Viktor Bout Remembered as Thai Police Seize Plane with Weapons from North Korea
December 13th, 2009
The name of Viktor Bout, Russian businessman who is in Thai prison on suspicion of making a fortune by supplying arms and weapons to areas at war is popping up as Thai police seized another plane with 40 tonnes of weapons onboard. The plane landed at the airport in Bangkok, Thailand to refuel and was due to leave for Colombo, Sri Lanka for another refuel. It is not know what final destination of the plane was at this time. Cargo space of the plane was loaded with loads of weaponry and ammunition and arrived in Bangkok from North Korea. Thai authorities found shoulder-launched rockets, rocket-propelled grenades potential missile components aboard the aircraft.
The plane had five crew members aboard – four were from Kazakhstan and the pilot was from Belarus. Thai police charged all four with illegal weapons smuggling. The sting operation was done in cooperation with Interpol and other agencies. Thailand’s been off the hook with busts of illegal weapon smugglers, especially after last year’s arrest of Viktor Bout who remains in Thai prison. USA authorities would like Viktor Bout extradited to the US but Thai court denied their request so for the time being, accused war criminal Viktor Bout is not going across the big pond.
Photo of a plane with arm cargo from North Korea seized by Thai police by Reuters. CNN video with report on the seize in Bangkok is below. It may be preceeded by an advertisement.
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