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Thai army kills 5 suspected drug smugglers near ‘Golden Triangle’

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Thai soldiers stand guard at Ban Kaen Kai operation base on the Mekong River at the border between Thailand and Laos in 2016 [File: Jorge Silva/Reuters]

The Thai military has killed five suspected drug traffickers and recovered almost 500,000 methamphetamine pills following a clash in the north of Thailand near the infamous “Golden Triangle” region.

A military patrol encountered suspected smugglers carrying backpacks in the early hours of Thursday in Chiang Rai province near the Golden Triangle – the region where the jungle borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet and has long been a lucrative hub for the illegal drug trade.

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