Drug gang leader shot dead after bloody shootout in Nan

SECURITY personnel shot dead a suspected drug-trafficking gang leader and arrested one of his men in Nan province yesterday in an unfolding operation in which as many as 12 soldiers and police have been shot.

Three other gang members reportedly remain on the run.

TN

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