Drug suspect shot dead, 3 arrested in Buri Ram
published : 13 Aug 2021 at 15:56
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Surachai Piragsa
A 24-year-old man was shot dead and three other people arrested during a clash with police in Buri Ram.
The man was killed by a gunshot wound to his body in a rice field.
The clash occurred about 8.30am on Friday.
Three other suspects were caught, two men aged 20 and 25 and a 17-year-old girl. Another two men fled.
A bag left at the scene contained 8,000 meth pills and 200 grammes of crystal meth.
Police said a team had been sent to the area after receiving information a drugs delivery was planned there.
Two cars were found parked at the entrance of a path leading into some trees.
Police saw some people walking out from the bushes, one carrying a bag. When police confronted them, they dropped the bag and fled. Three were caught. Two men managed to flee.
Another man fled along another path to a paddy field, When police gave chase the man fired a gun at them, according to police, who also said they fired one shot in return which killed him.
Vocabulary
- bush: a plant that is smaller than a tree and has a lot of thin branches growing close together - พุ่มไม้
- clash: a fight between groups of people - การปะทะกันสองฝ่าย
- confront: to face, meet or deal with a difficult person, group or situation - เผชิญหน้า
- flee (past form: fled) (verb): to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger or consequences - หนี
- methamphetamine: a stimulant drug that increases alertness and energy, but which is dangerous when taken in large amounts or over a long period of time - ยาบ้า
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
- wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล
