Bangkok, Sueb Nakhonban After more than a month, a husband and wife were arrested for secretly selling handmade Thai firearms. Through closed groups on social mediaPolice arrested Mr. Weerawut, or Boss, and Ms. Pittayaporn, or Mew, a teenage couple. There is a habit of smuggling Thai handmade shotguns of various sizes. Sold throughout the country, which is another important factor that is the root cause of crime in society. without fear of the law After tracking their behavior for more than a month, they learned that this couple would regularly deliver guns via private transport. And later, they showed themselves to search and arrest Mr. Boss and Ms. Miu. They were found while driving a motorcycle taking a parcel box containing a Thai-made shotgun to deliver to a customer who had ordered it. Results of identification and search The seized items were two handmade Thai shotguns, size 12, in a condition packed in a parcel box ready to be delivered to the recipient. Ready to inspect and confiscate the delivery slip and a motorcycle used to facilitate the delivery of firearms, so he was arrested and found to have committed the crime 'Joined in possession of firearms without permission, jointly selling firearms for trade. without permission, jointly taking firearms into towns, villages, public roads without reasonable cause" along with the seizure of 4 items related to the case.Upon questioning, both men confessed to all the charges. Both accused persons testified that they graduated from junior high school. We have been living together for about 1 year. We work together as general contractors in the Mueang Uthai Thani District area. Around the end of April 2024, he saw on Facebook that there were widespread announcements of gun sales. If he and his girlfriend turned it into a side job, they would probably get a good profit. So I tried ordering it and trying to post it for sale on social media. It appeared to be a good profit. The average profit was 2,000 baht per cylinder, so he turned to doing it as a side job fr om the general contract work that he normally did. In the past, I had ordered guns to sell about 10 times. The money was used to pay for family expenses. before finally being arrestedThe police then took the suspect along with the seized items related to the case to the Hang Nam Sakhon Police Station, Chainat Province, for further legal action.Source: Thai News Agency