Thais killed in Myanmar border

Wed, 08 Aug 2001 | Source: AP

DOI KIA, Thailand (AP): Three Thai troops were killed and one injured in a clash Tuesday with suspected drug traffickers from Myanmar near the mountainous border between the two countries, Thai officials said.

Soldiers from Thai military battalion 443 confronted intruders from Myanmar at 3 a.m. (2000 GMT Monday) about two kilometers (1.3 miles) inside Thailand's Phop Phra district in northwestern Tak province.

A police officer in Phop Phra said on condition of anonymity that Thai soldiers had confiscated 536,000 tablets of methamphetmines contained in a fertilizer bag after a shootout with the intruders.

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