Navy scrambling to find ammo thief after ‘Thai Wikileaks’ bombshell


Tens of thousands of rounds of M855 and M856 machine gun shells, as well as a thousand rounds of 40mm grenades, were believed to be stolen. - The Nation

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): An investigative committee has been set up to find who stole ammunition from the naval ordnance arsenal in Chonburi province, said the Royal Thai Navy spokesman, Admiral Pokrong Monthatphalin.

He said the committee was formed on the order of Admiral Choengchai Chomchoengpaet, the navy commander-in-chief.

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