Two killed in drug sting operation

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Two drug suspects were killed and another wounded after a sting operation in Kamphaeng Phet, which ended in their vehicle hitting a tree while they tried to escape.

A policeman in plainclothes, who was blocking the fleeing sedan and jumped over its hood, sustained injuries after the car hit a tree. The officers in hiding identified themselves to the suspects and ordered them to surrender.

The wounded suspect has been identified as Kamron Choosri, and charged with possessing amphetamine tablets with intent to sell.

In Phuket, a grenade attack on the home of an ex-drug convict wounded him. However, despite bleeding and other apparent injuries, he did not seek treatment at a hospital.

Police are looking for Mongkhol Benjaphan, 32, who served a prison term and is wanted on a drug-related warrant. They said the grenade attack, which killed a dog and also damaged nearby homes, |was likely carried out by his rivals in drug dealing.

Railway police arrested two male transvestites at a railway station in Nakhon Pathom for attempting to smuggle marijuana to the South. Suphat Srisamutnark and Choophan Laohaphan admitted to having already run the hemp three times, receiving Bt10,000 on each trip from an agent they refused to name, who picked up the cargo at Phatthalung station.

In Ayutthaya, police arrested a man possessing 600 amphetamine tablets at a road checkpoint.

Provincial police chief Pol Maj-General Anurak Taeng-kasem said he would begin assigning police in different precincts to set up checkpoints in others' jurisdictions to prevent local police from not strictly doing their duties by not stopping friends or acquaintances.

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung yesterday criticised a Thai daily newspaper for carrying a front-page story quoting a former drug kingpin dubbing the government's drug crackdown as ineffective.

Chalerm said the suspect was trying to discredit the crackdown because he had been affected.

-- The Nation 2012-03-30

Chalerm should stay on the newspaper's case. They need more investigative journalism - not more, but any.

An example of how people died in the past drug crackdown during the Thaksin era.

An example of how people died in the past drug crackdown during the Thaksin era.

Now you've done it, Buchholz will be dragging out the pictures of the fridge before we know it.................

"A policeman in plainclothes, who was blocking the fleeing sedan and jumped over its hood, sustained injuries after the car hit a tree.

IMO that cop deserves a medal and a promotion.

"A policeman in plainclothes, who was blocking the fleeing sedan and jumped over its hood, sustained injuries after the car hit a tree.

IMO that cop deserves a medal and a promotion.

I think he had been watching too many Kung <deleted> movies.

An example of how people died in the past drug crackdown during the Thaksin era.

Yes except he had them and there families killed in cold blood for small amounts of drugs, or knowing some persons higher up possibly police or military, you should not have to carry your dead family member in an old wood casket, from downtown all the way back to the village in the mountains. Because he had a bag of opium and tryed to run. Maybe thaksin was afraid some one would rat him out for what he did in Chiangmai when he was a young cop on the take.

I would think that the police will be executing a lot of minor drug dealers soon to stop them talking when arrested.