Stort nedslag mot kriminella individer på Koh Samui

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6 tn inlägg

Medlem sedan 2011

21 mars 2015#1

Fler än 300 poliser och soldater slog till mot kända kriminella på den populära turistön Koh Samui under fredag morgon, i ett stort nedslag mot brott i vakan av mordet på en byggnadsentreprenör tidigare under månaden.
Man slog till mot 23 platser och anlände bland annat med helikopter. Skjutvapen och ammunition beslagtogs medan fem misstänkta arresterades. Thitirat Nonghanpitak - chef för den Centrala Utredningsbyrån (CIB) - sade att operationen "Gryning på Samui" ämnade att stävja inflytelserika personer och beväpnade individer. Han pekade på den framstående byggnadsentreprenören 49-årige Phanas Khao-uthai som sköts till döds framför många turister på gågatan i Fisherman's Village den 6:e mars.
Thitirat sade att kriminella slåss över motorbåts- och taxitjänster, så väl som över inrättningar på gågatan. Han tillade att om inflytelserika grupper inte slutar med sitt krig på Koh Samui så kommer fler tillslag göras, eftersom myndigheterna vill förbättra öns anseende.

Källa: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/503372/police-soldiers-raid-criminal-haunts-on-koh-samui

Khun Ken

11,1 tn inlägg

Medlem sedan 2012

21 mars 2015#2

Enligt Samui Times var det 700.

This morning at 6am 700 police and army officers carried out a dawn raid in Koh Samui. During the raid 26 individuals were targeted. Soldiers armed with machine guns were lowered onto the island from helicopters as homes around the island were raided. Some homes were raided via the roof in scenes that looked like something out of an action movie. Many of the homes owners came out looking bewildered still dressed in night attire.

According to Thai news reports the move came after the very public execution of a prominent local businessman, the 49 year old man was gunned down while having dinner in a restaurant in the popular Fishemen’s village. The shooting took place around 7-20pm during the village’s weekly walking street, hundreds of tourists were witness to the crime, authorities are gravely concerned thatsuch acts will have a negative effect on tourism and are concerned about violent crimes on the island as a whole, specifically gun crime.

Ruengsri Travel in Bophut was among the targets this morning, however, little was recovered in the raid, only 2 bullets and a few training bullets.

However arrests have been made and an announcement is expected later today with regards to arrests made and hauls of drugs and weapons that were recovered in the raid.