CHIANG RAI, Feb 15 – Thai authorities seized 50kg of crystal methamphetamine, popularly known as ‘ice’ and 2.2 million methamphetamine tablets after a gunfight between Thai police and members of a drug syndicate on Mae Chan-Chiang Saen Road in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district Thursday night.

Two suspected drug traffickers were arrested and taken into custody while another was seriously wounded and sent to hospital. The authorities seized two pickup trucks, one pistol and a hand grenade.

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