Soldiers Kill 5 Alleged Drug Smugglers

CHIANG RAI, Jan 12 (TNA) - Thai soldiers killed five suspected drug smugglers in a shoot-out in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district. The incident took place in a jungle near the Noi Dong Tung temple. Patrolling officers encountered a group of 7-8 men, carrying backpack. They sent those men a signal to identifying themselves and asked for search. Officers opened fire after being attacked by the group, leading to a five-miniute exchange of gunfire. After the shooting, soldiers found five men dead. They searched five backpacks belonging to the men and discovered about 500,000 pills of illegal drug presumed to be methamphetamine. (TNA)