117 Cambodian illegals arrested in Aranyaprathet
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A team of 50 police and soldiers rounded up 117 illegal Cambodian immigrants in a raid yesterday morning on rented row houses near Rong Kleu Border Market in Sa Kaew's Aranyaprathet district.
The migrants had paid a Cambodian agent Bt2,500-Bt3,000 each to sneak them into Thailand. They were waiting to be taken to jobs in other provinces.
In addition to the Cambodians – 59 men, 42 women, nine boys and seven girls – police arrested a Thai man and a Cambodian woman who rented the houses.
They charged the illegal migrants Bt100 per night. Two other workers who collected the rent were also arrested.
The four were charged with harbouring illegal aliens while police would keep the records of the 117 Cambodians before deporting them.
Also yesterday, 45 illegal Myanmar immigrants were captured on Ranong’s Koh Chang.
They were aboard a large long-tail boat and were bound for Phang Nga to look for jobs in Phuket.
