Migrant smugglers switch to using small vehicles
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published : 22 Jan 2021 at 14:44
7 Officers search a Toyota Yaris driven by a woman and find four illegal Myanmar migrants, at a road checkpoint in Thong Pha Phum district, Kanchanaburi, on Friday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Three Thais driving separate vehicles were arrested and a total of seven illegal migrants taken into custody at road checkpoints on Friday, as smugglers turn to using small vehicles to bring in a few workers at a time.
Job brokers awaiting delivery of the illegal workers were also arrested.
Officers manning a checkpoint at Thong Pha Phum intersection in Thong Pha Phum district stopped a white Toyota Yaris car with Kanchanaburi plates for a search.
Myanmar woman arrested for illegal entry
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published : 23 Dec 2020 at 12:29
7 The Myanmar woman caught by soldiers after slipping through a wire fence across the border into a village in Sangkhlaburi disric, Kanchanaburi, on Wednesday morning. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: A Myanmar woman was arrested by soldiers on Wednesday morning for illegal entry through Sangkhlaburi district.
The woman, Dee Se, 36, was caught soon after she slipped through a wire fence at a natural border crossing into Nam Kirk village in tambon Nong Lu.
She held an identification card as an unregistered person issued by the domicile registration office of Sangkhlaburi district on June 25, 2009. It expired on June 24, 2020.
Pandemic fails to dampen holiday revelry
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published : 13 Dec 2020 at 07:00
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KANCHANABURI: Tourists have flocked to Sangkhla Buri district for the long holiday weekend, with hotels and resorts fully booked until New Year amid measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The atmosphere at the Uttamanusorn Bridge, known locally as Saphan Mon, was lively yesterday as visitors thronged the country s longest wooden bridge spanning the Song Kalia River.
All had to pass a Covid-19 screening checkpoint manned by health officials and volunteers, and all were asked to wear face masks.
Business was also brisk at the Three Pagodas Pass, or Phra Chedi Sam Ong border checkpoint with Myanmar, despite the surge in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring country.
Sangkhla Buri hails tourist crowds
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Visitors generating B10m a day in Kanchanaburi district, with rooms all booked to New Year
published : 12 Dec 2020 at 20:14
13 Visitors throng Saphan Mon, the country’s longest wooden bridge, in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi on Saturday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Tourists have flocked to Sangkhla Buri district for the long holiday weekend, with hotels and resorts fully booked until New Year amid measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The atmosphere at the Uttamanusorn Bridge, known locally as Saphan Mon, was lively on Saturday as visitors thronged the country’s longest wooden bridge spanning the Song Kalia River. All of them had to pass a Covid-19 screening checkpoint manned by heath officials and volunteers. All were asked to wear face masks.