Armed man held while trying to board plane at Suvarnabhumi tarmac

Apart from the iron axe, airport security officers also found a custom-made pistol, a pair of scissors and an amphetamine tablet on him. - The Nation

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): A Thai man, 34, has been arrested after riding a motorcycle into a restricted Suvarnabhumi Airport zone on Tuesday (May 3), and then using an axe to destroy glass doors when he was prevented from boarding an empty Bangkok Airways plane.

Airport director Kittiphong Kittikhajorn said on Tuesday the incident took place around 11.50am, when security guards were alerted that the man had ridden from parking lot number 3 into a restricted area.