Four Thai women nabbed after sneaking in from Myanmar
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published : 28 Feb 2021 at 10:28
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TAK: Four Thai women were arrested at a security checkpoint in Mae Sot district after they illegally crossed the border from Myanmar into Thailand on Saturday night, officials said.
The first two Thai women were arrested on board a Mae Sot-Bangkok bus at the Ban Hin Fon checkpoint at Moo 6 village in tambon Mae Pa of Mae Sot district.
The other two women were caught later at the same checkpoint on a bus heading from Mae Sot to the northeastern border province of Mukdahan.
In a subsequent interrogation by the authorities at the checkpoint, the four Thai women, whose identities were not disclosed, said they worked at a casino in Myanmar and had illegally crossed the border into Thailand to return to their home provinces.
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