Northern Thailand Task Force Captures Teenage Drug Runners

Northern Thailand’s Pha Muang task force has captured two teenage drug runners following a clash with a military task force in Chiang Mai province on Saturday. The task force soldiers seized more than 250,000 meth pills seized.

An army spokesperson told CTN News that soldiers from the Pha Muang task force deployed to Chiang Mai’s Doi Laem to keep a close watch for drug runners.  Soldiers spotted a group of drug runners with backpacks walking along a mountainous trail.

Pha Muang troops ordered them to stop but the men opened fire and tried to escape back to Myanmar through the forest. After a brief exchange of gunfire, the soldiers searched the area and found two teenagers, aged 17 and 16, hiding in a forested area.

Two modified backpacks, containing 251,400 speed pills, were seized from them, the Pha Muang task force spokesperson said.

The two teenagers were…