Bang Chan drug suppression police opened fire at a female university student's car yesterday after apparently mistaking her for a drug dealer.
Chulalongkorn University student Apisada Sajjapanroj, 21, was turning at an intersection on Ramkhamhaeng Soi 118 when she was overtaken and stopped by an unmarked police pickup. Four plainclothes police officers then emerged from the vehicle and surrounded Ms Apisada's car, but did not identify themselves as police.
In fright, the young woman reversed her car and collided with a Mercedes-Benz.
One of the undercover officers then raised his pistol and fired several shots at the wheels of Ms Apisada's car. She accelerated and crashed into several more vehicles before coming to a stop. The officers searched her car but found nothing, and fled when her relatives arrived.