An alleged drug dealer was killed in a gunfire exchange with police in Saraburi early on Wednesday after 30 of his alleged gang members were arrested in a police raid in Nakhon Ratchasima, police said. (Photo by Tanaphon Ongarttrakul)An alleged drug dealer was killed in a gunfire exchange with police in Saraburi early on Wednesday after 30 of his alleged gang members were arrested in a police raid in Nakhon Ratchasima, police said. The shootout followed a police raid on a resort on Khao Yai in Nakhon Ratchasima's Musi district where suspect members of a drug gang were reportedly attending a "seminar" and a thank-you party for their retailers. While the police were charging in at the resort, about eight suspect members of the gang fled in three cars, heading for Mittraphap Road in Saraburi, while the police gave chase. At the resort in Nakhon Ratchasima's Musi district, the police rounded up 30 more suspects, two of them were wanted under police warrants.

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2016 03:45 UTC