A soldier of the Pha Muang Task Force points at bags of methamphetamine pills left by traffickers after a clash on Sunday. (Royal Thai Army photo)Five drug traffickers were gunned down after a clash with soldiers manning the border in Chiang Rai on Sunday. Soldiers of the Pha Muang Task Force have maintained increased surveillance along the border with Myanmar in Mae Pha Luang district since Friday, following a tip-off that a large cache of methamphetamine pills was headed to Thailand, the Third Region Army said. At 5am on Sunday morning, soldiers spotted 20 people - carrying bags and guns - walking about 700 metres inside the border. Soldiers found five bodies and 1.9 million meth pills in 19 packages at the scene, it added.

Source: Bangkok Post December 10, 2017 07:59 UTC