KOH SAMUI — Police arrested a foreigner for threatening others with a BB gun. Koh Samui police searched his room and found BB guns, a samurai sword, an axe, and short knives. Police charged him with disorderly conduct and sent him for psychiatric and drug testing.
On November 2, Police Colonel Denduang Thongsrisuk of Bo Phut Police Station, Koh Samui, Surat Thani Province, revealed that they received a complaint from a Myanmar male worker who reported being threatened with death by a foreigner. The victim feared for his safety and filed the complaint with investigators.
Meanwhile, two more victims, both Thai women, filed additional complaints. One stated that while collecting items, she heard someone throwing objects at her car. When she went to check, she saw a foreign man holding a BB gun in his right hand and a jungle knife in his left. He shot at her car with the BB gun, saying “Get out,” and also shot at her.
Later, while she was riding her motorcycle on the ring road, the same foreigner drove his car in front of her and pointed a gun out the window to threaten her, causing her fear and alarm.
Another complainant, a hotel owner in Moo 2, Maret Subdistrict, Koh Samui, reported that a foreign guest in Room 2 was behaving disruptively, causing disturbance by throwing objects at other hotel guests and threatening people with a BB gun.
Police officers investigated and found the suspect, identified as Mr. Asger, age 31, Danish national, who was intoxicated. They detained him and searched his room and car.
Officers found 1 long BB gun, 2 short BB guns, 1 samurai sword, 1 axe, 6 short knives, plastic bullets, and 4 cans of gas. These items were seized as evidence. The suspect was taken to Police Lieutenant Colonel Atcharee Wuttiwattana, Investigation Inspector at Bo Phut Police Station.
Initially, he was charged with disorderly conduct and sent for psychiatric and drug testing for legal proceedings.
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