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In a pre-Loy Krathong festival blitz, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) swooped down on a staggering 14,909 suspects, unearthing a chilling 14,339 criminal cases. National Police Chief Police General Torsak Sukvimol revealed that of the 1,320 cases linked to guns, the majority centred on illicit sales and wrongful firearm ownership. The crackdown’s focal point? To … …

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It’s a shame it takes a tragic event to mobilise the RTP into action. It’s hard to believe that the current blitz will have any meaningful lasting impact given there is reputed to be a whopping 1.2 million illegal firearms currently in circulation in Thailand.

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