In a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, shots rang out in the city sky yesterday as police pursued drug dealers across Bangkok in a high-speed chase.
After a lengthy high-speed chase from Saraburi province, through Ayutthaya, into Bangkok’s Min Buri area, the drug dealers abandoned their getaway vehicle, a modified ambulance, and made an escape while police seized over 2 million methamphetamine pills worth around 500 million baht.
Pol Maj-Gen Chayanont Meesati revealed Saraburi police had received a tip-off about a shipment of illegal drugs from the north-eastern province of Loei to its destination in a southern province in a modified ambulance.
The ambulance was being led by another car, which was intercepted by the police, but the ambulance managed to get away, using its siren to clear the way of traffic.
The drug dealers were armed and opened fire from the ambulance but…
