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Police arrested a suspended police officer for allegedly shooting and wounding many motorists on Ratchadapisek Road on December 23.

Police Lance Corporal Thirayu Phetmeekha, 28, was nabbed in his home town in Songkhla province, the media were told yesterday. He has allegedly confessed that he got drunk after attending a wedding party in Bangkok's Huai Khwang district, and that after quarrelling with a friend there, he tried to chase and shoot him down. However, he said, he could not find his friend and instead shot at other vehicles in anger.

Records show that Thirayu was prosecuted for attempted murder and drug abuse in 2008. He has been suspended and faces termination.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Court yesterday approved an arrest warrant against a man who allegedly broke into a branch of Kasikornbank opposite Robinson Department Store on Ratchadaphisek Road on Wednesday.

Police said security cameras captured footage of a man robbing the bank and that they would compare the images with those of other criminals to identify the suspect.

As for the gold-shop burglary on Thursday during which one of the robbers was shot dead while the other fled, police said yesterday that they were in the process of checking the dead man's fingerprints, which would help them with the identification.

Also, they said that once the dead man had been identified it might be easier to name the other man.

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