by Ko Wild
Tuesday, 05 May 2009 11:19
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burmese border authorities in Tachileik, eastern Shan State, on Monday arrested a car owned by a Thai citizen and seized arms and ammunition that are on the car.
According to local people, authorities found three guns and ammunition when they searched a suspicious school ferry car, (a white Toyota car - license plate No. 4346), on Tachileik border bridge while ferrying back Burmese students who were attending school in the border town of Mae Sai in Thailand.
"The Customs and Drug Enforcement agency stopped the car at 2:15 p.m [local time]. It was from Thailand and was a school ferry mini-bus. The driver has been identified as Suratchai (30). The car ferries Burmese students in Tachileik attending a Thai school in Mae Sai. The car enters Burma daily," a local in Tachileik who wished not to be named told Mizzima.
The arms and ammunitions were hidden in the car’s boot and covered with a cloth. Among the items seized were a .38 gun, AK 47 assault rifle and some ammunitions, a .22 gun with a telescopic sight, a flak jacket, 300 rounds of .38, 50 rounds of .22 and AK magazine boxes, the local said.
Another local said he had also head of the news of arms and ammunitions being seized from a school ferry car, but his understanding of the actual time of arrest was after 4 p.m.
The vehicle and driver are reportedly being detained in a police station in Tachileik, while the students travelling in the car were later picked up by their parents.
A similar case was reported last year with arms seized under the border bridge.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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