3 Myanmar job-seekers are held at the border checkpoint at Ranti bridge in Sangkhlaburi district, Kanchanaburi, early on Wednesday morning. They were arrested while hiding in a bamboo forest after crossing illegally into Thailand. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Thirteen Myanmar job-seekers, one with a child, were arrested in Sangkhlaburi district for illegal entry in the early hours of Wednesday.
Villagers at a vegetable farm on the bank of the Ranti river earlier reported seeing people wading across the river that marks the border and heading in the direction of an abandoned mine.
A team of local officials, police and soldiers manning the border checkpoint at Ranti bridge went to investigate.