Thanut Choommanoo, the head of a Thai police investigative unit, loads his gun in Mae Sai, Thailand, May 9, 2012. The increase in drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle area along the Thai and Myanmar borders underlines the depth of the challenges as President Thein Sein pushes ahead with his agenda for change. (Giulio Di Sturco/International Herald Tribune)
Thanut Choommanoo loads his gun.










































