Six alleged drug couriers, believed to be hill tribesmen, were killed in a clash with Thai security forces in the jungle, about 100 metres from the porous Thai-Myanmar border, in Mae Fah Luang district of the northern province of Chiang Rai Monday night.

 

The security forces, from the Pha Muang task force, also seized 1.8 million methamphetamine pills from knapsacks left at the site of the clash.

 

Acting on a tipoff that a drug caravan would use a jungle route in Mae Fah Luang sub-district to smuggle illegal narcotics into Thailand, the Pa Muang task force then dispatched a unit of troops and para-military rangers to lay in wait and to intercept them.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/six-alleged-drug-couriers-shot-dead-1-8m-meth-pills-seized-near-myanmar-border/

 

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Well that’s one way to keep them quiet ????. Would’ve loved it I be a fly on a tree to see what really happened. 

...it just goes to show that regular patrols do work.. about time they stepped up surveillance. RIP those involved.

2 minutes ago, tandor said:

...it just goes to show that regular patrols do work.. about time they stepped up surveillance. RIP those involved.

If only we could get that kind of vigilance on Sukhumwit Soi 6.

36 minutes ago, jcmj said:

Well that’s one way to keep them quiet ????. Would’ve loved it I be a fly on a tree to see what really happened. 

Mules shot dead, drugs now in the safe hands of the military... to be safely handled later.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Mules shot dead, drugs now in the safe hands of the military... to be safely handled later.

Well, it's a reserved occupation for Thais so we cant have hill tribesmen muscling in.

Well if Joe Ferrari can keep some cars - Maybe these guys get to keep some of the drugs? - Odd that all 6 were killed out right.

43 minutes ago, DaveCW said:

Well if Joe Ferrari can keep some cars - Maybe these guys get to keep some of the drugs? - Odd that all 6 were killed out right.

Not really odd. No witnesses, sharing the stack is easy now

12 hours ago, tandor said:

...it just goes to show that regular patrols do work.. about time they stepped up surveillance. RIP those involved.

No "patrols" involved. From the OP:

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Acting on a tipoff that a drug caravan would use a jungle route in Mae Fah Luang sub-district to smuggle illegal narcotics into Thailand, the Pa Muang task force then dispatched a unit of troops and para-military rangers to lay in wait and to intercept them.

Someone, likely higher up the food chain, decided these guys needed to be erased. It was essentially a "service" provided to the organization by the task force. 

2 hours ago, DaveCW said:

Well if Joe Ferrari can keep some cars - Maybe these guys get to keep some of the drugs? - Odd that all 6 were killed out right.

Mass suicide!

Very convenient there's no survivors.

1.8 mil pills carried by 6 mules 300,000 each, call me old fashion but why not round it up to 500,000 pills a man? 

I wouldn't be surprised if they were 1.2 mil pills light!

 

Sickening murder of exploited people.