Sacks containing methamphetamine pills and crystal meth in the back of the pickup after police shot dead the two couriers in the vehicle in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district on Wednesday night. CHIANG RAI - Two smugglers were shot dead by police and 2 million speed pills and 65kg of crystal methamphetamine seized in Mae Sai district late on Wednesday night. Narcotics suppression police signaled a pickup truck with Chiang Rai licence plates to stop for a search on Mae Sai bypass road in Mae Sai district around 11.50pm. (Photo: Provincial Journalists Association of Thailand Facebook account)The two men, aged 25-35, were shot dead. Police were extending the investigation, hoping to identify the smugglers' route and the major players, Pol Maj Gen Wutthipong said.

Source: Bangkok Post August 03, 2017 06:00 UTC