Swiss man arrested with gun at Phuket airport
published : 9 Oct 2024 at 08:12
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
An 82-year-old Swiss man has been arrested at Phuket international airport after a handgun was found hidden in his luggage.
An X-ray screener at the airport noticed a suspicious object during a scan prior to an outbound flight on Monday night. She reported it to her superior and sent the bag for a thorough search.
The search found a handgun inside the bag.
The bag belonged to Kurt Fritz Loliger, 82. He was arrested.
The Swiss man reportedly told police that he thought bringing a gun with no ammunition or magazine onboard a flight was not prohibited. He had decided to bring it to his home country because he thought it was not against the law, police said.
Police have charged him with illegal possession of a firearm.
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Vocabulary
- ammunition: bullets, bombs, etc that can be fired from a weapon - อาวุธยุทธภัณฑ์, ลูกกระสุน
- charge: to accuse someone officially of committing a crime - ตั้งข้อกล่าวหา
- firearm: a gun of some type - อาวุธปืน
- magazine: the part of a gun in which you put the bullets - คลังกระสุน,ซองปืน
- object: a thing that can be seen or touched, but is not alive - วัตถุ, สิ่งของ
- possession: having or owning something - การครอบครอง
- prohibited (adj): not allowed to; banned - ถูกห้าม
- scan: to look at something very carefully, because you hope or expect to see a particular person or thing - มองกวาด, ดูผ่าน ๆ ตา
- screen (verb): to check, test or examine of a large number of people or things for disease, faults, illegal objects, etc - ตรวจ
- superior: someone who holds a higher job or position than you do - ผู้บังคับบัญชา
- suspicious: making you believe that something is wrong, dangerous or illegal - น่าสงสัย
- thorough: detailed and careful - ละเอียดถี่ถ้วน
