POLICE CHASED and shot dead a drug suspect in Kalasin province yesterday just hours after a “shoot to kill” order was given following the recovery of the body of a police officer allegedly killed by him.

PROVINCIAL POLICE Region 4 chief Pol Lt-General Surachai Khuantechakhup yesterday said police officers would be justified in adopting a “shoot to kill” stance against the elusive drug suspect Suriyan Lekphet, who shot dead a policeman and injured another in Kalasin’s Tha Khantho district on Thursday, if he resisted their attempts to arrest him.