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A school principal in Songkhla province pulled out a gun during morning assembly to protest against accusations that he was sexually involved with a student.

A senior police officer from Tha Hin Police Station in Lop Buri province has been arrested for allegedly stealing 50 service pistols from the police station’s armoury and pawning them or sell them at various locations.

A Muslim man was shot dead in a teashop in Ban Buenae Padae in Tambon Kadungnong, Pattani's Saiburi district, on Thursday, police said.

Police on Tuesday morning arrested a 35-year-old drug-dealer suspect and seized 50,024 methamphetamine pills, an M16 rifle, an AK-47 rifle and a 9mm pistol, along with ammunition and Bt695,920 cash, in Pattani’s Mayo district.

A Royal Thai Airforce (RTA) officer is now in military detention pending trial over allegedly threatening famous singer Pongsit “Pu” Kampee with a pistol during a concert in Amnat Charoen’s Muang district last Wednesday night.

National police chief Pol General Somyot Poompanmuang sent a letter yesterday to the permanent secretary of the Interior Ministry to request the import - direct procurement - of some 152,469 Sig Sauer pistols from a manufacturer in the United States.