SUMMARY:
Thailand forces have shot dead seven suspected drug smugglers and seized six bags of heroin pills after a firefight near the Myanmar. A machine gun and six full bags, each bag contained an estimated 100,000 tablets. The latest clash broke out between around a dozen suspected drug traffickers and paramilitary forces Thursday night in Mae Fah Luang district in the kingdom's northernmost Chiang Rai province. Some of the group of between 10 and 15 people fired upon by Thai forces 'managed to escape' and there were no casualties among the paramilitaries.