Published: 16/04/2010
Online news: Breakingnews
Troops and police at a checkpoint in front of the Ministry of Finance on Rama VI Road have arrested six men in a pickup truck for possessing guns and a quantity of ammunition, Bang Sue police said on Friday morning.
On searching the vehicle, the security forces found .38 calibre and 9mm pistols, 100 rounds of ammunition and a 5-litre container half-filled with petrol.
They found six identity cards showing that the suspects are security guards for the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD). They also found a number of membership cards for the New Politics Party.
The six men claimed that they were heading back home after celebrating Songkran festivities in the capital.
They are Plai Au-orn, 50, Mitr Charoenying, 28, Anucha Kuanchob, 24, Thanakrit Maneewon 40, Prasert Chaowiang, 43, and Theerapong Ong-ard, 29.
They were detained for further interrogation to find out whether they plan to incite violence at the red-shirts rally site around Ratchaprasong intersection.
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