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BANGKOK — The former commander of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police has been detained at an airport in Japan for trying to carry a gun on-board a Bangkok-bound aircraft, a police spokesperson said.
Pol.Lt.Gen. Kamronwit Thoopkrachang was detained yesterday evening after security officers found a firearm and some ammunition in his carry-on bag at Narita Airport, one of two international airports in Tokyo, said police spokesperson Pol.Lt.Gen. Prawuth Thawornsiri.
"Right now, we are checking the details," Pol.Lt.Gen. Prawuth told reporters. "Why he was carrying the gun, and whether he carried the gun past a security checkpoint in Thailand, I cannot say. We have to clearly check details first, and then we will coordinate with him to ask how we can assist."
A source at the Royal Thai Police told Matichon that Kamronwit left Thailand on a Thai Airways flight on 18 June and was scheduled to return on a 9:50 pm flight yesterday. According to the source, Pol.Lt.Gen. Kamronwit told Japanese police he owned the gun, but didn't realize he had left it in his carry-on bag.
Pol.Lt.Gen. Kamronwit has long been considered a close ally to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a military coup in 2006 but still retains considerable influence over a powerful political dynasty. The officer retired from the Royal Thai Police in October 2014, five months after the military staged a coup d'etat against a government led by Thaksin’s sister.
Earlier this month, five Thai students were arrested at an airport in Pakistan for allegedly attempting to carry a handgun, magazine, and ammunition onboard a plane bound for Bangkok. Thai authorities have not released details about the students' possible motive. The five are still being held in Pakistani custody.
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højt at flyve dybt at falde, han risikerer 10 år i et japansk fængsel
Japanese TV showed video of the arrest of Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit. The gun he was carrying is a US-made, five-shot, .22-calibre revolver.
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This is a .22-magnum, five-shot revolver allegedly carried through Thai customs and around Japan by Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thoopkrachang. It is 11.75cm long, weighs 176 grammes, and the fformer Bangkok metropolitan police chief says he forgot it was in his medicine box.
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Utroligt men sandt, han er ude og hjemme i Thailand hvor han er på fri fod
Gun-toting ex-police chief returns
Former Bangkok police chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang returned home Tuesday after being detained 23 days in Japan for trying to carry a gun on board a Thailand-bound plane last month.
Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport around 3.30pm with both an army of reporters and a police investigation into how he snuck his gun out of Thailand waiting for him. He declined to talk with journalists.
The ex-police chief was arrested June 22 before boarding a Thai Airways International flight at Narita airport after a small pistol and bullets were discovered in his baggage. After detention and interrogation, Japanese prosecutors decided on Monday not to indict the former officer.
He also said Thai police did not arrest him upon arrival Tuesday because no charges have been filed against him here. However, police chief Somyot Poompunmuang ordered investigators to determine how Bangkok's former top cop got his gun on the outbound flight.
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eventyret fortsætter Former Bangkok police chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang er skam helt uskyldig i følge ham selv
Kamronwit denies ownership of gun found in his bag
A group of police officers give flowers to cheer up
former Bangkok police chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang
as he arrives at Provincial Police Region 1 headquaters
After the 90-minute interview, the lead investigator in the case said Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit told him he had three pistols, but the handgun found in his possession at Narita Airport on June 22 did not belong to him
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