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Arrest of a young man secretly selling ammunition through a closed social media group.

Bangkok, Metropolitan detectives arrested "Sant Pridi" for illegally selling ammunition. Through closed groups on social media More than 30,000 rounds of ammunition seized Police officers arrested Mr. San, 66 years old, in the Bang Kapi district. While driving a personal pickup truck Bring bullets of various sizes. Went to deliver parcels to customers who ordered at the warehouse of a private company in Soi Pridi Banomyong 14. They were able to seize many items of ammunition, a total of 31,800 rounds, which were packaged and addressed to the sender. The receiver was ready to prepare for delivery to the customer. In addition, police officers searched inside the pickup truck that the suspect was driving to deliver the package and found 2,500 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition contained in a box wrapped with brown paper to disguise it. Then Mr. San was taken away. Went to a residence to search in the Khlong Tan Nuea Subdistrict area. The results of the inspection found 21,150 rounds of .22 LR caliber ammunition, 1,050 rounds of size 12 shotgun ammunition, 100 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition, 1,300 rounds of .38 caliber ammunition, 1,650 rounds of 9 mm caliber ammunition, 1,650 rounds of 9 mm caliber ammunition, 800 rounds of .380, 150 rounds of .32 caliber ammunition and empty parcel boxes for preparing to pack and ship. and some equipment for packing and delivering parcels, including a total of 31,800 rounds of ammunition discovered. 'Possession of ammunition without permission. Selling ammunition for trade without permission.' From questioning, Mr. San or San Pridi 'denied his testimony. He testified that he originally opened a company selling construction materials. Later, he encountered economic problems. A friend recommended me to work as a salesman in an ammunition distribution company until I had the knowledge to do it for about 1 year and then resigned. Because I had a customer base and got to know people in the industry quite a bit, I was able to contact and order ammunition of various sizes from the black market. Brought to sell to various customers. which is ordered through online channels In the past, we've been doing it for about 6-7 months, with more than 10 customers ordering per day. The price of bullets sold plus a profit is higher than the price of bullets sold at shooting ranges. and gun shops more than twice as large, with a monthly income of more than 100,000 baht per month The police then took the accused along with seized items related to the case. Transported to investigators at Khlong Tan Police Station for further legal proceedings. Source: Thai News Agency