News Forum - Aussie caught with gun at Thailand’s Samui Airport claims self-defence

[Thaiger]

An Australian man caught with a firearm and 96 rounds of ammunition at Samui Airport in Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, claims he was carrying the weaponary in self-defence. Yesterday, 41 year old Mark Bassett of Australian nationality attempted to smuggle a “gun-like object,” in separate pieces, and plenty of ammunition through security at Samui Airport on Thailand’s world-famous tropical island paradise. Police arrested Bassett under suspicion of, “unauthorised possession of firearm parts and ammunition.” The Aussie claimed he bought the weapon and ammo from a Thai man who he doesn’t know the name of at a shop in the […]

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[Poolie]

Self-defence is the wrong thing to say. That means he had the intent to use it. Whoops!

[Soidog]

What this article doesn’t make clear is that this guy seems to have travelled on a domestic flight when he arrived in  Samui Airport on Thailand’s world-famous tropical island paradise (Is that Samui airports new official name?)

The Israeli guy was arrested as he arrived in to Thailand. So the Aussie bought the firearm and ammunition in Thailand? Still a crime, but where’s the question that asks how he got on this internal flight? 

[Ramanathan.P]

Just take him back to Bophut area of Koh Samui and with some "good treatments" he can immediately remember from which shop he buys them

[palooka]

The term "drop kick" springs to mind with this guy.

What a bloody imbecile, lock him up for his own safety.

[Pinetree]

You can't fix stupid 

[yselmike]

3 hours ago, palooka said:

The term "drop kick" springs to mind with this guy.

What a bloody imbecile, lock him up for his own safety.

To hell with his safety.He should be locked up for everyone else's safety.

[oldschooler]

11 hours ago, Soidog said:

What this article doesn’t make clear is that this guy seems to have travelled on a domestic flight when he arrived in  Samui Airport on Thailand’s world-famous tropical island paradise (Is that Samui airports new official name?)

The Israeli guy was arrested as he arrived in to Thailand. So the Aussie bought the firearm and ammunition in Thailand? Still a crime, but where’s the question that asks how he got on this internal flight? 

Criminal to visit that decaying dump Samui ….