Thai police foil Aceh arms export

Thai police foil Aceh arms export

BANGKOK (AP): Thai police on Thursday arrested two army
sergeants with more than 15,000 bullets, land mines and grenades
that they said were being sent to an insurgent group in
Indonesia.

The two soldiers were driving two pickup trucks in the
southern Songkhla province when they were stopped by police
acting on a tip-off, police Col. Sakorn Thongmee said.

A search of the trucks revealed 15,500 bullets, 35 pounds (16
kilograms) of TNT explosive, 60 grenades and 48 land mines packed
in wooden boxes, Sakorn said.

He said Sgt. Wichai Pasara, 42, and Sgt. Wirathai Kongtem, 32,
told their interrogators that the ammunition was for rebels in
Aceh, one of several Indonesian provinces where a separatist
insurgency is raging.