All Bangkok police stations on standby to deal with bomb hoaxes

The metropolitan police chief has instructed all 88 police stations in the capital to be on high alert to deal with callers who make bomb hoaxes.

Pol Col Phinit Maneerat, spokesman of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said Pol Lt Gen Wiroj Chantharangsi gave the order after the 191 emergency police was overwhelmed with calls reporting bomb threats, which turned out to be hoaxes.

Phinit said the 191 police would report the calls to respective police stations to investigate and arrest the callers.

The spokesman also warned parents to ensure that their children would not make bomb plank calls for fun as the parents would also be liable to punishment with a maximum jail term of six months and/or a maximum fine of Bt20,000.

The Nation