Sergeant at Mae Sot Police Station is now safe after being shot during a gun sting. Authorities have mobilized more than 120 officers to pursue the Myanmar man responsible, who remains at large.
At 08:30 on 21 Jan 2026 GMT+7, reporters from Mae Sot District, Tak Province, reported that over 120 police officers, including two K9 units, investigative officers from Region 6, Tak special operations, and SWAT units, armed and ready, surrounded an area near a sugarcane field behind Village No. 2 in Mae Ku Subdistrict. This is the site where two Myanmar men committed a violent act by shooting Sergeant Seksan Kanka, a patrol squad leader at Mae Sot Police Station, while he was conducting a gun sting operation at a convenience store in Mae Ku Subdistrict, Mae Sot District, Tak Province.
Throughout the previous night, Police Colonel Rang Daodeng, superintendent of Mae Sot Police Station, held urgent meetings with the investigation team to plan the manhunt. They arranged personnel deployment and ensured officer safety to build public confidence among local residents.
The initial cause involves two suspects. Police arrived in a white Nissan Frontier pickup truck, license plate Bot 6875 Kamphaeng Phet, with three officers. Sergeant Seksan Kanka exited the vehicle to negotiate a gun purchase from the two Myanmar men riding a blue Honda motorcycle, license plate 1 Kor 7620 Ratchaburi. During the encounter, one of the suspects struggled with Sergeant Seksan, then drew a 9mm pistol and shot him in the abdomen, causing him to collapse.
Afterward, the other suspect tried to flee, but accompanying officers managed to arrest one suspect identified as Min So So, 23 years old, a Myanmar national without a surname. The other suspect, Nhai Lin Aung, remains at large as of now.
Sergeant Seksan Kanka was shot once in the abdomen, with the bullet hitting his small intestine. He underwent emergency surgery and is now reported to be in stable condition.