Soldiers collect sacks of methamphetamine pills abandoned by smugglers who fled into a forest in Mae Ai district, Chiang Mai, late on Wednesday night. A police major was killed trying to stop the smugglers. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)
CHIANG MAI: A police major was shot dead trying to stop drug smugglers who sped through a checkpoint with 4 million methamphetamine pills in their pickup in Mae Ai district late on Wednesday night.
The slain officer was Pol Maj Pibulpan Sukhumnont, 48, of Fang police station.
Police and soldiers had earlier set up checkpoints along a road near the border in Mae Ai district to prevent drug smuggling.
Some men travelling in a black Toyota pickup approached a checkpoint in Ban Pong Hai village of tambon Mae Sao. They refused to stop when signalled and sped off down the road.
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