Thread: Violence,Guns and Murder in and around Pattaya

Boonlua Chatree
Man arrested for carrying gun and ammo
A man has been arrested on firearms charges after police chased a pickup truck through Pattaya Klang in the early hours of January 22.
Pattaya police station received a report at 5 a.m. that a blue Nissan pickup with three passengers was parked at Soi 3 in front of the 93 Pub and that the men were believed armed.
Officers approached the vehicle with the object of conducting a search, but the truck pulled away at high speed. Some distance away the pickup stopped and two men got out and fled. Police caught one of them, identified as Poonkrit Taechanukroh, age 22. He had a .38 caliber handgun and one round of ammunition in his possession.
Police continued to follow the pickup until it reached Central Pattaya, when they stopped the vehicle. The driver was identified as Somchai Payaksan, age 20. There were no illegal objects in the car.
Learning the identity of the third man, who had escaped, police brought him in. He was identified as Chamnong Wichian, age 27. He handed over a 9mm pistol, but denied having a gun in his possession when he had been in the car. Police were unable to file any charges owing to lack of evidence, and Chamnong was released.



Youths shoot up laundry in gang dispute
A gang of youths shot at a laundry building and then used a knife to damage a motorcycle before fleeing.
Police were called out at 2:30 a.m. on January 23 to the Nok Laundry at Chatkaew Village where they found the windows had been broken by at least three shots from a .38 caliber weapon. The officers found one shell casing. They also found a bronze-black Yamaha Mio motorcycle that had been damaged with a knife.
From their investigations, police know that the youths were from Huay Yai. They had caused the damage because of a dispute with rivals. A witness took photographs of the young hoodlums, who had arrived by car and motorcycle. Police are now following enquiries.


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