When police flagged them to stop at the checkpoint, the motorcycle climbed the sidewalk to avoid the barrier and sped off. The suspect opened fire on Kamchorn with his homemade sawn-off shotgun, hitting the officer’s left arm. Kamchorn returned fire and hit the suspect at his waist before police seized his gun. Both the injured policeman and suspect were rushed to the district hospital. The suspects said they were hired by a Lahu man in Chiang Mai’s Chai Prakan district to take the drug from Fang district and deliver it to a recipient in Muang district.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 22, 2019 04:15 UTC