[Bangkok Post] Police arrested a man at a rented room in Bang Sao Thong district on Monday on suspicion of planning to detonate three car bombs in Greater Bangkok late this month. The man's identity has not been revealed.His arrest followed a search by police, soldiers and local officials acting on information that car bombings were being planned at a shopping center, a parking area and a location frequented by tourists in Greater Bangkok between October 25 and 30.
Police seized phones, wires and four boxes of bomb components from the suspect's room. Sources said two other men from Narathiwat province
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Another bombing suspect, Tanmichi Totayong, who was arrested in Bangkok last week said he and the two other men had hidden plastic pipes and detonation caps above ceiling tiles in the rented room in Bang Sao Thong. During a search there Monday morning, authorities the objects were not found. Authorities believe they had been moved or destroyed.