayed bullets instead of water during the festivities.

Four people from Bang Sai district were hurt by gunshots fired by another group of youths as they celebrated the Thai new year at Wat Phu Khao Thong, a popular venue in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of the province, about 7.30pm, Ayutthaya police reported.

Two hours later, members of another youth gang shot at rivals in a parking area of the Ayutthaya Park shopping centre in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya used for a Songkran party. Seven people were injured, police said.

Details of the weapons used were not released and no arrests had been made.

Deputy Ayutthaya police chief Pol Col Puwadit Chanakchapat said police were tracking down the people who pulled the triggers at the two events.

"They damaged the image of Ayutthaya. This is a Word <sic> Heritage site and a popular tourist attraction," he said. More police and volunteers would be deployed to prevent further violence, he added.

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‘Reckless’ Songkran revellers get suspended jail terms

Six young Songkran revellers were yesterday jailed for 15 days and fined Bt5,000 each for throwing bags of cooking oil and fish sauce at passers-by in their seaside province on Wednesday night.

Chon Buri Provincial Court suspended each prison sentence for one year and required the six young men to perform 12 hours of public service and to report to probation officers every three months.

One defendant who couldn't afford to pay the fine was detained at the rate of Bt500 per day.

Another two men were found to have thrown water in plastic bags and were each fined Bt1,000 by police, while two minors were sent to a juvenile facility to be dealt with.

The charges against the six men were brought under the Criminal Code's sections 389 and 397.

The first of these states: “Whoever causes a hard substance to fall on any place in a manner likely to cause harm, trouble or nuisance to a person or causes a filthy thing to dirty a person shall be punished with up to one month in prison and/or up to Bt10,000 in fines”.

Under Section 397 “whoever, in a public place, annoys or bullies another person, or causes the other person to be ashamed or troubled, shall be punished with up to one month in prison and/or up to Bt10,000 in fines”.

Muang Chon Buri police superintendent Pol Colonel Somchok Tapol said the severe punishments to these “reckless” Songkran revellers should serve as a cautionary tale for others whose actions damage the country's tourism.

?Reckless? Songkran revellers get suspended jail terms