Two killed in drug sting operation
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Two drug suspects were killed and another wounded after a sting operation in Kamphaeng Phet, which ended in their vehicle hitting a tree while they tried to escape.
A policeman in plainclothes, who was blocking the fleeing sedan and jumped over its hood, sustained injuries after the car hit a tree. The officers in hiding identified themselves to the suspects and ordered them to surrender.
The wounded suspect has been identified as Kamron Choosri, and charged with possessing amphetamine tablets with intent to sell.
In Phuket, a grenade attack on the home of an ex-drug convict wounded him. However, despite bleeding and other apparent injuries, he did not seek treatment at a hospital.
Police are looking for Mongkhol Benjaphan, 32, who served a prison term and is wanted on a drug-related warrant. They said the grenade attack, which killed a dog and also damaged nearby homes, |was likely carried out by his rivals in drug dealing.
Railway police arrested two male transvestites at a railway station in Nakhon Pathom for attempting to smuggle marijuana to the South. Suphat Srisamutnark and Choophan Laohaphan admitted to having already run the hemp three times, receiving Bt10,000 on each trip from an agent they refused to name, who picked up the cargo at Phatthalung station.
In Ayutthaya, police arrested a man possessing 600 amphetamine tablets at a road checkpoint.
Provincial police chief Pol Maj-General Anurak Taeng-kasem said he would begin assigning police in different precincts to set up checkpoints in others’ jurisdictions to prevent local police from not strictly doing their duties by not stopping friends or acquaintances.
Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung yesterday criticised a Thai daily newspaper for carrying a front-page story quoting a former drug kingpin dubbing the government’s drug crackdown as ineffective.
Chalerm said the suspect was trying to discredit the crackdown because he had been affected.
