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Drug suspect killed in Chiang Rai; 900,000 speed pills seized

CHIANG RAI, Oct 5 – A drug trafficking suspect was killed on Wednesday in a gunfight between uniformed government forces led by Marine Police and drug trafficking suspects on the Mekong River in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai, with the authorities confiscating 900,000 methamphetamine pills found on two Chinese-owned river boats, according to authorities.

The body of an unidentified man, believed to be part of the syndicate, was found on a river cargo carrier after the shooting between government forces and an estimated 10 men on two Chinese-owned cargo ships in Chiang Saen district.

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