A police and a drug trafficker killed in a raid in Chiang Rai

[webfact]

 

An anti-narcotics police officer and a suspected drug trafficker were killed and another officer was injured in a gun battle following a car chase in Mueang district of the northern province of Chiang Rai on Tuesday night.

 

Police seized about six million meth pills and an unspecified amount of crystal meth (Ice), found in a pickup truck used by the drug trafficking gang. A 9mm semi-automatic pistol was found near the body of the alleged trafficker, whose identity was not disclosed.

 

A narcotics suppression squad was dispatched last night to a secondary road in Mae Yao sub-district, to set up a road block at about 9pm, after they received a tipoff that a car used by traffickers was to deliver a substantial amount of illicit drugs from the border area to a customer in the inner area of the country.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-09-20

 

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[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

A narcotics suppression squad was dispatched last night to a secondary road in Mae Yao sub-district, to set up a road block at about 9pm, after they received a tipoff that a car used by traffickers was to deliver a substantial amount of illicit drugs from the border area to a customer in the inner area of the country.

So why not follow it to it's destination and do a thorough job.

[motdaeng]

it looks more  like "wild west" ... i think the road block did not work as planned ...

 

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSN1mHtWC/

[Deserted]

Not really worth it is it?

[tandor]

1 hour ago, motdaeng said:

it looks more  like "wild west" ... i think the road block did not work as planned ...

 

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSN1mHtWC/

i counted 67...maybe not exact.  RIP Police officer doing a difficult and dangerous job.

[Dont confuse me]

"So why not follow it to it's destination and do a thorough job."

 

Agreed however maybe the recipient could be a colleague?  Just saying!

[Deli]

On 9/21/2023 at 4:58 AM, hotchilli said:

So why not follow it to it's destination and do a thorough job.

Would possibly be a police or Army owned warehouse