Fierce clashes welcome the new year. Rangers stop drug smuggling movement on Chiang Mai border Before the opposing side retreated, 200,000 methamphetamine pills were seized. The Pha Mueang Army ranger patrol team seized more than 200,000 methamphetamine pills hidden in sacks. After clashing with 3-5 drug transporters near Kaeng Tum Village, Tha Ton Subdistrict, far from the Thai-Myanmar border. Mae Ai District Chiang Mai Province, about 1 kilometer away, the patrol team found a group of 3-5 young men carrying backpacks in the early hours of this morning, so they asked to search, but the group used firearms to shoot at the officers, leading to a clash for about 5 minutes before the group retreated into the area. At the scene of the crime, a backpack was found. Inspection found more than 200,000 methamphetamine pills. Major General Praphat Phopsuwan, commander of the Pha Muang force, inspected the clash point and all seized items. While Lieutenant General Rit Thawornwong, Commander of the Crime Suppression D ivision Intercept drugs Northern Border Precursors and Chemicals, or N.B.Y.S.35, has also ordered officials to increase strictness in inspecting establishments that transport goods and parcels in the three border districts of Chiang Mai, including Chiang Dao, Chai Prakan, and Fang District, in order to Intercept drugs and inspect agricultural produce trucks along various routes. To prevent drug smuggling After the news that there are at least 20 million methamphetamine pills about to flood the border during this period. . Source: Thai News Agency