Voice of America: Burma police killed on drug patrol

8 March 2010, 12:01 pm

Burma’s official media reported Saturday that troops confiscated grenades and other weapons from a border hide-out used by suspected drug traffickers, after an earlier gunbattle killed 13 policemen and members of their patrol.The state-run New Light of Myanmar said the shoot-out took place February 20 near the northeastern town of Tachileik, which borders Thailand. The report [...]... Read More »

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