Police raid 183 locations nationwide to crack down on illegal influence

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Crime Suppression Police, together with Provincial Police, launched Operation ‘Phithak Pracharat 767’, searching 183 locations nationwide to crack down on illegal influence. The latest arrest is the grandson of ‘Sak Pakro’, a former brutal murderer in a famous case of killing a family of 5.

After Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimol, the national police chief, ordered Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, deputy police chief, Pol. Lt. Gen. Akkaradej Pimolsri, Pol. Lt. Gen. Itthiphon Atchariyapradit, assistant police chief, and Pol. Lt. Gen. Jiraphop Phuridet, chief of the Central Investigation Bureau, to mobilize all units, including the Central Investigation Bureau, the Metropolitan Police Bureau, and Provincial Police Regions 1-9, to launch Operation ‘Phitthak Pracharat 767’, dispersing forces to search a total of 183 locations nationwide to crack down on influential people with illegal firearms and loan shark gangs with high interest rates.

From this operation, the latest report is that this morning, Pol. Col. Pongpanat Chu
Keaw, Superintendent of the 6th Division, Crime Suppression Division, along with special operations forces from the 6th Division, Crime Suppression Division, and the 7th Division, the Marine Police, brought a search warrant from the Songkhla Provincial Court to search house number 10, Village 6, Pak Ro Subdistrict, Singhanakhon District, Songkhla Province, and arrested Mr. Apinan, a suspect who was on the national police’s wanted list. The initial search of the house found an AK47, bullets, and two AK47 magazines. In addition, a .22 caliber M4 rifle with a scope was seized, along with 20 rounds of ammunition, one magazine, and two mobile phones.

In addition, the investigation found that Mr. Apinan is the nephew of Mr. Netirat or “Sak Pakro”, the former killer of the head of the Ranot Health Station, who killed 5 people, which was a famous case in the past.

Source: Thai News Agency