More than 60,000 suspects in cases mostly tied to narcotics and illegal weapons have been detained during a series of nationwide raids from Oct 10 until on Tuesday, in a major security operation aimed at bolstering confidence among the international delegates attending the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok on Nov 18-19.
Of this number, 10,450 suspects in 11,811 criminal cases involving firearms, explosives, and ammunition have been detained along with the confiscation of 36 war weapons, 5,345 unregistered guns, 936 registered guns, 4,342 explosive devices, and 37,045 bullets, said national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas on Tuesday.
