Police launched an operation, mobilizing the investigation team of the Metropolitan Police Bureau and the Metropolitan Police Bureau 5 to search 5 important target areas in Samut Prakan, connecting to Bang Na, arresting one of the key suspects who shot and killed an enemy. From the case where a group of 23 assailants rode motorcycles to provoke Mr. Worachet or Hurt and Mr. Jessada to drive out of a restaurant before another group waited in ambush and used guns to shoot at them, causing Mr. Jessada's death at the Lasalle-Bearing (new intersection) red light intersection, Bang Na Tai Subdistrict, Bang Na District, Bangkok at 3:00 a.m. on June 29, 2024. Latest, this morning, Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppasin Poolsawat, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Thiradech Thamsuthee, commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Crime Suppression Division, ordered the investigation team to collect evidence before coordinating with the investigation officers at Bang Na Police Station to req uest the Phra Khanong Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for the group of suspects. Initially, arrest warrants were issued for 2 suspects: Mr. Nattawut or Lek Udomchoke and Mr. Danai, charged with colluding in a group of 5 or more people to commit a crime, premeditated murder, premeditated attempted murder, which is a crime of banditry, premeditated attempted murder, possession of firearms and ammunition without permission, carrying firearms in a city, village or public road without a firearm license, carrying firearms in a city, village or public road openly or without reasonable cause, firing a gun using gunpowder without reason in a city, village or public area, causing a loud fight in a public area, drawing or displaying a weapon in a fight. After the investigation police team went to the area to collect evidence, both by questioning witnesses, examining CCTV footage at the scene and the escape route of the perpetrators, they were able to link the perpetrators' plan of destruction. As for the escape route of the perpetrators, after committing the crime of shooting the deceased with a gun, they fled in different directions. It was found that there was 1 motorcycle. One of the perpetrators used a motorcycle to escape into Soi Bearing, then entered Soi Dan Samrong and turned into a condominium in Mueang Samut Prakan District. This morning, police used a search warrant from the Criminal Court to search five hideouts of the perpetrators in the area of Samrong Nuea Police Station, Samut Prakan Province. The first location was a house in Soi Bearing 48. Police found a large number of firearms. They then searched another house, which was a law office, near the first house. A search of the house also found a large number of firearms. The third location was about 1 kilometer away from the first location, which had been converted into a garage. Many motorcycles were found parked inside. From the investigation, it was found that the motorcycles were pawned with the gang of perpetrators. The other two locations were in the same area. Initially, the police invited the homeowner and the suspects with the arrest warrants to Bang Na Police Station. The latest at Bang Na Police Station, after completing the search of all 5 locations, officers brought all the evidence to Bang Na Police Station, mostly motorcycles, of which there were several. They also brought various types of weapons as evidence, including short knives, long knives, baseball bats, and several Sakura screwdrivers, before bringing in one suspect for further questioning, which was Mr. Aom, age 26, who was responsible for identifying the target and protecting the shooter. Source: Thai News Agency