The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a drug trafficker to life in prison for crashing his car into two policemen – killing one and seriously injuring the other – during a sting operation.

Alongkorn Rermprachathi-patai, 26, was also ordered to pay Bt1.64 million in compensation to the dead policeman’s parents. In addition, he was sentenced to seven years in jail and fined Bt375,000 for drug trafficking.

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