PHUKET: Police and heavily-armed Navy Marines on Friday (June 20) arrested five men in Chalong on charges that they led an attack on a small work camp, in which shotguns and petrol bombs were used.
Sunday 22 June 2014 10:38 AM
The seized weapons: from left, a combat shotgun, a pump-action shotgun and what appears to be a compressed-air rifle. Top right is the pistol.
Police seized a variety of firearms from the men, including two shotguns and a semi-automatic pistol, along with an assortment of knives and machetes. They also seized ammunition.
The Phuket News notes that the attack on the work camp, by a mob of some 50 people, was originally painted as a “poor encroachers versus rich landowners” confrontation, but the fact that police refused to name the arrested men suggests something more sinister may be at play.
