Thai Man Causess City Wide Blackout in Tachilek, Myanmar

CHIANGRAI TIMES – A Thai National was among three men in the pickup that caused a citywide electricity blackout in Tachilek, Myanmar, on Saturday, the neighboring country’s police have told Chiang Rai police.

Pol Maj Gen Surachet Thopunyanon, Chiang Rai police chief, said he was informed by Tachilek police that they had detained a Thai national from Chiang Mai’s Doi Saket district.

Chiangrai Police Catch Arms Dealer in Hotel

 

CHIANGRAI TIMES – Thai police said Monday they had discovered 10 rocket launchers and grenades they believed were to be smuggled to ethnic minority rebels across the border in Myanmar in exchange for drugs.

A 43-year-old Thai man, Kamon Somana, who rented the room in northern Chiang Rai province where the weapons were found, has been arrested, authorities said.

“We are investigating where weapons came from and where they were destined,” Chiang Rai police chief Surachet Thopunyanond told The News. “But we believe they were to be sent to minority groups on the border in exchange for drugs.”