RANGERS SHOOT TWO DEAD, SEIZE PILLS

Chiang Rai-Rangers seized 50,000 methamphetamine pills and shot dead two
Akha tribesmen in a clash with a drug convoy near the border in Mae Fah
Luang district early yesterday.

Acting on a tip-off, 10 rangers were sent to Ban Igor Arbae where a
group of hilltribesmen was about to cross the border from Burma to
deliver the drugs to Thai traffickers.

At 2.45 am, the rangers spotted the convoy and ordered it to stop but
the hilltribesmen opened fire.

The rangers returned the fire.

The group retreated into Burma, leaving behind two bodies, two assault
rifles and 50,000 methamphetamine tablets.