Six drug smugglers killed in clash with soldiers

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In a follow-up research near the northern border in Chiang Mai, 1.3 million rate pills were discovered close to body.

PUBLISHED: 7 Sep 2024 at 20: 07

Soldiers inspect a modified rucksack containing speed pills on Saturday morning following a clash with drug smugglers in Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai late on Friday night. Six smugglers were found dead and 1.3 million speed pills seized. (Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa)
Following a fight with drug traffickers in Chiang Mai’s Mae Ai area late on Friday night, men inspect a modified bag containing rate pills on Saturday night. 1.3 million rate tablets were seized, and six smugglers were discovered dead. ( Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa )

Six suspected drug smugglers were killed in a fight with an military police that eventually seized about 1.3 million rate pills close to the nation’s northern frontier in Mae Ai area late Friday evening.

Around 11.15 p.m. on Friday, when soldiers on foot near the border crossing spotted a group of 7 to 10 men carrying backpacks, gunfire started to change.

The gentlemen opened fire despite the patrol’s instructions to quit. According to Gen. Narit Thawornwong, the captain of the drug-sufficiency system in the northern border areas, the soldiers returned fire and the shooting raged on both sides for about ten minutes.

After the gunshots subsided, soldiers were sent to shield the area immediately pending a follow-up examination on Saturday morning.

According to Gen Narit, soldiers dispatched to the field in the morning discovered the bodies of six men and speed-dose-containing modified rucksacks in a wooded area close to the Huai Nam Yen crossing.

A total of 13 backpacks, each containing about 100, 000 medications, a gun, some bullets for firearms and AK-47 firearms were found scattered around the wooded area.

Packages of speed pills are found inside modified rucksacks left at the scene of the clash in Mae Ai district, Chiang Mai. (Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa)

Bandwidth pills are discovered inside customized backpacks left at the scene of the conflict in Chiang Mai’s Mae Ai area. ( Photo supplied/Panumet Tanraksa )