POLICE CHASED and shot dead a drug suspect in Kalasin province yesterday just hours after a “shoot to kill” order was given following the recovery of the body of a police officer allegedly killed by him. Police said drug suspect Suriyan Lekphet was shot and killed at 1.30am on Ban Promlee Road in Moo 12 village in Tambo Nong Bua, Nong Krungsri district. Another officer, Pol Sgt-Major Pramote Thipmongkol, was also allegedly shot and injured by the suspect. Kraisorn said his province had been relentlessly cracking down on drug trafficking. The governor vowed to terminate drug trafficking from the northeastern province.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 12, 2018 18:00 UTC