BANGKOK — Cyber police arrested an Australian man and a Thai woman for ordering gun silencers online; a large cache was found at a Udon Thani residence.
The Technology Crime Suppression Division launched an investigation after discovering someone was using an account called “Goodluck Airrow” on a popular online marketplace. The account, with over 1,500 followers, was posting images of silencers and other illegal equipment across 14 listings.
Investigators found that the seller avoided directly naming the equipment as gun-related accessories, instead using terms like “spare parts” to evade police detection.
They then conducted a test purchase of a gun silencer, which was listed in the app as an “Oil Filter 35mm Thread Connector.” The store actually delivered the item, prompting police to send the package for inspection by the Ordnance Division of the Royal Thai Police and the Munitions Control Division of the Department of Military Industry, Ministry of Defense.
Test results confirmed the item was military ordnance without proper authorization from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense to possess such silencer equipment.
Police first arrested Mr. Surasit, 43, a kindergarten teacher at a school in Nakhon Sawan Province on March 28, before expanding the investigation to another buyer using the name “chase2023” who had ordered silencers from the store more than 11 times.
Lt. Gen. Trairong Phiwphan, Commissioner of the Technology Crime Suppression Division, said further investigation revealed another suspect who had ordered military equipment. Police obtained a search warrant from Udon Thani Provincial Court dated June 16 to search a residence in Moo 5, Tambon Khambong, Ban Phue District, Udon Thani Province, where Ms. Atitaya, 39, was living together with Mr. Adam, 37, an Australian national.
Officers seized evidence including 3 black long-barrel firearms, 3 black silencers, and 3,500 rounds of ammunition of unknown caliber.
Both suspects confessed to owning the gun silencers, admitting they had ordered them from the online store “Goodluck Airrow.”
Police charged both suspects with jointly possessing firearms without permission from the local registrar and possessing military ordnance without authorization from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense.
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