Thai police arrest German in airport gun scare

Thai police arrested a German man after a handgun was found in his check-in luggage as he boarded a domestic flight, police said today.

Thai police arrest German in airport gun scare
Wed, 21 Nov, 2001 - 06:33

Thai police arrested a German man after a handgun was found in his check-in luggage as he boarded a domestic flight, police said today.

Hans Schmidt, 41, of Nurnberg in southern Germany, was arrested on Monday as he was about to get on a Thai Airways flight in the southern city of Surat Thani for Bangkok, about 330 miles away.

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