34 smuggled Myanmar workers arrested
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Troops and police arrested 34 Myanmar workers early Monday morning for trying to sneak into Thailand to work without proper documentation.
Acting on a tip-off, troops and police stopped the Nakhon Sawan-Kamphaeng Phet bus in Nakhon Sawan’s Banphot Wisai district for a check.
The bus, driven by Pipat Suksamran, 29, was found to be carrying 44 Myanmar nationals but only 10 had immigrant ID cards for working in the country.
Sixteen men and 18 women did not have travel documents so they were detained at Banphot Wisai Police Station pending deportation.
They said they paid a broker Bt9,000 or Bt10,000 each after being promised work in Bangkok.
