BANGKOK, June 25 (TNA) – Five Thai students arrested by Pakistani authorities on charges of carrying a pistol and cartridges earlier this month have been released and arrived home early Thursday, according to Sek Wannamethee, director-general of Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Information Department.
The five students were released by officials in Lahore on Monday evening, Mr. Sek said. They boarded the plane on Wednesday night and arrived in Thailand this morning.
Mr. Sek said all the five students were in good health and were in good spirit.
The five students were apprehended on June 8 by Lahore International Airport officials after one of them was found carrying a 9mm pistol and cartridges before boarding a flight to Thailand.
Their release was made possible after Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha ordered the Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry to look after the students and to make sure that they received justice from the Pakistani government, Mr. Sek said.(TNA)
