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At least 15 suspected drug traffickers die in an operation by the Thai Army in the north of the country

MADRID, 8 Dic.

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At least 15 suspected drug traffickers die in an operation by the Thai Army in the north of the country

MADRID, 8 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least 15 suspected drug traffickers have been killed in a Thai army operation in Chiang Mai province, on the country's border with Myanmar.

As reported by the Thai Police on Thursday, the alleged drug traffickers were part of a group of 30 criminals who entered the country through the border town of Fang.

The Army was monitoring this smuggling route when the soldiers met the group late Wednesday, whose members began to open fire on the military, according to the account of the security forces collected by the news portal 'Nation Thailand'. '.

The shooting lasted about 10 minutes, but police were unable to access the scene until Thursday morning. When they did, they found 15 dead bodies and 29 backpacks containing methamphetamine. A pistol and a grenade were also found at the scene, according to the agents.

Methamphetamine trafficking in Thailand has skyrocketed since its neighboring country's military coup in February last year. Since the return of the Burmese military to power, security forces in East and Southeast Asian countries have seized 172 tons of methamphetamine, the equivalent of more than 1 billion pills, according to preliminary data from the Bureau. of the United Nations Against Drugs and Crime (UNODC).