Worawut Langlorm (seated) points to the AK-47
he tried to sell over the Internet.
Patcharapol Panrak
A Sattahip man plagued with gambling debts has been
arrested for allegedly selling an assault rifle on an Internet message
board.
Worawut Langlorm, 25, was apprehended by undercover
officers carrying the AK-47 at the King Rama VI Monument in Sattahip
Nov. 11. Officers had staged a buy for the gun and arrested Worawut when
he allegedly arrived to deliver the weapon.
Col. Somchai Suntawanik, Superintendent at the
Sattahip Police Station, said the gun had been advertised for 20,000
baht on the now-closed Yimhwan discussion forum.
Worawut confessed to police he’d purchased the AK-47
and a handgun from a friend in Bangkok and put them up for sale. The
handgun, he said, had already been sold. He told police he needed the
money to repay bookies for football gambling debts and that he feared
for his life.
