Raid 183 locations nationwide to crack down on illegal influence

Crime Suppression Division police raided 183 locations nationwide to crack down on illegal influence, arresting the grandson of 'Sak Pakro', a former brutal murderer who killed a family of 5. Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimol, national police chief, has ordered Pol. Gen. Kittirat Phanphet, deputy national police chief, and Pol. Lt. Gen. Jiraphop Phuridet, chief of the Central Investigation Bureau, to mobilize all relevant units 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. At 8:30 a.m., Pol. Gen. Kittirat traveled to the Pracharak Building, the office of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), to give instructions through the Realtime Crime Center, which is a room to control and monitor police operations in real time. This operation was reported that early this morning, the Superintendent of the 6th Division of the Crime Suppression Division, along with a special operations team, brought a search warrant from the Songkhla Provincial Court to search a house in Village 6, Pak Ro Subdistrict, Singhanakhon District, Songkhla Province, and arrested Mr. Apinan, one of the suspects who was on the national police's wanted list. From the search of the house, they found an AK47 rifle, 59 rounds of 7.62 caliber ammunition, 39 rounds of 5.56 caliber ammunition, 2 AK magazines. In addition, they seized a .22 caliber rifle, M4 style, with a scope, 20 rounds of ammunition, 1 magazine, and 2 mobile phones. From the investigation, it is known that Mr. Apinan Misak is the nephew of Mr. Netirat or "Sak Pakro", the former killer who hanged the Boonthawi family of 5. The incident occurred at his house in Village 8, Chingkho Subdistrict, Singhanakhon District, Songkhla Province, in order to rob 1 million baht. Source: Thai News Agency