Police checkpoint gun battle
The Sunday Nation

KRABI: -- A gunfight between two suspected drug dealers and highway police in Krabi's Neu Klong district early yesterday morning ended with one injury. The car the dealers were travelling in crashed into a ditch after a tyre was shot out.

A male occupant of the car was seriously injured and arrested at the scene while the second man escaped.

The men reportedly shot at police manning a checkpoint in tambon Huai Yung at 12.30am in a bid to evade police.

Police returned fire, hitting the car's rear tyre and causing the driver to loose control, with the vehicle overturning and ending up in a roadside ditch.

One of the men reportedly fired on police and ran into a nearby wooded area.

The injured man, who has been identified as Sitthichai Krainara, 29, was taken to hospital.

Police seized a .38 pistol and 35 bullets, an AK-47 assault rifle and 57 bullets, 793 'yaba' pills, 361 grams of crystal meth and a list with the names of drug customers.

-- The Nation 2014-02-09

ouch... just the customer list - not the supplier list...oh well life in the fast lane... serious dudes tho with a .38 and an AK47... expecting some serious trouble somewhere

Glad the police were not hurt, sounds like good police training and marksmanship.

Glad the police were not hurt, sounds like good police training and marksmanship.

More like good luck.

I was told they have to pay for their bullets, so not much practice.

Back in my Eurodays I used to shoot at least 1000 holes in bits of cardboard every month. That came to some 7,000 Baht, and I would not consider myself to be more than a reasonably good shooter.

I wonder just how much shooting practice the BIB's actually put in?