Narcotics police detail busts, shooting of suspectSenior police and soldiers with packages of meth pills and crystal methamphetamine seized in seven cases this month, at a joint media briefing on Friday. Soldiers and narcotics suppression police manning a checkpoint in Mae Ai district signalled a pickup truck to stop for a search. Instead, the driver opened fire at them and attempted to accelerate away, Pol Lt Gen Sarayut said. In the ensuing exchange of gunfire the driver was shot dead, Pol Lt Gen Sarayut said. He said Jakha had a criminal record and was also wanted on an arrest warrant issued by the Lampang provincial court for smuggling 400,000 meth pills in 2017.

Source: Bangkok Post November 19, 2021 18:49 UTC