Police are hunting for a suspected drug dealer after undercover policeman was shot and seriously wounded in a drug sting operation. The Shooting happened in Northern Thailand’s province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
After realizing he was in a sting operation Mr. Phadungsil Lohakart, 38, shot Pol Sub Lt Song Tuaykrathok, who was posing as a crystal meth buyer. Two other officers were waiting in a car nearby.
Pol Sub Lt Song was hit in the chest and right arm and was rushed to hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima.
The suspect fled into a nearby cassava plantation on Ban Leum Road in tambon Nong Bua. Extra police were quickly summoned and surrounded the plantation, but the suspect allegedly escaped.
The hunt widened in the morning, with checkpoints set up along roads after local residents reported seeing an armed man on foot.
Undercover Policeman Shot after Drug Sting Operation Goes Bad