Police, soldiers and Interior Ministry officials gave chase to three drug suspects in Chiang Mai late Monday night but ended up with just their abandoned pickup and 400,000 methamphetamine pills.
Tipped off by an informant, the team was staking out a border road location in Ai district when the pickup approached at high speed.
The ensuing chase ended first in Ban Pakui, Tambon Tha Don, but the suspects refused to leave their vehicle and instead sped off.
The pickup was driven into a corn field and abandoned, with the drugs left behind in four bags.
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