40 illegal border crossers arrested on western border
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published : 2 May 2021 at 13:47
2 Forty Myanmar migrants are arrested by soldiers in Muang district of Kanchanaburi on Saturday after they illegally entered the country. (Photo by Piyarach Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Patrols from the Lat Ya Task Force on Saturday arrested 40 Myanmar migrant workers after they crossed the frontier into this western border province.
They arrived in two groups.
At about 1.30pm, acting on a tip-off from informants deployed along the border, a patrol found eight Myanmar migrants - three men and five women - near Phu Nam Rom village in tambon Ban Kao of Muang district. They were accompanied by two guides, who were also arrested.
2 Soldiers of the Lat Ya Task Force in PPE suits take the temperatures of 52 Myanmar migrants, including two children, who illegally crossed the border into Sai Yok district, Kanchanaburi province, on Monday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Fifty-two Myanmar border-crossers were arrested in Sai Yok district by a patrol of the Lat Ya Task Force on Monday.
Acting on information from informants, the patrol searched an area of forest on a mountain slope near Tha Kham Sut village, Moo 8, in tambon Si Mongkhon.
They found 27 male adults, two young boys and 23 women hiding there. Thy were all taken for health screening. None had a high fever.