Authorities seize truck being illegally exported to Laos
Authorities seized a Toyota Vigo pickup truck with a Bangkok licence plate from two Lao men who were trying to drive the truck on to a boat in the early hours of Wednesday in Ban Pasak Hangwiang in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Saen district.
Captain Chonlathai Rattanaruang, commander of the Chiang Rai-based Navy patrol unit on the Mekong River, said the two unidentified men were caught driving the truck on to a boat at 3.30am 400 metres away from the Chiang Saen District Office.
As officers inspected the truck, the two men reportedly confessed to trying to export the truck to Laos without legal papers. They were arrested and the truck impounded as police investigated whether the truck was stolen.
