BANGKOK, 30 June 2015 – Airports of Thailand (AoT) has insisted that security checks at Suvarnabhumi airport are in compliance with international standards and are designed to identify concealed bombs.
Following former Metropolitan Police chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang’s arrest in Japan, questions have been raised why the gun and bullets found in his luggage and carry-on bags were not detected by security checks at Suvarnabhumi airport.
According to the AOT, the CTX scanner is only capable of detecting explosives and bombs, not guns. Ammunition and other weapons are usually spotted by security officers at the airport, and that the measure is a standard practice all across the world.
The CTX luggage scanners used at Suvarnabhumi are routinely inspected by the US’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team every year. The AOT added that the scanners at Narita airport are also overseen by the same security company, implying the scanners adhere to the same safety standard.
It confirmed that the X-ray images of Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit’s checked luggage found no signs of the gun and ammunition Japanese police seized from him at Narita.
