A ton of marijuana seized
Nakhon Phanom-Police seized about a ton of dried marijunana from a six-wheel truck following a brief shootout with three suspected drug traffickers in Si Sarakham District on Monday morning.
The incident occurred on the Khamhai-Hat Paeng Road in Tambon Hat Paeng Police said the alleged traffickers, in a Hino truck laden with marijuana believed to have been smuggled from Loas, rammed through a roadblock manned by a police squad after a tip-off.
Pol Sgt Paichit Chanthayuth was slightly injured when the truck smahed into the roadblock and hit a tree, police said, adding that the suspects then jumped off the truck and fired at the approaching policeman.
The two sides exchanged fire for about five minutes before the suspects broke contact and escaped, police said.