Boonlua Chatree
A drunk Narcotics Suppression Bureau officer was
arrested after going on a rampage and shooting his service weapon inside
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya.
Sen. Sgt. Vimol Seedawong
is subdued and taken to the police station after firing off a round in
the emergency room at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya.
Sen. Sgt. Vimol Seedawong, 37, was subdued by Pattaya
police, led by new Superintendent Col. Thummanoon Mankhong in the wee
hours of April 15. Vimol had apparently begun ranting and pulling his
weapon on nearby Soi Potisan before entering the hospital.
Witnesses reported the officer was raving wildly and
fired one shot into the floor the emergency room. The shot ricocheted
around the room, but no one was injured.
Police arrived to find Vimol still waving his weapon
around and shouting incoherently. After surrounding and subduing Vimol,
officers took a statement from the man, who exhibited signs of being
drunk.
In the statement, the officer claimed his commanding
officer and colleagues at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau had all been
dead. Officers checked and found all were quite alive.
Thummanoon contacted Vimol’s commanding officer, who
will be in charge of any disciplinary action. Meanwhile, the rouge
officer was booked on charges of reckless endangerment and drunk and
disorderly conduct.
