Thai PM to hold urgent meetings with anti-drug officials

BANGKOK, April 17 — Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday said he would call an urgent meeting with the national police chief and concerned agencies later this week on ways to suppress major drug dealers in the country following last week’s incident in which a man, believed to be under the influence of drugs, went berserk and killed two persons and wounding two others before he was gunned down.

Mr Abhisit said during his TV and radio address that he was saddened by last Thursday’s incidents and that concerned government agencies would assist families of victims who had lost their lives or were wounded, especially the family of a taxi driver who was shot dead by the gunman.

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