Gunman Unloads M16 into Nongplalai Prison - Pattaya People

A man intruded into the Pattaya-Nongplalai Prison, and fired an M16 rifle at the prisoners late on Sunday night of August 26th His shooting caused 1 injury to a male prisoner, and since then, the prison officials have kept strict watch over the premises by a team of men in black, armed with various weapons.  The Banglamung Police led by Deputy Superintendent In charge of Suppressions Pol. Lt. Col. Supachat Piammanat, supervised in person for cooperation by Chonburi Deputy Commander Pol. Col. Supatee Boonkrong were assigned to investigate this incident, so the officers searched 4 areas reported to be connected to the shooting, to locate the suspect with a Search Warrant issued by the Pattaya Court of Justice. The first search was a house in Nongplalai of Mr. Jirawat Seua-sing, aged 21, where the police found an automatic firearm with 20 bullets in his closet, plus a dark blue –black Honda Wave 125 motorcycle. He confessed to being hired to shoot bullets into Unit 4 of the prison, which is where the narcotics related prisoners are housed.

Jirawat revealed the name of a mafia felon called Dave, in for drug trafficking in Chonburi Provincial Prison.  He contacted Jirawat and offered him 10,000 baht to shoot an M16 at Unit 4, to threaten lower level drug traffickers who had started to disobey Dave’s commands. Jirawat took up the offer, and followed Dave’s instructions by picking up a gun and 7 boxes of bullets hidden behind a km marker.  Then Jirawat drove his motorcycle to the prison and entered at the back of the prison at 1 am on Sunday, August 26th.  He parked at the back of Unit 4 near some tapioca farms, and shot 30 bullets into Unit 4 before fleeing the scene. Jirawat was taken for a press conference in Chonburi, and he was sent back to Banglamung Police Station afterwards for legal proceedings.