Six suspected drug traffickers shot and killed in a clash with military border patrol officers in Chiang Rai’s Mae Fa Luang district. Invitation only say the alleged smugglers were “fully armed” and had been carrying greater than 1.eight million methamphetamine pills.
At round 4am yesterday, officers monitoring the border crossing by Myanmar’s Tachileik encountered 10 to fifteen males. According to the deputy commander of the task drive, the men fired shots and the soldiers shot again in a gunfire exchange that last round 15 to half-hour.
“They (suspects) attempted to enter Thailand through a natural creek. When officials requested them to cease, they started firing at us.”
When the hearth ceased, six males have been discovered useless. Officers say they also discovered nine baggage containing tons of of 1000’s of methamphetamine drugs. The deputy commander says the other suspects retreated back into Myanmar’s border.
Following the incident, the commander of the Pha Muang task force ordered for added security alongside the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai..g