Facebook 'friend' stings gun dealer

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Facebook 'friend' disarms suspect

Alleged weapons trader who did business online falls foul of social network sting

Published: 4 Mar 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Police have called Facebook a "frightening tool" after finding it was used to sell illegal weapons.

The Facebook page of Suriya Kokesombat, also known as Kamnan Aet. The page was opened as a channel to sell guns and bombs.

Last month they arrested a man known as Kamnan Aet who they said sold various types of guns and bombs by adding customers to his friends list on Facebook.

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ubuntu
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Discussion 9 : 04 Mar 2013 at 23.569
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Guess he didn't have enough lucky pendants to avoid capture.
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Discussion 8 : 04 Mar 2013 at 16.218
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And n other news, police call fire a "frightening tool" after it was used to burn a downtown department store.
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Discussion 7 : 04 Mar 2013 at 12.127
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This is the kind of people Thai society really doesn't need.
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Discussion 6 : 04 Mar 2013 at 12.116
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The silly roadsign is most likely paid by taxpayers money, hope it will be removed!
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Discussion 5 : 04 Mar 2013 at 12.095
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"Most of his customers were vocational students, university students and teenagers, he said."

And he still dares to pose like John Wayne.

Irrisponsible and disgusting.
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Discussion 4 : 04 Mar 2013 at 11.304
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Somebody disliked your comment Mr Meldrew. Have they given him his computer back? LOL
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Discussion 3 : 04 Mar 2013 at 11.153
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If not in Thailand this would have to be a comedy script with the star of the show looking like something out of a Hollywood farce.

"Don't mess with the Kamnan".
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Discussion 2 : 04 Mar 2013 at 09.372
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Got to be the dumbest illegal gun trader in history. His called his Facebook page the 'Gun Village' and added photos of guns. And then added his buyers to his page? Sounds like a comedy script. Oh and if the police have the names of buyers then why haven't they been arrested too?
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Discussion 1 : 04 Mar 2013 at 09.141
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'If police can reduce the amount of firearms in people's hands, the number of weapons-related crimes will also fall, he said.' - they need to get Pol Col Thiwa to speak to the NRA in the US in the battle against/for gun control.
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