Alleged gun shop robbery leader held

A Chinese man alleged by police to be the mastermind of Friday’s failed gun shop holdup in Bangkok has denied knowing the other four suspects, three of whom were arrested earlier after one was shot dead.

Police arrested Yang Zheng, 30, on a Chiang Mai-bound train at the Nakhon Sawan railway station at 2.30am on Saturday, Thai media reported.

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